Bacon’s Rebellion 2018 — Year of the Pothead

Other blogs publish a list of their most heavily trafficked posts of the previous year, so I guess Bacon’s Rebellion will succumb to peer pressure and do the same. If there’s any conclusion to be drawn from the 2018 list of the Bacon’s Rebellion Top Twelve stories, it’s that our readers — or perhaps random web surfers who stumble across the blog — have pot on the brain.

Will Virginia Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use? — by far the top story of the year, by a factor of four. Ranked extremely high in Google search engine results for “Virginia” and “marijuana.”

UVa’s $30 Million Raid on Tech’s Biocomplexity Initiative

Prosperity Bomb — about Amazon HQ2.

Put-up-or-Shut-up Time for the Sun Spot Theory — about global warming.

VANews, the New Power Brokers in the Virginia Media Landscape

Dominion Energy: No More Mister Nice Guy

Virginia to Consider New Marijuana Decriminalization Bill in 2019 General Assembly

Shrinking Community Colleges Looking to Pivot

Could Amazon Fixation Cost Virginia $1 Billion Micron Expansion?

Virginia’s 2018 Marijuana Decriminalization Bill: What Happened and What’s Next?

A Model Transfer Program that Should Be Copied — also about the community colleges.

The Case for Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Use in Virginia

Special thanks to Bacon’s Rebellion contributors Steve Haner and Don Rippert, many of whose blog posts were the best read of the year. The blog wouldn’t be the same without you guys.