I just reviewed the latest installment of Ivy Main’s serial “critiques of capitalism” entitled “Commentary: Virginia has a data center problem” In her latest critique, Ms....
Actually, Virginia has several data center problems. One seems like a good problem to have, at least if you are a locality looking to attract business....
Consider all the ways police departments around Virginia are working to fill vacancies in their ranks: Offering signing bonuses. Boosting salaries. Attending military, community, and...
Christmas has arrived in a heaving rush and I’m plotting a means to get my Christmas on proper before it vanishes in a few weeks. This...
My father grew up on a farm in San Jose that my grandfather had to put in the names of his two oldest sons, because...
Sometimes it just hurts to watch the constant yammering about the economy, particularly on those dry-as-dust cable networks like CNBC and Bloomberg, with anchors and...
Babe Ruth’s home run record was sure to fall sooner or later. Roger Maris broke Ruth’s 60-homer single-season record with his 61st home run of the...
Great news to read in the Royal Examiner that the Council voted to fill the Town Manager and Town Attorney positions with Joe Waltz and George...
With all that is going on in our nation, it is understandable if you have not been paying attention to what is going on in Iran....
Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin and California Democrats could hardly be further apart politically; however, their diagnoses of what is wrong with America’s housing market sound...
The Warren County School Board, as with all school boards not only in the Commonwealth but throughout the United States, would not need any standards nor...
Virginia’s income tax brackets have always shocked me, especially because of their glaring lack of fairness. As a newspaper columnist in South Hampton Roads, I earned...
This article does not fit in with my traditional column, yet it does have a historical component and my editor felt that my Historically Speaking readers...
It’s time to play Jeopardy again and test the parameters of your brain housing group. Category Today: Geography and History What is the county seat of...
As it becomes increasingly urgent to prepare more teachers, as reported in the November 7 article “Virginia report shows more teachers leaving the workforce than entering...
“Welcome back, my friends, to a show that never ends.” This continues to be one of my favorite lyrics from a song that describes our society...
An article came out this week from conservative writer George Will in the Washington Post that called for President Joe Biden and V.P. Kamala Harris not...
Who shows up to cast a ballot and who is allowed to mark a ballot and have it counted will determine which candidates take office and...
1080. That’s what I tallied on the SATs more than 40 years ago while attending my college prep high school in Washington, D.C. Surprisingly, I did...
Most of what you need to know about today’s Republican Party is illustrated in their viewpoint about the 2020 election. The party is rife with election...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – This is a city accustomed to big-league politics. The legacy of former Arkansas Gov.-turned-President Bill Clinton is ubiquitous: libraries, schools, and streets...
Washington Gas has been emailing its Virginia customers this month to offer them rebates if they buy new gas appliances, including home heating equipment (up to...
When Candace Blue became part of the club no parent wants to join, she faced a stark choice: Totally shut down following the shooting death of...
The Eastern Shore and the Shenandoah Valley have few things in common, but both regions of the state share a deep desire to turn old...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has adopted a new tack in trying to stem thousands of teacher vacancies across Virginia. He wants to hire more educators for the...
With the midterms approaching, it is finally time for the American people to voice their opinion of the Biden presidency, or so we are being told....
When a once in a lifetime opportunity presents itself, some people will say it’s because the stars have lined up. Others might say that the forces...
Governor Glenn Youngkin issued a press release on October 3 presenting what he says is his energy plan. Accompanying the press release were 26 pages labeled...
Distraction is defined as a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else. Most people in the U.S. are distracted from international events...
I just read the opinion piece you published with the provocative title “Commentary: EPA: Enlightened despots or experts?” In the piece, the author, Bobby Whitescarver, who...