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Commentary

The Surreptitious Disappearance of the Capitol Square Preservation Council

  Breathtaking. Unsettling. Healing. Those meant-to-catch-your-attention words come from an article by the British newspaper The Guardian on the “reimagined” statue of Stonewall Jackson, currently on display at a contemporary “art” museum in...

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...

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...

McAuliffe / ObamaCare Wrong For Virginia

To The Editor: Fresh reports indicate that the government does not even know the pricing levels for the insurance to be offered by ObamaCare's exchanges...

Questioning Bedrosian’s Understanding

Dear Editor: As a retired business owner and a follower of current events, I found Al Bedrosian’s letter (“County Needs to Focus on Basics,” August...

Cautious Optimism for Explore Park

The recently-announced 99-year lease of Explore Park by Roanoke County is cause for cautious optimism. Optimism comes from Explore’s potential to promote tourism, jobs...

Lots More Arctic Ice

What If The Arctic Ice Sheet Grew By One-Million Square Miles And No One Told Us?  A million square miles (1,000,000) is really BIG. ...

50 Years of Good Memories For First Graduatiing Class at Northside

 Our parents were right when they said: “the older you get – the faster time goes flying by.”  This is especially true for Northside...

Times Way Off The Mark in Article on Attorney General

This is a brief memo to media to clarify facts that were heavily distorted in a Roanoke Times article on 8/27/13 on the OAG's...