Wreaking Havoc upon Complacency and Torpor

The Bacon’s Rebellion e-zine publishes again. The April 7, 2008, edition skewers the forces of ignorance and lethargy. Check it out at db4.dev.baconsrebellion.com. Don’t miss a single issue — sign up for your free subscription here.

We’ve got a great line-up this week:

First, Shoot All The Cars

While Virginians seem hell bent upon raising taxes and building roads, Ameri-kiwi Claude Lewenz envisions a different path to a superior quality of life: Auto-free villages.

by James A. Bacon


Newseum
The D.C. attraction opening this week celebrates freedom of the press, the rise of the news and the decline of the newspaper.

by Doug Koelemay


Space to Drive and Park

Cars consume huge amounts of space for roads and parking, which disaggregates human settlement patterns, co-opts transportation alternatives, and… increases dependence upon cars.

by EM Risse


Two Spheres of Fraud

While the media salivates over the subprime lending fiasco, journalists are overlooking the main reason why Americans can’t afford housing: the building of the wrong kind of housing in the wrong places.

by EM Risse


How to Save $1 Billion Without Even Trying

Think Virginia lawmakers are serious about restraining state government spending? Consider this: Simply freezing 7,627 vacant positions could have saved $1 billion in the next two-year budget!

by Mike Thompson


You Call This Conservative?

A self-proclaimed “conservative” transportation plan appears to be animated by the conviction that Virginians really don’t know what’s good for them. When did conservatives become central planners?

by Norm Leahy


Creating a New Segregation

When Richmond combined Jim Crow with urban planning in the 1940s, the result was expressways, the destruction of African-American neighborhoods and white flight.

by Peter Galuszka


Reaching the Promised Land

In his lifetime, Martin Luther King empowered African-Americans. By his death, he stimulated Southern, evangelical whites to search their hearts and embrace all children of God.

by James Atticus Bowden


Nice & Curious Questions

Bottled Poetry: Wine Trails of Virginia

by Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs