Letter addressed to Executive Director James A. Bacon from an alumnus, Comm School Class of ’98, name withheld by request.James, the UVA community is fortunate for people like yourself that speak up. For calling out madness when it is happening when so many just...
by James A. BaconSo… how did the University of Virginia respond to the revelation of Bert Ellis’ text messages in The Washington Post? Here’s the statement the university provided the Post. These text messages demonstrate a disappointing disregard...
by James A. BaconAnd the hit jobs just keep on coming!After maligning Virginia Military Institute alumni dissident Matt Daniel two days ago, The Washington Post aims its guns today on Bert Ellis, a conservative alumnus and member of the University of Virginia Board of...
by Loren LomaskyPoor University of Virginia, the bad luck just kept coming. In 2014 the campus was rocked by the story of a vicious gang rape perpetrated at one of the fraternities. “Story” is is the operative word; it transpired that the Rolling Stone expose was...
Let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend! The Jefferson Council gives a shout-out to our friends at the Blue Ridge Center and the University of Virginia chapter of The Burke Society for bringing two notable conservative speakers to the...
The Jefferson Council is pleased to acknowledge that the appointment of Jefferson Council President Bert Ellis and three others to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors has been confirmed by both the Virginia state senate and House of Delegates.The four...
On the heels of announcing the creation of a new biotech institute with the help of $150 million in state funding, University of Virginia President Jim Ryan traveled to the Virginia state capitol the other day to discuss how “UVA and the Commonwealth can...
by James A. BaconEntrepreneur-philanthropist Paul Manning and his wife Diane have donated $100 million to create a biotechnology institute that will focus on cellular therapy, gene therapy, nanotechnology and drug delivery to counter diseases that have so far eluded...
by James A. BaconOver on the Bacon’s Rebellion blog earlier this afternoon, I criticized Virginia’s colleges and universities for nurturing campus cultures that turn students into snowflakes unprepared for the adversity of the modern-day workplace and life...
by James A. BaconA General Assembly senate subcommittee has voted down a bill that would require public Virginia colleges and universities to report the number and salaries of employees in the field of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. Sen. Bryce Reeves,...
