Are Warren County officials really conserving taxpayer dollars? I ask this question because, at recent Warren County Board of Supervisors meetings, several of our constitutional officers,...
I think we all understand the need for rules, guidelines, and laws. We also understand that sometimes exceptions are necessary. Apparently, though, the ability to recognize...
How much damage should a town inflict on a local nonprofit tourist attraction to gain one parking space? That is the question the Virginia Beer Museum...
I served as a legislative assistant to the late Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ). I assisted the Senator in the writing and enactment of the Uniform...
Donovan “Mark” Quimby’s response to Rear Admiral John Butler is a collection of misleading claims, inflammatory rhetoric, and glaring double standards. Rather than address Butler’s legitimate...
A belief in American politics holds that dissatisfaction with the status quo drives votes against the party in power. That is only part of the headwinds...
August 13, 2001, a small building collapsed, and I was pinned under it. An Edinburg neighbor called the rescue squad, and one of them crawled into...
This veteran is exposing John Butler’s utilizing his Rear Admiral (USN, Ret.) rank, military service, and America’s founding documents in his form, “A veteran’s perspective: Choice...
Clean water is not simply a resource. It is the foundation of our health, our culture and our identity. For the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, Virginia’s rivers,...
I often attend Warren County Board of Supervisors meetings. When public comments are allowed, I typically raise concerns about spending taxpayer dollars on nonessential departmental purchases....
I’m not at the top, and I’m not at the bottom either; I’m right there in the middle where most of us live, and for a...
If you’re alarmed about the proliferation of data centers — gargantuan, windowless megastructures that power social media, live-streaming, cloud storage, e-commerce, text messaging, cryptocurrency, online betting,...
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s energy plan, released October 1, is a marvel of earnestness and hard work. Anyone plowing through its 180 pages of text and...
A simple question from a little girl at a movie theater raises a bigger concern about the future of going to the movies and what families...
There is something wonderfully modern about sitting on the couch with a smartphone, opening Facebook and typing a complaint about data centers. Think about the journey...
Technology, like every man-made innovation, has various possibilities. As I began typing these words, for instance, the “copilot” writing app popped up asking what I wanted...
For me, the Festival of Leaves has always been about something much bigger than a festival. It has been about community, connection, and the incredible things...
Published in 1977, Will D. Campbell’s memoir Brother to a Dragonfly is as relevant now as it was then. Campbell tells the story of himself, his...
What happened after the Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting on August 18, 2026, should not be dismissed as just another political disagreement. Supervisor Hugh Henry...
If you enjoy seeing a bald eagle soaring over the James River, hearing a turkey gobble in the spring woods, watching whitetail deer cross a field...
Well, folks, it’s midterm election season. And if you live in Warren County, voting matters. Even if you don’t particularly like the candidates, or the campaigns.....
From the Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers of Emergency Medicine of Blue Ridge To our patients, our neighbors, and our community, For more than thirty years,...
Two recent Royal Examiner pieces approached the data center debate from different directions. Kenneth Roko’s “The Data Center Debate Should Include Data Security” raised concerns about cybersecurity,...
Data centers have been widely discussed lately, and much of the conversation has focused on what can go wrong. They use enormous amounts of electricity. Some...
Let’s talk about AI and data centers. A different approach. AI is an interesting tool (or weapon), depending on your intent. It can be useful, though...
Twenty-five years ago, I was driving to work late, as I often did. I lived in Alexandria then, not yet married, and worked in Crystal City,...
To the first responders who answered the call that morning in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania, we owe a debt we can never...
The residents of Virginia’s 6th Congressional District face difficult times. Rising utility rates, higher housing costs, and grocery bills continue to strain household budgets across our...
A good many of us can remember when we did not wear our party on our sleeve. We voted for who we saw as the best...
John Massoud wants readers to believe the important thing is that candidates simply show up. Whether you call it a debate, a forum, a discussion, or,...
