We have regressed from Ronald Reagan’s “government is not the solution to our problem, government IS our problem” and Bill Clinton’s declarati…
Virginia Tech is busy building an “innovation campus” in Northern Virginia. The University of Virginia should be building one, too — on the ot…
The International Monetary Fund’s new economic forecast offers encouragement to the world’s rich countries. They’re on track to recover strong…
Apparently, Robert Pape was surprised.
Sometime over the last month, you probably threw away a banana. Maybe it got too ripe. Or maybe your child didn’t like the one he was eating w…
He was not one of ours — if by “ours” you mean an American, but the further we go out in space, the less earthly distinctions like nationality…
This is disappointing. To recap: The Virginia General Assembly this year voted to retire the state’s coal tax credits and promised coal counti…
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Virginia Tech is busy building an “innovation campus” in Northern Virginia. The University of Virginia should be building one, too — on the ot…
The International Monetary Fund’s new economic forecast offers encouragement to the world’s rich countries. They’re on track to recover strong…
This is disappointing. To recap: The Virginia General Assembly this year voted to retire the state’s coal tax credits and promised coal counti…
In the long history of the United States census — the first was conducted in 1790 — few have faced headwinds as strong as the current count.
A task force formed in the wake of the Jan. 6 invasion urged Congress to increase Capitol Police staffing, improve the force’s intelligence-ga…
Arthur Rossa “Pete” Giesen Jr. passed away last week at age 88. His passing provides occasion not simply to offer tribute to a longtime legisl…
We have regressed from Ronald Reagan’s “government is not the solution to our problem, government IS our problem” and Bill Clinton’s declarati…
Apparently, Robert Pape was surprised.
But all things considered, there has never been a more exciting and hopeful time for a human to be alive than here and now. The truth is; we a…
Public infrastructure has been likened to homeownership, and it’s a fitting comparison. Your home not only had to be built, it has to be maint…
How many times in the last 12 months have you said to someone that you felt like you were living in “The Twilight Zone”? While you might have …
So, it seems the church is shrinking.
It’s clear we must strengthen the integrity of our government institutions so the public gains confidence that corrupt actors will be exposed …
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To openly attempt to deny the voting rights of any citizens indicates a level of cowardice never before seen in the history of the United Stat…
State government primaries for the general election on Nov. 2 will be held on June 8th. If you cast your vote for Sam Rasoul in the June 8 pri…
While waiting between classes, we often walk through the Sinking Springs Cemetery and read the tombstones. It is so difficult to cross the bus…
COVID has inflicted huge economic losses on our businesses and individuals. Yet our Rep. Morgan Griffith denied citizens of Southwest Virginia…
As a resident of Southwest Virginia, I am supporting Sam Rasoul as Virginia’s next lieutenant governor.
Republican readers used to write letters to this paper extolling the glory of their beloved leader. Now they complain of being conservative vi…
I pray that the town will have the backbone to require the removal of all nonconforming structural additions and to appropriately punish the v…
