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Commentary

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,...

A Disastrous Week for UVA

By Bert Ellis, this first appeared in Bacon's Rebellion. Open letter from Bert Ellis, president of The Jefferson Council, to members of the University of...

Some Common Ground on Energy Policy But There is No Turning Back

One of the things I learned over the last seven decades is this:  if you have two or more opposing sides in a conflict,...

What Morgan Griffith Left Out

Dear Editor, I felt that much was left out of Congressman Griffith's essay "American Energy can counter Vladimir Putin." Yes, America can produce fossil fuels. Actually,...

Sixth District Perspectives: State Of The Union & Energy Independence

On Tuesday, President Biden delivered his first official State of the Union address, during which he painted an unrealistic picture of the State of...

American Energy Can Counter Vladimir Putin

The exigencies of war can lead to unexpected consequences. We are seeing this truth play out as Ukraine fights for its survival against Russian...

Say It Ain’t So, Joe! Part II

I have one theory why Biden may have been much more concerned with the Ukraine's borders and not our southern border. I call it...