Monthly Archives: July 2013

Winning Elections is Much Like Winning Baseball

Posted on July 10, 2013 by matt ohern

Winning championships in baseball requires two things – pitching and defense. The most recent example of this is UCLA’s NCAA Championship win over Mississippi State. In the two games against Mississippi State, UCLA gave up just one run. Which means … Continue reading →

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Better Government through Better Metrics

Posted on July 10, 2013 by matt ohern

Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones wants to tackle the city’s entrenched poverty, and he wants to do it by investing smartly in community revitalization efforts. The big question is, what works? Supporting job training might seem a logical way for the … Continue reading →

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Cycling Championship to have Large Economic Impact

Posted on July 10, 2013 by matt ohern

(This column first ran in the Richmond Times Dispatch.) Two years from this September, the Richmond region will take center stage for the entire world. That’s when the area will host the 2015 UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) World Road Cycling … Continue reading →

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Unnoticed Private Property Victory

Posted on July 10, 2013 by matt ohern

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 2013, said “Extortionate demands for property in the land use permitting context run afoul of the (Constitution’s) Takings Clause not because they take property but because they impermissibly burden the right not to … Continue reading →

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Taxpayers Underwrite IRS Full-Time Union Workers

Posted on July 10, 2013 by matt ohern

Did you know that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) actually pays the salary (no, we taxpayers pay the salary) of 200 employees who work full time on labor union business? All this even as IRS furloughs employees and cuts back … Continue reading →

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