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Will Voters Bring Gerrymandering Back to Virginia?

Unless Virginia voters reject the constitutional amendment on the ballot April 21, gerrymandering will return to Virginia. Five years ago, 66% of Virginia voters -- 2.8 million Virginians -- approved...

Sixth District Perspectives with Congressman Ben Cline

Department of Homeland Security funding has passed the House, but Senate Democrats refuse to...

Open Letter To Area Pastors/Ministry Leaders

Dear Pastor or Ministry Leader,          Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. -Proverbs 31:8a I...

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...

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...

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...

Say It Ain’t So, Joe! (Part I)

Since the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2021 approximately 1.7 million or more illegal aliens entered the United States across the Mexican...