-
Latest Articles
- Trump’s Energy Promises Face Hurdles in Anti-Hydrocarbon Virginia
- It Doesn’t End With Electing ‘The Right Candidate’
- Senator Surovell: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative would have no impact on hurricanes or hurricane preparedness — to say otherwise is pure politics.
- Education Funding Reform Needs to Build Accountability to Help Those Who Need It
- No, RTD, Hurricane Helene Not Proof of ‘Climate Change’
Archives
Like Our Facebook Page
Author Archives: matt ohern
Repeal The Jones Act
By any measure, the Jones Act has been a failure.” This conclusion comes from the Cato Institute study of the Jones Act. It claims, “Under its watch [Jones Act] the U.S. shipbuilding has atrophied, the [U.S.] shipping fleet has withered, … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Government Reform
Comments Off on Repeal The Jones Act
Sense and Nonsense on Climate Armageddon
A good sense discussion on the Most Important Threat in Human History was provided July 14 in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, in a guest column from a retired University of Richmond biology professor. Few discussions of the climate change controversy have … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
2 Comments
An Education Where Students Have Skin in the Game
The Cristo Rey Network, a chain of Catholic schools, has enrolled its first class of 105 students on the former campus of Benedictine High School in Richmond, creating an affordable private-school alternative for dozens of low-income black and Hispanic youth. … Continue reading
How the Jones Act Hurts Agriculture
As we shared with you in a previous column, the Jones Act, signed into law June 5, 1920, was a good idea at the time, but is devastating to U.S. economic interests today. The Jones Act restricts all foreign vessels … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture
Comments Off on How the Jones Act Hurts Agriculture
PIRG Deems Highway Mega-Projects “Boondoggles”
(Editor’s Note: The Ralph Nader-inspired Public Interest Research Group, or PIRG, has declared the widening of I-81 in Virginia to be a “boondoggle.” This is no doubt news to Virginians who have to travel on that highway. We found Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation
Comments Off on PIRG Deems Highway Mega-Projects “Boondoggles”