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Opinion — Fighting for important issues
A Penny and a Half Last year, during the race for governor, Glenn Youngkin announced his goal to ... Read more
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Opinion — Flying with One Wing
Last week brought a new challenge to our office. My right arm, my aide Cindy, was out most ... Read more
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Opinion — Full speed ahead
The General Assembly is now running at full speed. The first week or two was focused on making ... Read more
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Opinion — Push Back
Two months after Republican candidates were swept into office in a majority of House of Delegates’ districts as ... Read more
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Opinion — A new beginning
Saturday, Virginia inaugurated our 74th Governor. This began the four year term of Glen Youngkin. As he passionately ... Read more
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Opinion — In honor of service providers
Many should be thanked for their service in our communities, state and nation; therefore, this column is to ... Read more
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Opinion — 2022 Session coming soon
The 2022 Session will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 12. It brings new hopes, options, obstacles and concerns. The ... Read more
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Opinion — Race of the lemmings
Thank you Senator Joe Manchin. Every American should appreciate that Senator Manchin was the one Democrat that refused ... Read more
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Opinion —The season of hope
This is the season where, each year, most of us step back and reflect on life and look ... Read more
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Opinion — Redistricting update
There has been much conversation about redistricting in the last several months. This should be brought to a ... Read more
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Opinion — Green energy concerns part 2
We all should be concerned about this planet we are blessed to live on. Each of us should ... Read more
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Opinion — Smoke, mirrors and climate change
For those of us who came up in the age of Johnny Carson, one of his frequent guests ... Read more
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Understanding the economy
President Biden either does not understand or care about the damage that he has done to the American ... Read more
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Opinion — Build back better?
President Biden’s election motto was “build back better.” To some, it sounded interesting, even though few understood what ... Read more
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Opinion — The ABCs of schooling
Once upon a time, families sent their children to school to learn the basics of education. We called ... Read more
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Column – Cotton candy
Remember when you were 3 or 4 years old, and you went to your first county fair? As ... Read more
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COLUMN – Why policing matters
When we drive a little fast and see blue lights, it is easy to question why we have ... Read more
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Understanding small business and inflation
Last week, I wrote regarding the dilemma created in the business world driven by COVID, the fear of ... Read more
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Opinion — Prayers needed
The challenges upon us are numerous. We must pray like never before. Rarely have we seen so many ... Read more
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COLUMN – Nero fiddled while Rome burned
I have no animosity towards President Biden; I wish him well. We disagree on most public policy issues, ... Read more
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Opinion — Is Virginia really No. 1 for business?
It was great news that, according to CNBC, Virginia is the number one state in the nation to ... Read more
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Are we really a racist nation?
The phrase “Can’t we all get along?” by the late Rodney King was uttered after he was brutally ... Read more
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Opinion – Are we really a racist nation?
The phrase “Can’t we all get along” by the late Rodney King was uttered after he was brutally ... Read more
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Opinion — Amazingly, parole board investigation turns up nothing
With great shock and amazement, I write to tell you that, after a few weeks study which concluded ... Read more
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Opinion — The founding fathers were far from perfect
While perfect is what we should all work toward in everything we do, seldom do we reach that ... Read more
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Biden’s tax plan will hurt the economy
In Washington, President Joe Biden is patting himself on his back for his plans to raise your taxes. ... Read more
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OPINION — We must reverse the trend of violent crime in Virginia
The lead story of the May 16 Gazette Virginian was a murdered teen shot to death. Same newspaper, ... Read more