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Will Voters Bring Gerrymandering Back to Virginia?

Unless Virginia voters reject the constitutional amendment on the ballot April 21, gerrymandering will return to Virginia. Five years ago, 66% of Virginia voters -- 2.8 million Virginians -- approved...

Sixth District Perspectives with Congressman Ben Cline

Department of Homeland Security funding has passed the House, but Senate Democrats refuse to...

Open Letter To Area Pastors/Ministry Leaders

Dear Pastor or Ministry Leader,          Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. -Proverbs 31:8a I...

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...

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...

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...