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Lawsuit Challenges NRC Rules on Small Nuclear Reactors

Virginia is not directly involved, but with our nuclear industrial base, a pending federal lawsuit over the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is crucial for our energy future. At the...

Why Tax Exemptions for Harvard and Confederate Groups Should Stand

Every taxpayer dollar sent to any university or private entity should be closely scrutinized. In...

The High Cost of Uncertainty for Virginia’s Workers and Businesses

Asked nearly 40 years ago what he needed most, less regulation or lower taxes, a...

Virginia Clean Energy Laws Blamed for Dominion Price Hike, Not Data Boom

The pending price increase for electricity from Dominion Energy Virginia is higher than the 14%...

Trump’s Double Whammy to Virginia’s Economy

No one can say we weren’t warned. During his debate with then Vice President Kamala Harris,...

Youngkin: “The General Assembly Should Give Virginians Their Money Back”

Facing the highest gas prices on record and the highest inflation rates in decades, families across Virginia are having to do more with their...

Bravery of Ukrainians Evokes W. H. Auden’s Classic Poem”

Does anyone else find themselves utterly humbled by the bravery of the Ukrainian defenders — and also by the Russians demonstrating against Putin’s invasion? There...

National Security, West Virginia Natural Gas and Hampton Roads – A Proposed Federal Law

By James C. Sherlock, originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and republished here by agreement.  This is a series of columns recommending bringing West Virginia...

Virginia’s Natural Gas Pipelines, Virginia’s Economy and the World

By James C. Sherlock, originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and republished here by agreement. God looks after the United States of America.  The fracking revolution...

Alumni Are Mad as Hell — and They’re Organizing!

By James A. Bacon, originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and republished here by agreement. College alumni, to borrow the classic phrase from the 1976 movie...

Purging Asian-Americans from Top Virginia Schools to End

By Kerry Dougherty, originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and republished here by permission.  It’s dangerous to deal in ethnic stereotypes. There’s always a risk of...