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Energy Policy: The Biggest Problem Facing Virginia’s Next Governor

When the smoke clears on the November elections and Virginia has a new governor and a different House of Delegates, energy policy will still head the list of crucial...

Equal Opportunity Demands More Than Public Schools Can Give

May 17 marked the 71st anniversary of the 1954 court decision called Brown v. Board...

Virginia Faces Power Shortages as Lawmakers Stall on Energy Reform

Here we go again. As the 2025 election year heats up and warnings rise about electricity...

Roanoke City Council Shares the Blame

It is very disingenuous, but easy for the city council to blame the previous city...

Youngkin Moves to Curb Energy Price Hikes, Questions Clean Economy Act

With one exception, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) has now vetoed the contested energy bills...

Thankful for Special Olympics and Her Son

My son, Jerry Wu, was one of the athletes at Special Olympics Area 8 to be chosen to go to state games on...

Roanoke City Manager To Receive 5% Raise Putting Him at $210,000

I was looking at the scheduled government meetings for this week and noticed that Roanoke City Council was voting on a raise for...

Fracking Ruling Spot On According to Griffith

Various documents and opinions cross my desk, and sometimes, their contents are worth bringing to the public’s attention.  Judge Skavdahl’s opinion in this...

Countering Homegrown Terrorism

It was an act of pure evil. On what should have been a quiet Sunday morning, Americans instead woke to the jarring news...

In Response to “A Gift of the Sea” by Liza Field

As a resident of Hampton Roads it’s encouraging to see the issue of sea level rise being of concern to folks who don’t...

The Real Costs of Illegal Immigration

Sarah Root and Joshua Wilkerson were like many young people you might know. Sarah just graduated from college and Joshua was a senior...