back to top

Commentary

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...

Roanoke City’s Mass Rezoning: A Deep Dive Into A Deeply Flawed Law

Recently, there has been a lot of buzz in Roanoke City and the Mass Rezoning. In order to help clarify what it is and...

Roanoke Mayoral Write-In Candidate Offers An Option

Write-in candidate Merrie Turner grew up in the Roanoke Valley where her father, US Army Lt. Col. Arrington Brent Turner began Turner Construction following...

How to Save Medicare Patients Billions Annually

Medicare's Payment System Is a Boon for Hospitals -- and a Bust for Patients Most people over a certain age are familiar with going in...

An Open Letter To The VMI President and Board of Visitors

Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors ATTN: Mr. John Adams, President Virginia Military Institute Lexington, Virginia 24450 Dear Mr. Adams and Members of the VMI Board of Visitors...

God’s Blueprint for America: Truth, Stability and The GOP

In a world where political ideologies are often labeled as either truth or lies, how can we discern which side, if any, represents the...

No, Richmond Times / Dispatch, Hurricane Helene Is Not Proof of “Climate Change”

The Richmond Times-Dispatch no longer has a climate alarmist on staff, so today it fell to one of its liberal political columnists (it still...