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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...

Economic Illiterates Demand Youngkin Halt Gasoline “Price Gouging”

By James A. Bacon, this was originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and is published here by agreement.  Virginia Democrats are calling upon Governor Glenn Youngkin...

Virginia Democrats Play Childish Games With Public Safety

By Kerry Dougherty, this was originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and is republished here by permission. What in the world are Virginia Senate Democrats thinking? On...

The Birth Dearth Is About Culture, Not Costs

By John Stonestreet and Shane Morris, this was originally published on breakpoint.org. Babies aren’t popular, right now.   In fact, on average, Americans have never had fewer...

Early Reading Skills Still “Going in the Wrong Direction”

By James A. Bacon, this was originally published in Bacon's Rebellion and is republished here by agreement.  Governor Glenn Youngkin is getting an inkling of...

For Now, General Assembly Makes Dreams of Commercialization of Marijuana Go Up In Smoke

By Victoria Cobb, this text was originally published by the Virginia Family Foundation. Last week, the House General Laws committee carried over until 2023 SB...

Delegate Chris Head Rebukes House Democrats as “Out-of-Touch” Over Rising Gas Prices

Richmond, VA — On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, Delegate Chris Head (R-Botetourt), offered a pointed reply to Democratic members of the House of Delegates...