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Commentary

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 “reimagined” statue of Stonewall Jackson, currently on display at a contemporary “art” museum in...

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...

The 45-Day April Special Election Is NOT “Affordable”

AFFORDABLE The goal for 2026 is affordable! A special election to address ONLY a single issue,...

Steps To Help Have A Healthy Brain In Your Later Years

By Dr. Thomas Chin Virginia native Dr. Thomas Chin MD attended William and Mary, the Medical...

Does Spending $62 Billion on Utility Batteries Lower Your Cost of Electricity? Of Course Not

The 2026 General Assembly is likely to amend the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) to...

The Risk of Offshore Turbine Blade Failure

by David Wojick On July 26, CFACT’s President Craig Rucker sent Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin a letter warning him about the serious risk of blade failure in...

VA Small Businesses Face Big Tax Increase Unless Congress Takes Action

Congress passed a bill in 2017 that cut business taxes. Wall Street’s tax breaks were permanent. Main Street’s weren’t, and they’re going to expire...

Roanoke City Negligent in Enforcing Codes and Laws – Businesses Suffer

For the past many weeks, I have been reaching out to Briana Dickerson relating to a homeless issue I am having at my place...

Voter Rolls Show VA ‘Voters’ Registered to Vote in Other States at Same Time

Your vote and the votes of thousands of other legitimate votes may be cancelled out by ineligible voters who are registered too vote in...

David Bowers: Roanoke Needs A Sports Entertainment and Tourism Authority

I was delighted to read in The Roanoke Times yesterday that Pulaski County is undertaking the creation of a “SET”, Sports Entertainment and Tourism...

Too Many Non-Citizens are Registered to Vote in Virginia

Your vote and the votes of thousands of other legitimate voters could be cancelled out by non-U.S. citizen voters.  The Department of Elections must...