back to top

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,...

“Equity and Identity” Now at the Core of a Virginia Tech Education

By James A. Bacon Republished by arrangement with Bacon's Rebellion. A Blacksburg correspondent has forwarded to me a copy of the “Indigenous Peoples’ Day Resolution,” in...

Should The Ukraine Join NATO?

It is a total myth and falsehood that the United States won the Cold War when the Soviet Union unexpectedly collapsed, and Mikhail Gorbachev...

The Significance of “White Christmas”

The Christmas season is one of beloved traditions. From music we sing and hear to the menu of dishes we customarily enjoy for a...

Roanoke City Needs To Strongly Support Its Police Department

Failing to provide street patrols for the Drum Stick Dash Run in Roanoke due to staff shortages in the police department does not end...

Attorney General-Elect Miyares: “If Your Local Prosecutor Won’t Enforce The Law, I Will”

Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares penned an Op-ed in the Washington Examiner yesterday about the public safety crisis in Virginia and one of his legislative...

Morgan Griffith: “No To Vaccine Mandates”

Over the past few months, I have heard clear opposition from many residents of Virginia’s Ninth Congressional District to President Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandates. I...