Category Archives: Top Story

The Real Energy Crisis

Posted on February 17, 2009 by matt ohern

Don’t let lower prices at the pump fool you; our energy crisis is far from over. We must become far less dependent on foreign sources of energy and to do that will require much more production and exploration at home as well as substantial improvements in energy efficiency. Continue reading →

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Like Asking for a Show of Hands

Posted on February 3, 2009 by matt ohern

The Employee Free Choice Act does far more than “merely level the playing field” as Mr. Lawrence Framme’s editorial suggests; in fact, it tips the scales in favor of unions. This is especially bad news for Virginia as our largely union free workforce is a primary reason that we are annually ranked as a top state in which to do business. Continue reading →

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Virginia and the Employee Free Choice Act

Posted on January 18, 2009 by matt ohern

The panic over the Employee Free Choice Act is overwrought. Here’s why it isn’t as big a deal as partisans on both sides would have you believe. Continue reading →

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Privatization Can Transform the Delivery of State Psychiatric Services

Posted on January 5, 2009 by matt ohern

In an effort to address the budget crisis a Governor Kaine proposal should get the ball rolling on a new approach to mental health service. If we keep pushing, the state can reap greater benefit.
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Drawing of Eastern State Hospital courtesy of Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services. Continue reading →

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Welcome to the New Bacon's Rebellion

Posted on December 17, 2008 by matt ohern

Bacon’s is back! After a brief break while the baton was passed Bacon’s Rebellion is up and running again, this time as a project of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. Jim Bacon may no longer have time for the day to day production of the e-zine, but that doesn’t mean Virginia has to lose the important voice in the public policy debate that he founded. Continue reading →

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