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News
Spotsy
Turvy
Spotsylvania
County will spend $144 million to expand its secondary road
network. But no one is reforming the
auto-intensive development that spurs demand for
roads in the first place.
Robert
Burke, September 8, 2006
Who's
in the Driver's Seat?
As
Gov. Kaine faces another bruising battle over
transportation policy with House Republicans, he has yet
to make key transportation appointments in his own
administration.
by
Peter Galuszka, August 29, 2006
Columns
Extreme
Makeover
Burrell
Saunders has mastered a skill vital to Virginia's future:
transforming suburban decay into urban cool. His talents
are on display at Virginia Beach's Town Center.
by
James A. Bacon
Sportsmanship
Matters
In
politics, as in baseball, there is a way to play
the game.
by
Doug Koelemay
Someone
Has to Pay
Virginia's
transportation system needs more money, but not all
fund-raising schemes are created equal. Some perpetuate
the status quo while others encourage innovation.
by
Patrick McSweeney
The
Whale on the Beach
The
era of massive over-consumption of the earth's natural
capital is coming to an end. The only prayer for
sustaining our quality of life is to adopt more
efficient human settlement patterns.
by
EM Risse
Backgrounder:
Quantification
of Land Resources and the Impact on Land Conservation
Efforts
by
EM Risse
Saving
Money, Helping Kids
Tuition
Assistance Grants of $10,000 would help disabled
children to attend private schools with programs
tailored to their special needs -- and save public
schools money in the bargain.
by
Geoffrey Segal
The
Shape of the Future...
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"The
Shape of the Future: The Critical, Overarching
Impact of Human Settlement Pattern on Citizen's
Economic, Social and Environmental
Well-Being"
by
EM Risse
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Available
on CD-ROM. For more information, click
here and scroll down to second book.
When
Bureaucrats Rule
Our
legislators can enact all the laws they want, but their
implementation is easily thwarted if they fun afoul of
our state bureaucracy.
by
Phillip Rodokanakis
The
Real Race Problem
Which
is worse: calling someone "macaca" or painting
whites as racists in order to perpetuate the cult of
victimhood and keep minorities on the liberal
plantation?
by
James Atticus Bowden
Departments
Nice
& Curious Questions
Up,
Up and Away: Ballooning in Virginia.
by
Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs
Road
to Ruin
Will
the Real Prince William County Please Stand Up?
Prince
William County has embraced a new approach to
managing growth – you just can’t tell yet
because the market is still working through the
backlog of traditional, sprawl-style development.
by
Peter Galuszka, August 16, 2006
Bacon's
Rebellion - the Blog
Here
are the blog posts that generated the most commentary:
1.
Where
the Jobs are Not
2.
Will
the Real Prince William County Please Stand Up?
3.
Hinkle
Strikes Again
4.
Growth
that Pays for Itself
5.
The
Michaels Story is Heating Up
6.
Coming
Up: An Extreme Makeover for Transportation
7.
Housing:
The Real Class Divide in America Today
8.
Virginia's
Marriage Amendment -- Not Just a Culture Wars Issue
9.
School
Spending and Test Scores
10.
Think
Globally Warmingly, Act Locally
Blog
Spottings
The
Shad Plank, a team blog maintained by 10 members
of the Newport News Daily Press editorial staff.
Richmond
War Room, a blog maintained "Not Buck
Turgidson" out of Pentagon City, that tracks "the
goings-on in Richmond, Washington, and other points
associated with the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Black
Velvet Bruce Li, a blog now run by Gregory
Letiecq after multiple reincarnations, focuses on
politics in Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park.
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