Author Archives: matt ohern

Energy Facts and Figures For Dummies Part V

EDITOR’S NOTE: (This is part V of a series on energy. We hope it helps the reader better understand the issues facing our country and our state as we endeavor to tackle the problem of providing our citizens and our … Continue reading

Posted in Energy | Comments Off on Energy Facts and Figures For Dummies Part V

"We Were Encouraged to Make the Student Fail"

If you thought the scandal of the Alexandria school principal weeding out weak students from the Standards of Learning (SOL) exams was bad, you ain’t heard nothing yet. In a superb piece of investigative journalism, Cherise Newsome with theVirginian-Pilot has exposed SOL-gaming in … Continue reading

Posted in Education | Comments Off on "We Were Encouraged to Make the Student Fail"

"We Were Encouraged to Make the Student Fail"

If you thought the scandal of the Alexandria school principal weeding out weak students from the Standards of Learning (SOL) exams was bad, you ain’t heard nothing yet. In a superb piece of investigative journalism, Cherise Newsome with theVirginian-Pilot has exposed SOL-gaming in … Continue reading

Posted in Education | Comments Off on "We Were Encouraged to Make the Student Fail"

More on the Driverless Cars

In my first column titled “Why We Can’t Live Without Autonomous Vehicles” I shared a number of reasons why semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles are being developed and why they will ultimately save us from ourselves.  In this column I’ll explain … Continue reading

Posted in Transportation | Comments Off on More on the Driverless Cars

Confusion, Muddle, Obfuscation and More

Winston Churchill called Russia a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. We could say Obama’s energy and climate policy is confusion wrapped in muddled thinking inside obfuscation – and driven by autocratic diktats that bring job-killing, economy-strangling, racist … Continue reading

Posted in Energy, Politics | Comments Off on Confusion, Muddle, Obfuscation and More