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Buy Bacon’s Book
By Peter Galuszka This is a shameless advertisement. Jim has written an excellent book and you should buy it and review it. While some of Jim’s focus is at odds with a similar book I wrote eight years ago, “Maverick … Continue reading
The Lies in “Hillbilly Elegy”
By Peter Galuszka A 2016 memoir by J.D. Vance, a former Ohio resident, drew praise from conservatives for its laud of self-reliance and disciple and criticism from others for its long string of debunked clichés about people from the … Continue reading
And Now For Something Completely Different
By Peter Galuszka Dear Baconauts, As you know, people like me have been described by a B.R. commenter as those who submit “scorch and burn, mock and smear writings encased in scornful, supercilious, opinionated, and shallow rhetoric.” I freely admit … Continue reading
Blankenship Convicted
Bacon’s Rebellion readers will remember that former long-time contributor Peter Galuszka devoted much of his time and energy to chronicling the activities of former coal mogul Donald L. Blankenship. Although Blankenship was better known in West Virginia where he lived and worked, … Continue reading
So Long, Bacon’s Rebellion
By Peter Galuszka For that past six (or is it seven or eight?) years, I’m been pleased to pound away posting my peculiar views on Bacons Rebellion. My stance has typically been that of a liberal or progressive albeit one … Continue reading
So Long, Bacon's Rebellion
By Peter Galuszka For that past six (or is it seven or eight?) years, I’m been pleased to pound away posting my peculiar views on Bacons Rebellion. My stance has typically been that of a liberal or progressive albeit one … Continue reading
New Film Documents Horrors of Coal Mining
By Peter Galuszka Several years in the making, “Blood on the Mountain” has finally premiered in New York City. The documentary examines the cycle of exploitation of people and environment by West Virginia’s coal industry highlighting Massey Energy, a coal … Continue reading
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Blankenship’s Incriminating Tapes
By Peter Galuszka It may sound like something out of the Nixon White House, but embattled coal baron Donald L. Blankenship regularly taped conversations in his office, giving federal prosecutors powerful new ammunition as he approaches criminal trial in July. … Continue reading
Posted in Business and Economy, Consumer protection, Courts and law, Crime , corrections and law enforcement, Disasters and disaster preparedness, Economic development, Energy, Environment, Federal, Infrastructure, Labor & workforce, Media, Money in politics, Politics, Public safety & health, Regulation, Science & Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged University of Virginia
Blankenship's Incriminating Tapes
By Peter Galuszka It may sound like something out of the Nixon White House, but embattled coal baron Donald L. Blankenship regularly taped conversations in his office, giving federal prosecutors powerful new ammunition as he approaches criminal trial in July. … Continue reading
Posted in Business and Economy, Consumer protection, Courts and law, Crime , corrections and law enforcement, Disasters and disaster preparedness, Economic development, Energy, Environment, Federal, Infrastructure, Labor & workforce, Media, Money in politics, Politics, Public safety & health, Regulation, Science & Technology, Uncategorized
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The Fifth Anniversary of Upper Big Branch
By Peter Galuszka Five years ago this morning, miners near Montcoal, W.Va. clambered into low, truck-like vehicles called “mantrips” for a nearly-hour-long ride to their positions at Upper Big Branch, a coal mine owned by a subsidiary of Richmond-based Massey … Continue reading
Posted in Business and Economy, Courts and law, Crime , corrections and law enforcement, Disasters and disaster preparedness, Economic development, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Federal, Government workers and pensions, Health Care, Immigration, Labor & workforce, Land use & development, Media, Money in politics, Planning, Politics, Poverty & income gap, Property rights, Public safety & health, Regulation, Science & Technology
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My Drive Through Two West Virginias
By Peter Galuszka It was a biting eight degrees when I hit the road in Beckley, W.Va. last Wednesday morning having held a book signing and given a talk in Charleston the night before. I wanted to drive two hours … Continue reading
Posted in Business and Economy, Courts and law, Crime , corrections and law enforcement, Demographics, Disasters and disaster preparedness, Economic development, Education (K-12), Energy, Environment, Federal, Infrastructure, Labor & workforce, Land use & development, Media, Money in politics, Planning, Politics, Poverty & income gap, Public safety & health, Regulation, Science & Technology, Social services, Taxes, Uncategorized
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Kudos: U.S.-China Climate Pact
By Peter Galuszka President Barack Obama’s trailblazing pact with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to limit greenhouse gas emissions through 2025 is welcome news and could do much to reduce carbon dioxide emissions since the two countries are responsible for about … Continue reading
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Sticking it to the Chinese
By Peter Galuszka This is a review of “Factory Man,” a book about the Virginia furniture business and dealing with the inequities of Chinese trade by Beth Macy (Little Brown, 451 pages). This was first published in the October 2014 … Continue reading
RAM, Coal and Massive Hypocrisy
By Peter Galuszka Sure it’s a photo op but more power to him. Gov. Terry McAuliffe is freshly arrived from the cocktail and canape circuit in Europe on a trade mission and is quickly heading out to the rugged and … Continue reading
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An Ex-Coal Baron’s Strange Movie
By Peter Galuszka Almost four years after 29 miners employed by then Richmond-based Massey Energy were killed in a West Virginia mine explosion, its former chief executive under federal investigation for widespread safety violations has come forward with an apparently … Continue reading
