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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 greatly expand the construction of utility-scale batteries for our electric grid. Based on the current...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Political Failures Led To Recent Murder of Corrections Officer In Grayson County

Correctional Officer Jeremy Hall was killed on November 17, 2025, by an inmate at River...

Sen. Suetterlein Files 2026 Legislation Expanding Tax Relief & Education

Virginia legislators started filing bills for the 2026 General Assembly this week, and Senator David...

Progressives Urge Assembly to Soak the Rich, But Likely Tax Increases Will Reach Everyone

As a new Democratic Party trifecta looms in Virginia, a progressive policy group has floated...

Dissecting the Blue Wave: Turnout

Gov. Glenn Youngkin yesterday blamed Tuesday’s shellacking of the Republican Party in Virginia on the...

An Open Letter To The VMI Alumni Association

NOTE: This OPEN Letter was original Sent to Mr. Thom Brashears, VMI Alumni Association COO with a request it be provided to all VMI...

A Return to Reality in Energy?

Current events make clear that fossil fuels will not be going away. What we must do is increase research on how to burn fossil...

Culture Inflation Far Worse Than Price Inflation  

Dear Editor,   Inflation in the American way of life is worse than price inflation.    Giving back by corporations, celebrities, and ordinary folks is loudly and...

State Budget: Tax Cuts and Marijuana Crackdown

This commentary comes from the nonpartisan Virginia Family Foundation.  The General Assembly is closer to passing the 2022-2024 biennium budget, as the House and Senate...

Conservatives Need to Unite Against Liberal Misinformation / Policies

It is an era of challenges for conservative families and those who are peacefully practicing religious beliefs and embracing traditional lifestyles and perceiving male...

Lt. Gov. Sears Addresses Our Cultural Collapse

By James Bacon, this first appeared in Bacon's Rebellion on May 28 and was entitled "Quote of the Day: Winsome Sears." The commentary is...