On the campaign trail as he sought the presidency, Joe Biden promised in September 2019, “I guarantee you we’re going to end fossil fuel.”
Recent steps by the Biden Administration to expand the world’s supply of oil would appear to be a U-turn from this pledge. One might at first glance welcome this as good news. Unfortunately, President Biden’s newfound interest in fossil fuels focuses… Read more »
Small businesses are the engines that power the American economy.
According to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the 33.2 million small businesses across the country employ 61.7 million people, 46.4 percent of all U.S. employees. In Virginia, we benefit from 795,624 small businesses employing 1.6 million people.
If we do not work at a small business, many of our family… Read more »
In less than two short years, unified Democrat control of the Federal Government has diminished our country in ways that would astound even a pessimist.
Inflation has risen to levels not seen in forty years. Gas prices hit record highs earlier this year. More than two million illegal immigrants have been encountered at the southern border this fiscal year before it has even ended, not… Read more »
When asked recently by NBC News whether the border is secure, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Biden Administration’s “border czar,” said, "We have a secure border in that that is a priority for any nation."
The Vice President’s confusing syntax aside, the only answer to the question “Is the border secure?” right now must be “No.”
A secure border would not be setting records for daily… Read more »
The end of the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom truly marks the change of an era in world history.
The span of her reign alone guaranteed her a place in history. When she came to the throne in 1952, the UK’s Prime Minister was Winston Churchill. He said on the occasion, “I, whose youth was passed in the august, unchallenged and tranquil glories of the Victorian… Read more »
Americans have long been skeptical of monarchs. We still celebrate July 4 each year, marking the adoption of the Declaration of Independence which catalogued our grievances against Britain’s King George III. We celebrate George Washington precisely because he chose to be a president who retired after two terms rather than a king. Presidents throughout our history who were seen as… Read more »
The celebration of Labor Day on the first Monday in September is an occasion to celebrate American workers and all they have done to create the greatest economic power in history.
In our region, this upcoming Labor Day would be a good time to note a recent spate of good news for workers, job growth, and opportunity.
Companies announcing that they are newly locating to Virginia’s Ninth… Read more »
On the eve of the United Kingdom’s entry into World War I, Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey remarked as he observed lamplighters at work in the dusk, “The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.”
Amid another war on the European continent in the present, the lamps may be literally going out across Europe – and the air conditioning, and the… Read more »
Seeing the Democrats continue to push the same failed policies with the hope of different results, I can’t help but think of a gambler who has already lost big but who remains at the table hoping the next roll of the dice will pay off.
Let’s start with spending. An early priority of President Biden and his party’s congressional majorities was the so-called “American Rescue Plan” that… Read more »
Like a horror movie monster seemingly finished off at the end returning for a sequel, the Democrat tax-and-spend reconciliation bill that once appeared dead has returned in the summer of 2022.
Originally dubbed “Build Back Better,” this monster bill now goes by the “Inflation Reduction Act.” The text, however, shows that it does no such thing.
Instead, it seeks to implement provisions… Read more »
