Virginia Talks: Your voice, your opinion, loud and clear.

Some conservative pundits apparently believe that the shame and guilt many outed gay teens experience occurs in a vacuum and has nothing to do with, say, those same critics’ own demonizing statements.

Despite numerous bipartisan endorsements, Senate Republicans have blocked ratification of a nuclear weapons treaty with Russia.

The Virginia Bureau of Insurance, a soft regulatory regime, needs some muscle for the future.

The rise of Rep. Eric Cantor and the midterm election’s mixed signals.

State politicians appear to believe voting in Virginia shouldn’t be more convenient for people and their employers.

Gov. Bob McDonnell and state lawmakers must address a yawning loophole in political contribution rules created by recent rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Election Commission.

Tuesday’s vote attests that Democrats neither led nor convinced America that they had the right solution to the nation’s intractable problems.

It’s time to pull our brains out of our asses and recognize that we need, above all else, old-fashioned horse sense.