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Commentary

Closing Virginia’s Education Gaps: Funding, Choice, and Accountability

It shouldn’t be hard for both political parties to agree that among those who suffered most from covid school shut-downs were low-income children. In the National Assessment of Educational Progress...

Last Week Proves Again Wind and Solar Cannot Take the Heat

Once again, a spell of hot weather has proven that our economy and comfort depend...

VA Elections Should Be About Virginia’s Future — Not a Referendum on President Trump

Senator Tim Kaine recently sent out a fundraising email where he quoted the Washington Post...

One is Enough: End the Front License Plate Requirement in Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia currently mandates that most passenger vehicles display two license plates—one on...

Primary Results Will Force Spanberger to Prove if She’s a Centrist

After this week’s primary results, Virginia’s more moderate center is all but dead. In two...

Getting Our Fiscal House in Order

For months now the Leadership in the Congress and the Administration have been negotiating the amount of money that the federal government is...

Commentary – Tea Partiers Need to Tilt at Other Windmills

At recent Board of Supervisors meetings in Roanoke and Montgomery counties members of the Tea Party and others sympathetic to their cause raised...

The Debt Debate Goes On

As you know, after several months of negotiations, the House and the Senate passed a deal last week to raise the debt limit....

Letter – In Support of Uranium Mining

To the Editor, I want to add my voice to tide of citizens who are willing to publicly support uranium mining in Virginia. I live...

In Response To Dr. Bruce Rinker’s Column “Kentucky Unsettles Own House . . .”

A recent column by Dr. Bruce Rinker on June 17-23 attacked our organization, Answers in Genesis, and the future Ark Encounter, a full-size...

Commentary – Like Higher Utility Bills? Thank Obama’s EPA

Plenty of people in this part of Virginia are upset about the proposed rate increases by Appalachian Power, and with good reason.  As...