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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...

Small Businesses Are The Engines That Power The American Economy

According to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the 33.2 million small businesses across the country employ 61.7 million people, 46.4 percent of...

Open Sesame

Yes, it is good to be open-minded. But being open-minded doesn’t automatically confer veracity onto the claim you are examining. And that’s useful to...

Media Gins up Anemic School Walkouts

By Kerry Dougherty. This column has been republished with permission from Kerry: Unemployed and Unedited and Bacon's Rebellion. You could almost hear the local media...

As Election Nears Mayor Lea Flips on Crime Stance

The hypocrisy of Democratic Mayor Sherman Lea now supporting “stop and frisk” is appalling!  In the past his comments have praised how well the...

The Commitment to America

In less than two short years, unified Democrat control of the Federal Government has diminished our country in ways that would astound even a...

A Response to Intentions to Display VA Monuments in A Defamatory LAXART Exhibition

The acts done by elected government officials in Charlottesville and Richmond, Portsmouth, and Norfolk to permit riot, arson, looting, anarchy, and the desecration and...