Jefferson Forum
July 22, 2011

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...

Jefferson Forum
July 22, 2011

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...

Jefferson Forum
July 11, 2011

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...

Christine Chmura
June 22, 2011

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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Jefferson Forum
June 8, 2011
The EPA's new mercury rules have no factual basis....
Jefferson Forum
June 8, 2011
Warmists champion secrecy while skeptics hold open conference...
Jefferson Forum
June 8, 2011
EPA's draft guidance on identifying waters which may be wetlands was issued on April 27, 2011. My recent blog discussed the concern an Illinois congressman had regarding the impact of this guidance on agriculture and farmers....
Christine Chmura
June 8, 2011
Though doing better than the national average, Virginia has not escaped the foreclosure crisis unscathed. Regions where homes are least affordable are experiencing heightened foreclosure activity....
Jefferson Forum
June 8, 2011
Though different in structure, both the Florida and UK PPP initiatives seek to reorient the corrections system by placing a heavy emphasis on rehabilitation and are using a public-private partnership to do it....
Jefferson Forum
May 27, 2011
What is it about the term “cosmic rays” that takes all of us back to Buck Rogers, hokey space ships and the presumption that “it’s all made up.”...