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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...

COMMENTARY: Seventy-Five Years Since World War II

September 2 marks the 75th anniversary of World War II’s end. It was the most terrible war in history. Estimates of the precise toll...

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...