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]

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]

Maui wind farm -- you should see it from the water. Spectacular!

by James A. Bacon

The Floyd County board of supervisors is … [visit site to read more]

Glimmer of hope

by James A. Bacon

Good riddance to 2011, 365 days of misery that brought us the Gulf Oil Spill, Quantitative Easing … [visit site to read more]

By Peter Galuszka

Plans to mine uranium in Southside Virginia did not get the boost some had been hoping for now that a 22-month-long review by the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering has been released.

Far from rubber-stamping the plan, the independent analysis reported … [visit site to read more]

By Peter Galuszka

The McDonnell Administration is  taking a chain saw to policies that promote smarter, more efficient growth by axing  reforms to make neighborhoods connected and pushing design contracts that fast-track road construction and discourage public input.

Such are the conclusions drawn from … [visit site to read more]

By Peter Galuszka

One conceit of Gov. Robert F. McDonnell is that he magically wants to transform Virginia into “The Energy Capital of the East Coast.” The idea smacks of Alice in Wonderland.

An example is “The Governor’s Conference on Energy,” that began in Richmond on  Monday. I dropped by today and noted that … [visit site to read more]

By Peter Galuszka

(Last of a series)

TOKYO, Japan — “Technology is like water, it runs down hill.”

My old Japanese friend and I are chowing down on delicious fried oysters and sashimi in a downtown Tokyo restaurant. We had just had drinks at the Foreign Correspondents Club Of Japan which offers a … [visit site to read more]

By Peter Galuszka

(Fourth of a series)

FUKUSHIMA, Japan — About an hour and a half north of Tokyo by bullet train,  the city of Fukushima is enjoying a fall festival. A brass band (see photo) belts out tunes while two young policewomen in sky blue uniforms have their pictures taken … [visit site to read more]

By Peter Galuszka

(Third in a series)

ULAN BAATOUR, Mongolia — Flying into this capital city nestled among treeless, light brown mountains brought back memories of a grimy, industrial Soviet city from 30 years ago. Along the tarmac are rows of cannibalized Antonov 2 biplanes used as crop … [visit site to read more]