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Energy Policy: The Biggest Problem Facing Virginia’s Next Governor

When the smoke clears on the November elections and Virginia has a new governor and a different House of Delegates, energy policy will still head the list of crucial...

Equal Opportunity Demands More Than Public Schools Can Give

May 17 marked the 71st anniversary of the 1954 court decision called Brown v. Board...

Virginia Faces Power Shortages as Lawmakers Stall on Energy Reform

Here we go again. As the 2025 election year heats up and warnings rise about electricity...

Roanoke City Council Shares the Blame

It is very disingenuous, but easy for the city council to blame the previous city...

Youngkin Moves to Curb Energy Price Hikes, Questions Clean Economy Act

With one exception, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) has now vetoed the contested energy bills...

County Needs to Focus on Basics Ahead of Massive Capital Projects

It is time that Roanoke County take back its responsibility to maintain county median strips.  This picture is from Peters Creek Road in North...

Strong Kids Will Make A Strong Virginia

For many years, the general public all over the country and most recently here in Virginia, based on a Mason Dixon poll, have told...

Unlocking Consumer Choice

Looking to switch wireless carriers and keep the same phone? Or have you purchased a used phone and plan to activate it on a...

Censoring Eisenhower and Religious Freedom in the Military

If President Eisenhower were alive today, the five-star general may be shocked to know that his own speeches are too offensive to be quoted...

America’s First Civil Right

The problem today is not Christianity or secular humanism – it is the increasing force of government power in situations of religious expression. When...

No Roanoke Rail Excursions This Fall

To All Our Excursion Friends: The Roanoke Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, will not be operating our fall excursions this November as we have the...