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Heritage Foundation VP Reacts to Virginia Election Results – Virginians showed up on Election Day to send a clear message by rejecting the Democrats’ big-government socialism and instead electing a conservative who promises to pursue policies that empower parents and workers. Congratulations to Glenn Youngkin on a hard-fought victory. There was a stark contrast between the candidates on many issues, but perhaps none more important than education. At a time when the left wants to give more control to government bureaucrats and school boards, conservatives made a winning argument that parents should be in charge of their children’s education. Now is no time to rest—parents should continue to advocate on behalf of their children by speaking out against restrictive COVID rules, divisive critical race theory, and radical gender ideology. The Heritage Foundation looks forward to working with Gov.-elect Youngkin and his administration to put Virginia back on track after years of reckless policies. Commonsense conservative solutions on the economy, education, and law enforcement will make Virginia thrive again. Heritage experts: Tim Murtaugh and Tommy Binion

3 Things to Know About Second Amendment’s Return to Supreme Court – If gun control advocates were correct about their Wild West hypothesis, surely the last two decades would have been an increasingly violent mess. But the data clearly do not bear that out. Violent crime rates continued a general downward trend while gun homicide and other gun crime rates remained consistently low after plateauing around 2011. It turns out that ordinary, law-abiding citizens absolutely can be trusted to “bear” arms in public, just like the plain text of the Constitution envisions. Hopefully, the Supreme Court soon will vindicate the tens of millions of American citizens currently deemed to have “insufficient cause” to exercise their constitutional rights. Heritage expert: