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Lawsuit Challenges NRC Rules on Small Nuclear Reactors

Virginia is not directly involved, but with our nuclear industrial base, a pending federal lawsuit over the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is crucial for our energy future. At the...

Why Tax Exemptions for Harvard and Confederate Groups Should Stand

Every taxpayer dollar sent to any university or private entity should be closely scrutinized. In...

The High Cost of Uncertainty for Virginia’s Workers and Businesses

Asked nearly 40 years ago what he needed most, less regulation or lower taxes, a...

Virginia Clean Energy Laws Blamed for Dominion Price Hike, Not Data Boom

The pending price increase for electricity from Dominion Energy Virginia is higher than the 14%...

Trump’s Double Whammy to Virginia’s Economy

No one can say we weren’t warned. During his debate with then Vice President Kamala Harris,...

America Needs a Real Energy Policy – Congressman Bob Goodlatte

Energy is vital to every aspect of American life.  It is used in our homes, our small businesses and industries. Energy powers computers,...

A Discussion on Deficits & Debt – Senator John Warner

With all of the current discussion about short-term federal spending resolutions and potential gridlock in Congress, you might think we have lost the...

Tough Lessons Learned in Roanoke

The front-page article by Valerie Garner in last week’s Star Sentinel is an account of the unwillingness or inability of politicians to make...

Commentary – Rinker Column Misguided

Dear Editor: The article by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph. D. about the unarguable necessity for a belief in evolution is a primer on how...

Letter – Rinker Right on Target

Dear Editor: I must comment on the recent article in your newspaper by Dr. Bruce Rinker.   I have read a great deal about...

Commentary – Honoring and Remembering our 40th President, Ronald Reagan

Just days ago we marked what would have been the 100th birthday of our nation’s 40th President, Ronald Wilson Reagan.  It was a...