It wasn’t easy coming home — I’ll add Jackson Hole, Wyo., to Ocracoke, N.C., and Round Hill, Jamaica, as one of my favorite places outside Virginia — but I’m back and I’m rarin’ to go.
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For your reading pleasure, here’s this week’s line-up of columns and features:
Fire Trucks and Bike Lanes
Wilton on the James has solved the intractable “design by fire truck” issue without sacrificing its commitment to a pedestrian-oriented community. The result: an impressive network of bike paths.
by James A. Bacon
Megapolitan
Consider one great statistical region named “Chesapeake.”
by Doug Koelemay
The Conservation Imperative
No fantastical technology, green or otherwise, can keep the world on its increasingly energy-intensive development path. We need to get serious about conservation.
by EM Risse
Unconstitutional Power Grab
Two congressmen want to stop the states from utilizing public-private partnerships to finance new road construction. A little thing called the Tenth Amendment stands in the way.
by Geoff Segal
It’s All Our Fault!
Don’t blame the politicians, blame the voters. According to Bryan Caplan, they can exercise their irrational biases — against foreigners, oil companies, the market, whomever — with no fear of retribution.
By Norman Leahy
Isolated Case or System Failure?
The most critical questions of the Virginia Tech shootings are going unasked. Why did Virginia’s mental health agencies let Seung-Hui Cho fall between the cracks? Is anyone else at risk?
by Sam Mela
Nice & Curious Questions
Virginia’s Counties: A Day’s Journey to the Courthouse
by Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs
