Everything is so expensive these days. Last week I paid $5 in a restaurant for a tiny bottle of ginger ale. Maybe it was imported and there was a tariff.

Congressman Cline says protesters who disagree with him are “socialist barbarians.” Ben Cline is not an independent thinker. He simply repeats scripts given to him by his MAGA masters. Lacking plans to address real issues, Republicans have resorted to the fourth grade playground tactic of name-calling. They have exhumed the tired old boogeyman of “creeping socialism” that has haunted them for more than 50 years. The “socialist barbarians” label apparently originated with Hous

Public Servant or Puppet? I found an unexpected $90 in our online bank statement. It must be my wife’s Trump Medicare Bribe, because POTUS sent her a nice letter. My $90 has not arrived. No other president has offered a bribe for our votes, not even Tricky Dick Nixon. What can we do with this windfall? Our $90 goes to our Democratic congressional candidate, Beth Macy. Yours could also. Let’s compare our bribe with corporate donations to MAGA Congressman Ben Cline. Google gave

Ben Cline Does Not Compute Cardinal News reports that Congressman Cline and Democratic candidate Beth Macy agree we need a moratorium on data center construction. Virginia leads in expansion of data centers, which use enormous amounts of water and electricity. Some localities have made non-disclosure agreements with data centers, keeping permitting conditions secret. Democratic Governor Spanberger banned NDAs between data centers and state agencies, and wants to limit the cen

Ben Cline Follows, the Money Leads

Republicans have long complained about “unelected bureaucrats” making government regulations. Now the GOP is trying to reshape the workings of government by changing federal census procedures without the consent of Congress or the voters. The US Constitution requires the census to count "the whole number of persons" in the country every ten years. The Trump administration wants to count only citizens and green card holders, omitting other visa holders and undocumented immigr

It is time to change the Supine Court and our Congressional Representative.

It is sad that the US Secretary of Education is a billionaire Rasslin’ promoter who was assigned by Trump to dismantle the federal Department of Education.

Dairy cows waiting to be milked Congressman Ben Cline says the Republican “no tolerance” immigration policies are a great benefit to the country. The reality for agriculture is quite different. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reported on the plight of a Page County dairy farm A Page County dairy loses half of its employees in an immigration operation and part 2 of this report. The Yancey family tried for 28 years to find local labor, but all were unreliable. Dairy cows don't take vacat

Earth Day Staunton 2026 is here and we want to highlight some of the many pieces of environmental legislation passed by the Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly this year.

What Is a District ? A district is a geographical area regarded as a distinct unit because of a particular characteristic. Huh? Staunton is considered a municipal district and acts separately from Augusta County. Staunton has its own government, tax base, voting boundaries, and, perhaps, some cultural uniqueness. However, Staunton is also part of larger districts such as House of Delegates District 36, State Senate District 3, the Virginia 6th Congressional District, the

Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine held a telephone town hall on February 10 2025. Some of the SDC members joined the call and...

When women vote this November, we need to remember those who dedicated their lives to ensure women have the right to vote.

A word (or two) to J. D. Vance: Now that you’ve allowed the world into your personal stuff, like your love of Mountain Dew and cuddle-up...

Narcissus was a Greek mythological character thought to be the most beautiful person ever known. When he discovered his reflection in a...

I remember a chilly November day in 1963 when a frantic teacher burst into my third grade classroom to announce that President Kennedy...

For the past 24 hours, I’ve listened to the deep sighs and whines coming from Democrats after Thursday night’s debate. Now that all...

“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.” So said William Golding in his novel, Lord of the Flies. He tells...

When a happy couple holds hands before family and friends, looks lovingly into each other’s eyes, and utters those magical words “I do,”...

“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” challenged Representative Elise Stefanik at a news gaggle a few weeks back.