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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...

Goodlatte Needs To Improve His Math

Dear Editor, I just read your paper for the first time and enjoyed the stories. One story that bothered me had a quote from...

We Can’t Cut Our Way to Success

Last year, I stood before more than 1,000 workers at our company’s flagship factory and told them we were reducing their weekly hours...

The Viability of Health Care Reform

Now that the health care reform bill has been signed, it will face legal challenges in courtrooms. However, the judges in these cases...

Roanoke Fair Tax Group Will Travel to Washington

Most of us are deep into one of the more detested tasks we have to perform: completing and filing our federal income tax...

CBO Prestidigitation! It’s Official Magic

People had been waiting breathlessly for a sober, nonpartisan assessment from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the cost of ObamaCare. If it...

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS . . .

Over the last couple weeks a sizeable crew of workers has been placing underground flexible piping that will carry new TV access for...