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Commentary

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 call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before...

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...

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...

Wrong Call Made on Covington / Low Moor Schools

Dear Editor, This is pertaining to the choosing of the location of the new middle school in the Alleghany Highlands, Virginia. Even though the decision...

The VMI Racism Report’s Glaring Omission

June 1st will mark two years since the release of the report investigating charges of “ongoing structural racism” at the Virginia Military Institute. In...

Dominion Changes Course on Natural Gas, SMR Nukes

Dominion Energy Virginia has long been warning, albeit somewhat quietly, that the dream of running Virginia’s economy on nothing but solar, wind and battery...

Youngkin Administration Official Declares “DEI” Dead

In an address to the faculty and staff of the Virginia Military Institute during its annual Inclusive Excellence training, Martin Brown, the Chief Diversity,...

America Needs to Limit, Save and Grow

I have long believed that Congress has a responsibility to the American people to “rein in” wasteful and excessive spending. Since joining Congress, I...

Down the “Memory Hole”: VMI’s Shabby Treatment of General Peay

In his excellent work, Afgantsy: The Russians In Afghanistan, 1979-89, former British ambassador Rodric Braithwaite quoted a journalist who addressed the challenge of civic...