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No Energy Crisis Debate? Virginians Deserved Better Before Today’s Vote

With election day now upon us, Virginia voters were short-changed this election cycle, while Democracy is literally being threatened!  Virginians were limited to one, short, poorly controlled debate for Governor,...

Letter to the Editor: A free and honest press is appreciated now, more than ever before

I wanted to let you folks know how much I enjoy reading your reporting and,...

Don’t Let Partisan Politics Redraw Virginia’s District Lines

Dirty politics? The call for a special session is a calculated political move designed to...

Destroying Democracy: Will Dems Trample on Voters’ Will?

You have to be pretty confident – no, read that “arrogant” – to tell 2.7...

Why I’m Supporting Maynard Keller for the House of Delegates

Our national debate about ethnicity, culture, and identity has turned ugly. Political corruption, including the...

COMMENTARY: We’re In This Together, So Please Wear A Mask

We are in this together. It doesn’t matter your political affiliation, what you do for a living, for whom you work, where you live,...

COMMENTARY: California, Here We Come?

A famous song of the 1920s went, “California, here I come.” Today, one might sing that line with dread rather than anticipation as rolling blackouts...

COMMENTARY: Early Voting and Debates

Debating holds a storied place in the American political tradition. The Lincoln-Douglas debates between two Senate candidates in Illinois in 1858 made a household name...

COMMENTARY: Walmart Hypocritical When It Comes To Face Masks

Many companies within the United States have recently required their employees and customers to wear a face mask because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such...

COMMENTARY: Libraries Live on With Community Support

Recently, rural Americans have missed out on many services usually offered in their communities. However, library employees have worked even harder to provide for their...

COMMENTARY: July 1st To Bring Radical Abortion Changes in Virginia

I am Ann Russell, and I am currently the acting Executive Director at Blue Ridge Women’s Center. My first visit to BRWC was as...