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Equal Opportunity Demands More Than Public Schools Can Give

May 17 marked the 71st anniversary of the 1954 court decision called Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS – but the case began here, in Virginia. In 1951...

Virginia Faces Power Shortages as Lawmakers Stall on Energy Reform

Here we go again. As the 2025 election year heats up and warnings rise about electricity...

Roanoke City Council Shares the Blame

It is very disingenuous, but easy for the city council to blame the previous city...

Youngkin Moves to Curb Energy Price Hikes, Questions Clean Economy Act

With one exception, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) has now vetoed the contested energy bills...

Lawsuit Challenges NRC Rules on Small Nuclear Reactors

Virginia is not directly involved, but with our nuclear industrial base, a pending federal lawsuit over...

In response to Robert Maronic’s March 5th letter pertaining to Ukraine

This is in response to Maronic's March 5th letter pertaining to Ukraine. It must be cited that Russia has sustained over half million casualties in its...

What Did FERC Do Last Week? Only Change the Course of Energy Policy

The new chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission used the Trump Administration’s order to have agency employees report their activities as a chance...

Was The Fatal Flaw For This Sensible Tax Bill Simply the Support From Youngkin?

2/10/2025 -- Virginia will remain out of step with the rest of the United States on how it taxes service-providing businesses after General Assembly Democrats...

OPINION: Political Infighting Over VMI’s Board of Visitors Puts Cadets at Risk

The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) has long stood as a symbol of discipline, leadership, and service. However, recent political disputes over Board of Visitors...

Ending birthright citizenship is constitutional

Just hours after taking the oath of office, President Trump issued an executive order to end automatic birthright citizenship. It instructs government agencies to...

Blame distrust of the response to COVID for declining childhood vaccinations

Only 40% of Americans now consider childhood vaccines "extremely important," down from 64% in 2001. Among Republicans, that figure has plunged to just 26%,...