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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...

Celebrating Electric Lineworkers

Wednesday, July 10, is National Lineworker Appreciation Day. At Appalachian Power, it naturally is a day in which we celebrate our line mechanics and...

Modern “Progressives” and “Socialists” Offer Up Historical Name Confusion

What is a Progressive? It is currently looking like in June that at least twenty-five Democrats are seeking their party’s nomination for the presidency. With...

The Legitimacy of Political Parties

With the government shutdown now over, it is historically intriguing that one of the central players, President Donald Trump, with help from the Democrats,...

Virginia’s Airports are the Gateway to a Strong Economy

We are fortunate to call Southwest Virginia our home.  The people, communities and our natural resources are the envy of the Commonwealth; and each...

DENNIS GARVIN: Abortion and Slavery

There is no greater hot-button issue in the United States today than abortion.  In the middle of the nineteenth century, there was no greater...

Tolling on I-81? Here We Go Again

The Governor and lawmakers have decided that tolling the entire stretch of I-81 in Virginia is a good idea, another case of back room...