In announcing his 2022 Virginia Energy Plan, Gov. Glenn Youngkin said, “A growing Virginia must have reliable, affordable, and clean energy for Virginia’s families and businesses.” The...
Totally unnecessary. Totally predictable. Virginia’s prolonged, excruciating review of the state’s K-12 history and social science standards – now on its third major draft, for goodness’...
We have seen this before in Virginia, and here we go again: the classic conflict between tax cuts for the many versus more government spending for...
Almost 60% of tenants in Virginia faced a rent increase last year. Localities are regulating starter homes out of existence. The rate of evictions is quickly...
Gas stoves have been in the headlines a lot recently. On the heels of a study quantifying their contribution to childhood asthma, Consumer Product Safety Commission...
For years, herds of cattle wading and defecating in our rivers caused pollution and rendered the waters disgusting and, in some cases, dangerous for contact by...
Equifax’s financial mea culpa arrived in my mailbox the other day. I eagerly tore open the envelope the credit reporting firm sent me. Would the check...
Kelvin Wright, the recently retired police chief of Chesapeake, remains bewildered by the slaying of Daevon Shaquille Miller outside a restaurant-nightclub several years ago. Scores of...
Every year I do a round-up of climate and energy bills at the start of the General Assembly session. This year, as expected, Republicans continue their...
In August of last year, Congress unexpectedly passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, got on board with a slimmed-down version...
Soon, statues of Barbara Johns and Henrietta Lacks – two Black, Virginia-born women who contributed to significant educational and scientific progress in America – will be...
I’m not a betting man. I have little faith that the fates will bless me. I could put $10 on the sun setting in the west...
When the Virginia General Assembly convenes next week for the 2023 session, Republicans will once again try to undo the commonwealth’s framework for a transition to...
Victims of large-scale violent attacks and family members of those killed may soon get financial help to pay for long-term medical and psychological care in the...
Wasn’t it just the other day that Virginians were shaking our heads in dismay at a motionless cordon of traffic tens of miles long stranded...
A Virginia man drove the width of the United States, kidnapped a 15-year-old girl, shot her mother and grandparents dead in cold blood, torched their home...
Yes, it can happen here. From time-to-time, for some inexplicable reason, entire societies allow themselves to fall under the iron fist spell of subjugation from a...
With all due respect, Del. Tim Anderson, have you lost your mind? You’re a first-term Republican member of the House of Delegates running for a second....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...