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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: Don’t Redefine “Flattening the Curve”

I recently spent a day with the New River Public Health Task Force, meeting with its members and touring facilities. The task force has...

COMMENTARY: Getting Ready to Reopen

As we continue to address the coronavirus outbreak, it is important also to plan for what comes next. To slow the spread of the virus,...

COMMENTARY: Strategic Approach Is Needed Instead of Extending Blanket Prohibitions

Today April 16th) Governor Ralph Northam announced that he will be unilaterally extending the effective date on his Executive Order 53 from April 23...

COMMENTARY: Seeing the Light

I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy no sorrow in sight Praise the Lord I saw...

COMMENTARY: Facing The Coronavirus: The Logic of Potterville

IT's A Wonderful Life In director Frank Capra’s 1946 holiday classic movie It’s a Wonderful Life, an initial bank panic sweeps the small town of Bedford Falls....

COMMENTARY: Keep Calm and Carry On

“You have nothing to fear but fear itself . . .” “Keep calm and carry on . . .” Theses are simple words that define ‘the...