Regulation has always run a furlong or two behind technology. It seems an inescapable function of the difference between the two beasts. Even well-intended regulation thrives on rules, stasis and predictability. Technology, by contrast, thrives on unfettered innovation, rapid change and creative destruction. In retrospect, then, the most insightful regulatory...
In 2010, there were 6,271 young people in the Virginia Foster Care System. Through no fault of their own, these young people were removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect, or other family circumstances that prevented them from staying in their homes. In that year, 52.6% were male...
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) seems to think the people of the region and their elected officials have either short or poor memories. MWAA’s attempt to shift the $300 million cost of an underground rail station at Washington Dulles International Airport to Fairfax and Loudoun Counties is a classic...
Virginia Still Feeling Effects of Housing Crisis
Virginia may be doing better than the national average, but it’s still feeling the effects of the housing crisis. Here’s an advance look at analysis from Foreclosures Dampen the Economic Recovery — The 2010-2011 Economic Forecast, soon to be published by the Thomas Jefferson Institute.
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