Letters for March 17: Democratic Party needs a platform other than...
Outrage The Democratic Party is outraged as President Donald Trump aggressively implements his promise to reduce federal spending, right-size the bureaucracy and introduce reforms making economy and...
View ArticleColumn: Americans and the economy will lose in Trump’s war on NOAA
Last month, close to 1,000 National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration workers, including weather forecasters, were fired. The Trump administration has now told agency leaders to fire another...
View ArticleColumn: Is Musk’s brutal DOGE a tragedy, or caused by one?
Though controversial, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its chainsaw-like efforts to eliminate agencies, cut the federal workforce and root out waste, fraud and abuse have...
View ArticleEditorial: Big Tech’s AI pitch seeks license to steal
OpenAI and Google, having long trained their ravenous bots on the work of newsrooms like this one, now want to throw out long-established copyright law by arguing, we kid you not, that the only way for...
View ArticleLetters for March 18: Climate crisis needs ‘stronger regulations’ to save lives
EPA roll backs The following is a partial list of regulations that the Environmental Protection Agency wants to roll back: power plant emissions standards; toxic emission limits on power plants;...
View ArticleColumn: Governor, veto the prescription drug board bill
Last year, Gov. Glenn Youngkin made a bold and necessary decision — vetoing a deeply flawed proposal to establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) in Virginia. His leadership saved...
View ArticleEditorial: Virginia students’ test scores are troubling. Here’s what we need...
Virginia’s public schools are struggling. The schools have yet to make up the significant learning losses suffered during the pandemic. In some areas they are falling further behind. The state’s scores...
View ArticleLetters for March 19: Ukrainian refugees’ plight evokes Statue of Liberty...
Refugees Re “With Trump, Ukrainian refugees in Virginia see uncertain future“ (A1, March 16): My heart goes out to the Ukrainian family settling into life in Norfolk due to the destruction of their...
View ArticleColumn: Gov. Youngkin can keep the lights on and our costs down
Virginia’s energy future is now in Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s hands. With the General Assembly session concluded, lawmakers have done their part passing critical legislation to lower energy costs,...
View ArticleEditorial: During Sunshine Week, join the chorus for government transparency
Government serves the public most effectively when it conducts its affairs in the open. The Founding Fathers crafted a governing system that puts power in the hands of the people; it is therefore only...
View ArticleLetters for March 20: March, make calls to send loud and clear messages to...
March While March is our current month, it is also a verb and can be a command. It is indeed a command in today’s political climate, an absolute command with urgency: March! March, we must, as many of...
View ArticleColumn: Links between psychotropics and violence deserve consideration
President Donald Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” Executive Order called for an assessment of the “prevalence and threat” caused by stimulants to treat ADHD and other psychotropics...
View ArticleEditorial: Short-term, long-term solutions help Virginians reduce their power...
Though temperatures neared 70 degrees recently, many Hampton Roads residents are still experiencing the effects of cold snaps earlier this year — primarily in the form of higher power bills. Costs...
View ArticleLetters for March 21: Attorney general is chief law enforcement officer, not...
Justice Department The Office of the Attorney General was established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 and Edmund Randolph was the first U.S. attorney general. Throughout history the AG has always been...
View ArticleColumn: Don’t vilify animal organizations providing needed services
Regarding the Feb. 28 guest column “Virginia poised to become largest no-kill state,” words are powerful, especially the word “kill.” Who wouldn’t want to support “no-kill” policies at animal shelters?...
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