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Commentary

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...

COMMENTARY: Protecting Our Interests From China

The nineteenth century British statesman Lord Palmerston once defended his foreign policy by declaring, “We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual...

COMMENTARY: Judges Should Judge – and Legislators Should Legislate  

The process of advice and consent for a new Supreme Court Justice is currently under way in the United States Senate. While I play no...

COMMENTARY: Keep the Electoral College

In presidential election years, we debate the issues our country faces. Increasingly, the way our country chooses the president has become an issue up...

COMMENTARY: A Supreme Debate

There are few judicial principles more vital to the freedom and our republican form of government than this: Jus dicere, et non jus dare,...

COMMENTARY: Democrats Starting to Realize Mail-in Ballots Not Such A Good Idea

Dear Editor, Democrats are starting to realize that mail-in ballots are not a good idea after all. If 60-70 million mail-in ballots are cast this...

Beware of The National Popular Vote Bill In Richmond

“A dangerous virus lurks in our republican democracy,” wrote E.J. Dionne, Jr., a Washington Post columnist. He argues that the threat is the Electoral College, one...