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Dissecting the Blue Wave: Turnout

Gov. Glenn Youngkin yesterday blamed Tuesday’s shellacking of the Republican Party in Virginia on the government shutdown. “I firmly believe that the government shutdown was a very, very big...

We Lost More Than an Election — Here’s What Comes Next

We lost all three statewide races. We lost 13 House seats. No Republican won outside...

No Energy Crisis Debate? Virginians Deserved Better Before Today’s Vote

With election day now upon us, Virginia voters were short-changed this election cycle, while Democracy...

Letter to the Editor: A free and honest press is appreciated now, more than ever before

I wanted to let you folks know how much I enjoy reading your reporting and...

Don’t Let Partisan Politics Redraw Virginia’s District Lines

Dirty politics? The call for a special session is a calculated political move designed to...

VMI Graduate Sounds Alarm: “Enough Is Enough!”

VMI has existed as an institution for over 180 years, producing citizen soldiers in a time-honored and tested fashion, using proven methods that provide...

Is Governor Glenn Youngkin Erecting A Monument To Former Governor Ralph Northam?

The resignation of Dr. Ann Hunter McLean from her Youngkin appointment to the Virginia Historic Resources Board is of seismic consequence for the Governor...

Forfeiting Moral Leadership Abroad: US Diplomacy Abandons Religious Freedom

This editorial is based on one originally posted by the Religious Freedom Institute as a commentary here. Prompted by his recent article in the Wall Street...

Do We “Save The Earth” By Destroying Prime VA Farmland?

This commentary came from the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy and is published here by permission.  Solar installations hasten loss of Virginia farmland Virginia lost...

“This Is What VMI IS,” Cadet Letter To New Students And Families

This was originally posted in The Cadet, the independent voice of the VMI Corps and Alumni since 1871 and is shared here by permission. Welcome...

CRT’s False Narrative on US Combat Losses

Critical Race Theory (CRT) ideologues and their Diversity-Inclusion-Equity (DIE)-minded cousins peddle various fantasies. One reprehensible narrative concerns racial disparities among US military deaths during...