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If The World Is Getting Hotter, Why On Day 14 After Paralyzing Ice Storm Does SWVA Still Look Like Frozen Tundra With Wind Chills...

Full disclosure: One, I am not a climatologist. Two, I understand the difference between weather (short-term conditions) vs. climate (long-term trends). But just as an observer, it's been really cold...

The 45-Day April Special Election Is NOT “Affordable”

AFFORDABLE The goal for 2026 is affordable! A special election to address ONLY a single issue,...

Steps To Help Have A Healthy Brain In Your Later Years

By Dr. Thomas Chin Virginia native Dr. Thomas Chin MD attended William and Mary, the Medical...

Does Spending $62 Billion on Utility Batteries Lower Your Cost of Electricity? Of Course Not

The 2026 General Assembly is likely to amend the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) to...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Political Failures Led To Recent Murder of Corrections Officer In Grayson County

Correctional Officer Jeremy Hall was killed on November 17, 2025, by an inmate at River...

How Broken is Virginia’s Energy Regulatory System? Let Us Count the Ways

How badly broken is Virginia’s energy regulatory system? One recent State Corporation Commission decision on Dominion Energy Virginia’s proposed next wave of solar projects illustrates...

Eating Disorders and Suicide

National Eating Disorders Week was recently held between February 27th and March 5th in our country. The three types of eating disorders that have...

Consumer Cost Estimates Rise for Green Economy

--By Steve Haner and originally published as a commentary from the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. Customer cost projections for compliance with the Virginia...

Ticket to Ride: An Unlikely Valley Metro Bus Advocate

-By Maynard Keller Be honest. How many of you have ridden a public bus to work, to the grocery store, or to a doctor's appointment?...

A Definitive “No” To The WOTUS Rule

In January, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Army Corps)’s published a final Waters of the United States,...

Taxpayers Fund Biden’s Disruptive Campaign Stop in Va Beach

By Kerry Dougherty and first published on her blog and shared with permission from Kerry: Unemployed and Unedited and on Bacon's Rebellion.  As usual, some local...