By Peter Galuszka

One has to laugh at just how fantastic the debate over energy has become.

Conservatives are trying to make President Barack Obama a goat for not bowing to the propaganda about the Keystone XL pipeline which would take unusually dirty oil from Canadian tar sands all the way to the U.S. … [visit site to read more]

By Peter Galuszka

“The Iron Lady,” a biopic starring Meryl Streep, has brought fresh attention to the policies and philosophies of Margaret Thatcher, the ground-breaking leader who served as Great Britain’s Prime Minister for 11 years – from 1979 to 1990.

Always controversial, Thatcher … [visit site to read more]

by James A. Bacon

Tax subsidies for businesses locating in the proposed 55-mile Route 460 Corridor-Interstate 85 Connector Economic Development Zone could add up to $50 million over 2015 and 2016, if … [visit site to read more]

By Peter Galuszka

As conservatives argue about cutting deficits and keeping low taxes for the rich both in Virginia and nationally, a bigger question is coming up: does Vladimir I. Lenin actually have the answer?

Sounds strange, I know, but not if you read Britain’s center-right weekly business newsweekly, … [visit site to read more]

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by James A. Bacon

The McDonnell administration’s thinking behind the $1.6 billion reconstruction of U.S. … [visit site to read more]

Indeed, it’s a beautiful thing to be ranked No. 1 as the best place to do business. But there is a big piece missing from the story.

Virginia may rank as the top (or runner-up) state in various … [visit site to read more]

By Peter Galuszka

Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has punted on the uranium controversy and that’s a good thing, assuming the General Assembly doesn’t lift the mining ban anyway.

There are simply too many unknowns about mining the tract owned by Virginia Uranium near Chatham and the state has no knowledge or … [visit site to read more]

By Peter Galuszka

The incredible, shrinking Richmond Times-Dispatch offers a lot less to read these days. Under  the leadership of Publisher Thomas A. Silvestri, many staffers have been fired to boost parent firm Media General’s top line. The effort hasn’t been entirely successful since its stock, once around … [visit site to read more]

McDonnell: The man with the purposeful stride and incremental reforms.

by James A. Bacon

Gov. Bob McDonnell delivered a competent if uninspired visit site to read more]

An "all of the above" energy policy with no subsidies

by James A. Bacon

Last week Gov. Bob McDonnell rolled out the 2012 energy … [visit site to read more]