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Swimming for Death Penalty Abolition

Jefferson Forum
July 9, 2010
A Virginia woman tries to bring attention to the fight against the death penalty....

Is There a Middle Road in the Mountain Top Removal Debate?

Jefferson Forum
July 9, 2010
Re-mining and reclamation in Virginia....

Government Makes Gulf Oil Disaster Even Worse

Jefferson Forum
July 9, 2010
The ban on offshore drilling only makes things worse....

The Board and Charter Schools

Jefferson Forum
July 9, 2010
Virginia's Board of Education needs to take risks to improve public education....

The Jefferson Journal: Taking State Parks Off the State’s Books, Part II

Leonard Gilroy
June 25, 2010

The idea of long-term concessions with private recreation management firms for the operation and maintenance of state parks has generated feedback ranging from supportive to skeptical. But attached to some of that skepticism have been myths about what this new concept for public lands management is … and isn’t. Here...

The State of Transportation — The 2010-2011 Economic Forecast

Christine Chmura
June 24, 2010

This eleventh annual economic forecast, prepared by Chmura Economics and Analytics, places a special emphasis on analyzing the state of transportation in the Commonwealth. It also forecasts employment in Virginia will expand to 0.4% in 2010 after receding 3.2% in 2009. Employment growth is expected to accelerate to 1.9% in...

Livable “Town Center” Communities – The Washington Post Got It Wrong

Jefferson Forum
June 23, 2010
The Washington Post recently ran an article on the future of “town centers.” The piece contained some serious errors and omissions that led to inaccurate assumptions and conclusions. I sent a letter to the editor of the Post, pointing out the misstatements, which, of course, the Post declined to publish....

"There's No Transparency, and I Find that Inexcusable"

Jefferson Forum
June 23, 2010
Meet the 82-year-old ex-cop, World War II vet, and private eye who's challenging one of the largest police departments in the country....

Race to Nowhere

Christian Braunlich
June 23, 2010
Late last month, Governor Bob McDonnell pulled Virginia out of the federal “Race to the Top” funding competition. It should not have been surprising....

Taking State Parks off the State’s Books, Part 2

Jefferson Forum
June 23, 2010
Myths about privatizing state parks....