There鈥檚 a difference between a friendly rivalry and a deeply toxic, unproductive, and adversarial relationship. Virginia Tech and University of Virginia have a friendly rivalry. The Democrats and Republicans in Congress have a deeply toxic, unproductive, and adversarial relationship. I recen…
It is incredibly disappointing that Gov. Glenn Youngkin chose not only to veto Senate Bill 777, the Income Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force bill passed unanimously by the Senate and with strong bipartisan support by the House of Delegates, but also to offer the serio…
To anyone paying attention, our nation is in crisis. Donald Trump and his minions are stripping federal agencies of essential employees, to the detriment of the safety, health and financial security of all Americans. They are coercing these federal agencies, along with the military, the Smit…
Recently I attend a rally in Christiansburg that was held across the street from the Trump Store. The rally was attended by close to 150 people; each person had a sign which told their story of what has been going on in this country for the last 60 days.
Those fake businesses, created to fraudulently absorb the federal Payroll Protection Program funding have hurt many legitimate businesses that were unable to receive that funding.
The media should stop calling political figures 鈥淩epublican鈥 if they do not uphold the values of our republic.
As a Marine jet pilot, I flew 352 combat missions over South Vietnam, North Vietnam and Laos. One day at the beginning of a scheduled flight into North Vietnam, I checked in with the airborne controller and was advised that they had not received my target information so they could not clear …
Elon Musk must get out of government
How is DOGE really improving efficiency?
Tax cuts for wealthy hurt the rest of us
Ben Cline lacks courage, principles
Congress must stop Trump鈥檚 tantrum tariffs
Morgan Griffith is too far gone.
Well, I guess we should have all become inured to it by now, but Dan Casey's latest rant has gone off the rails聽鈥 but it's not really all his fault. We know old Dan's a committed (in more ways than one) left wing, pot-loving lefty who (apparently) can't restrain himself from bashing Republic…
REF: Health article 3/25/25. I read the article with tips on how to help handle health care. I have a horrible time with Carilion Clinic usually due to Carilion's processes. One glaring example is Carilion's referral requirement to see specialist. My insurance does not require referrals but …
On April 5, Christiansburg entered the history books as approximately 500 residents attended a rally in in the middle of the town square. The area was flooded with citizens. They did not come with knives, guns, or hate, they came with questions, questions concerning life in this country.
Science funding cuts endanger our health
More logging wrong for National Forests
Social Security being dismantled
Funding freezes hurt local farmers
Khalil is wrong, but I鈥檒l still defend him
FDR had compassion for Americans
Give Trump鈥檚 economic policies time to work
Cline, Griffith never going to cross Trump
Republican leaders have reportedly told their members of Congress to not hold in-person town hall meetings (in other words, zip it!).
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
Trump cuts threaten local nonprofit, refugees
In a statement released after dodging his own town hall in Midlothian in late February, Congressman Rob Wittman said the goal of increasing government efficiency should be 鈥減ursued with greater compassion.鈥 In other words, he suggests firing tens of thousands of federal workers (so far) and shuttering vital government activities both at home (child cancer research, veterans鈥 services) and abroad (lifesaving USAID programs) is both legal and necessary, but 鈥 what? It should be done with more sympathy? As though that will make everyone who lost their jobs feel better?
Rich Anderson, chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, claimed in an op-ed ("Abigail Spanberger is too radical for Virginia," Feb. 27) that gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger would be a threat to Second Amendment rights and hostile to law-abiding gun owners. On the contrary, Spanberger is uniquely qualified to champion gun violence prevention.
It is easy for the American public to see the thousands of federal employees being fired as faceless bureaucrats. But I have a different view.
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