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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...

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...

Commentary – Parkway Too Ready to Close Road to Peaks

I find it discouraging the Blue Ridge Parkway Service deems it unnecessary to keep the Parkway open from Roanoke's Rt. 460 to easily...