Monthly Archives: January 2010

Budget Crisis Requires Simple Steps

Posted on January 20, 2010 by matt ohern

Government should use the current economic recession to re-evaluate its purpose, prioritize its programs, re-structure its employee compensation and permanently restrict the growth of future spending. If not, we will be right back year in a few short years. Continue reading →

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Perchlorate May be in Your Farming Future

Posted on January 6, 2010 by matt ohern

EPA could declare a naturally occurring substance as indirect danger to human health – and Agriculture could pay the price Continue reading →

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The Positive Legal Consequences of Disabilities TAG Grants

Posted on January 6, 2010 by matt ohern

Since 2006, State Senator Walter Stosch has introduced legislation that would create Tuition Assistance Grants for students with disabilities in Virginia. As the General Assembly struggles to reduce costs and burdens on local school divisions this year, they might follow the lead of Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Ohio and Utah and finally pass it. Continue reading →

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Market Driven Health Care

Posted on January 6, 2010 by matt ohern

Government plans to revamp the health care system has a lot of people worried. After all, government is not known for operating as efficiently as the free market, particularly when information freely flows to all parties. Continue reading →

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Progressive Environmentalism – The New Green is Pink?

Posted on January 6, 2010 by matt ohern

To solve the problems of the Chesapeake Bay, we need stewardship, which can include regulation. But we don’t need the interventionist economics that comes with progressive environmentalism. Continue reading →

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