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Does Spending $62 Billion on Utility Batteries Lower Your Cost of Electricity? Of Course Not

The 2026 General Assembly is likely to amend the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) to greatly expand the construction of utility-scale batteries for our electric grid. Based on the current...

SERWAN ZANGANA: Political Failures Led To Recent Murder of Corrections Officer In Grayson County

Correctional Officer Jeremy Hall was killed on November 17, 2025, by an inmate at River...

Sen. Suetterlein Files 2026 Legislation Expanding Tax Relief & Education

Virginia legislators started filing bills for the 2026 General Assembly this week, and Senator David...

Progressives Urge Assembly to Soak the Rich, But Likely Tax Increases Will Reach Everyone

As a new Democratic Party trifecta looms in Virginia, a progressive policy group has floated...

Dissecting the Blue Wave: Turnout

Gov. Glenn Youngkin yesterday blamed Tuesday’s shellacking of the Republican Party in Virginia on the...

A Corporate, Bottom-Line Attitude Has Altered How Medicine Is Practiced

The Prescription Could Be An Injection Of Humanity, Physician Says The changes in medical care over the last five decades have been dramatic. Technological and scientific...

The Congressional Mail Bag: What You’re Saying

Each month, my office receives thousands of phone calls, letters, e-mails, and even Facebook messages from folks across the Sixth District. Many have questions...

Obamacare an “8 out of 10,” According to President Obama

As part of a recent wide-ranging interview with ABC News, President Obama was asked to rate “the success” of Obamacare on a scale of...

Downspout Disconnects, a Disconnect from Reality

I enjoyed reading the article by Liza Field in the April edition of The Roanoke Star. As always her article was insightful and eloquently...

A Parent’s View of the “Growth Through Opportunity” Cadet Program in Roanoke

From 2004 to 2008 I was invited to present several times by Officer Bryan Lawrence and Sgt. Susan Camper (both retired) at the Roanoke...

Back To The Land

Life’s still good, but death’s just become more interesting. I always figured on cremation - modest expense, no concrete, bronze and embalming chemicals in the...