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Social justice “acceptance” and the 1st Amendment

Sunday, August 11, 2013

A tenuous link to gun sales

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Climate-change zealotry will cost jobs

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Foundation for Roanoke Valley

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Climate change: No time to waste

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Propane unwelcome in S.E. city

Friday, August 9, 2013

The governor strikes back

Thursday, August 8, 2013

City is no place for propane gas terminal

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Monsanto, the GMO Goliath

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Head Start gets an F

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Climate change: our challenge

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Rail for the 22nd century

Monday, August 5, 2013

A bill on the road to nowhere

Monday, August 5, 2013

The ruinous war on drugs

Monday, August 5, 2013

Cuccinelli’s backward vision

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Marketplace Fairness is pro-growth

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Defending against discrimination

Sunday, August 4, 2013

The outlook for ebooks, libraries, profits and art

Sunday, August 4, 2013

The zero-sum society revisited

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Certain climate predictions

Saturday, August 3, 2013

A view from outside the classroom

Friday, August 2, 2013

The logic of rail investment

Thursday, August 1, 2013

A Tidal Wave of Liberators

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Cutting into public health

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Roanoke is not Detroit

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

What would Cal Thomas do?

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Why stop with a tax on Priuses?

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Uncertain climate predictions

Monday, July 29, 2013

Obama cannot compare to the courage of John Adams

Sunday, July 28, 2013

A wife’s deja vu moment

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Peaks of Otter The search for Walden Pond moves online

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Justice will be served

Sunday, July 28, 2013

We biracials can claim a unique role in race dialogue

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Don’t leave nagging questions unanswered

Sunday, July 28, 2013

The wild, unsavory life of a mockingbird

Saturday, July 27, 2013

The fight for women’s education

Friday, July 26, 2013

A Rolex is not a perk of office

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Obama’s necessary, uncreative speech

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Give our children a Head Start

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Fight for the port of entry

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

The U.S. as the patient diplomat

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Common sense on nationalism

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

We are not Paula Deen

Monday, July 22, 2013

On prayer, the Supreme Court is wrong

Monday, July 22, 2013

Conviction politician

Sunday, July 21, 2013

The statistics of Jim Carroll: 1,300 games,41-year radio career, one great mentor

Sunday, July 21, 2013

That’s not pest — that’s poetry

Sunday, July 21, 2013

All rise for a good judge

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Arts, culture, nonprofits and public dollars

Sunday, July 21, 2013

We and the Clean Water Act still have work to do

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Paula Deen gets her just desserts

Friday, July 19, 2013

Cuccinelli is a friend to all Virginians

Thursday, July 18, 2013

American at heart

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Get on with health care reform

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Don’t let a sensational trial convict our whole justice system

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

A conversation we all should have

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Disenfranchising the weak as political strategy

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Mr. Lincoln, Facebook and me

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Education is not a consumer product

Monday, July 15, 2013

A life of painting and giving

Monday, July 15, 2013

In the best show biz tradition . . .

Sunday, July 14, 2013

What happens in Egypt doesn’t stay in Egypt

Sunday, July 14, 2013

A sound master plan for Roanoke’s parks

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Local college enriches not only students but the community

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Jude, the not so obscure, endures

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Horses, unicorns and climate

Friday, July 12, 2013

Will Goodlatte finally lead on immigration?

Thursday, July 11, 2013

The struggle continues for voting rights

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The courage to act on climate change

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Our God-given freedoms

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The threat of a new epidemic

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Radford’s record of excellence

Monday, July 8, 2013

No friend to Appalachia

Monday, July 8, 2013

School board vote on orientation challenged

Sunday, July 7, 2013

How well do Virginia colleges teach the teachers?

Sunday, July 7, 2013

The best-suited don’t run

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Heads should roll

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Quality Pre-K: the foundation of a competitive, compassionate Virginia

Sunday, July 7, 2013

This sounds like a job for the tea party

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Protect freedom by practicing it

Friday, July 5, 2013

We the people can disagree

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Allowing suffering is beneath us

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

We are Paula Deen

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

More guns and less violence

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Behind the Facebook façade

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

The universe, as seen by believers

Monday, July 1, 2013

Living with less requires more energy

Monday, July 1, 2013

AG has kept gas owners from their money

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Intermodal yard opens up big opportunities

Sunday, June 30, 2013

In government, bigger isn’t better

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Military suicides: an unspoken tragedy

Sunday, June 30, 2013

A word of caution before the rush for genetic testing

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Travel advice from the Old World

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Prayer has no place in government

Friday, June 28, 2013

Do not delay further the Keystone pipeline

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Explore an explosive new energy source

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Governor's race isn't all about gloom and despair

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Play-acting at keeping people safe

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Obesity is a true health care crisis

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Atheism is not a religion

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Monday, August 12, 2013

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