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Douglas Murray’s “Notes on the State of Virginia”

The University of Virginia was the first stop for Douglas Murray, author of “The War on the West,” in a multi-campus speaking tour last month. He was accompanied by Marion Smith, president…
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Who Runs UVa? Part II

by James A. BaconIn past posts the Jefferson Council has highlighted a recently published screed, “We’re Pissed Off; You Should Be Too,” that criticizes the governance structure of the University of Virginia.…
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Who Really Runs UVa?

by James A. BaconEarlier this month, an anonymous group distributed a pamphlet, “We’re Pissed Off: You Should Be, too,” on the University of Virginia grounds that issued a broadside against the university’s…
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Engaging Differences — or Imposing Conformity?

by James A. BaconIn its March board meeting, the University of Virginia Board of Visitors addressed the topic of intellectual diversity. The unspoken assumption among some board members was that there is…

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Lords of the Lie

by James A. BaconI never imagined it possible to exceed the vitriol heaped upon University of Virginia board member Bert Ellis over the past few months. I thought for sure that the…

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