A Reminder of Why UVa Needs the Jefferson Council...

Written By James Bacon

Hosted by UVa's Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:Here are some other suggestions for the Division of DEI:Tim Scott, U.S. Senator from South CarolinaCandace Owens, author and activistBen Carson, former Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentJohn, McWhorter, authorCondoleeza Rice, former Secretary of StateDeroy Murdock, columnistLarry Elder, talk radio hostWilfred Reilly, authorAllen West, chairman of the Republican Party of Texasand the legendary Thomas Sowell, one of the greatest intellectuals in modern AmericaHaha! There will be blizzards in Hades before UVa invites any of these leading lights. Your donations to the Jefferson Council will help us bring conservative speakers -- such as conservative African-Americans such as Mia Love, who spoke last year -- to Mr. Jefferson's University.

James Bacon

After a 25-year career in Virginia journalism, James A. Bacon founded Bacon’s Rebellion in 2002 a blog with the goal of “Reinventing Virginia for the 21st Century.” Its focus is on building more prosperous, livable and sustainable communities. In recent years he has concentrated more on the spread of “woke” ideology in K-12 schools, the criminal justice system, higher education, and medicine.

In 2021, he co-founded The Jefferson Council to preserve free speech, intellectual diversity, and the Jeffersonian legacy at his alma mater the University of Virginia. He previously served as the organization’s executive director, now serving as congributing editor.

Aside from blogging, Bacon writes books. His first was Boomergeddon: How Runaway Deficits Will Bankrupt the Country and Ruin Retirement for Aging Baby Boomers — And What You Can Do About It, followed by Maverick Miner: How E. Morgan Massey Became a Coal Industry Legend and a work of science fiction, Dust Mites: the Siege of Airlock Three.

A Virginian through-and-through, Bacon lives in Richmond with his wife Laura.

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