Jefferson Forum
May 26, 2010
The research shows that kids who have two, three, four strong teachers in a row will eventually excel, no matter what their background, while kids who have even two weak teachers in a row will never recover. - Kati Hancock, President, The Education Trust...
Jefferson Forum
May 26, 2010
The wonderful “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money” statement attributed to Senator Everett Dirksen may be apocryphal, but it remains a prescient warning to our nation’s leaders....
Jefferson Forum
May 26, 2010
An occasional roundup of web links relating to online governance....
David Schnare
May 13, 2010

The Tea Party folks aren’t going away anytime soon, and their concerns about government spending, government regulations and government arrogance have caught the imagination of a large plurality of voters. But what does the Tea Party think about the environment? And what should it think? They aren’t the same thing...

Jefferson Forum
May 12, 2010
From fleet management to contracting out road maintenance, there are plenty of ways to produce hundreds of millions of dollars in savings for state government....
Jefferson Forum
May 12, 2010
Worries concerning tight bank credit and high unemployment aside, leading indicators suggest continued improvement in the economy....
Jefferson Forum
May 12, 2010
A response to Delegate Ken Plum’s critique of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli....
Jefferson Forum
May 12, 2010
Middle America seems to have awakened with the Tea Party. So, what is the Tea Party about and what does that really mean with regard to environmentalism?...
Jefferson Forum
May 12, 2010
The search warrant served on the JMU Breeze in the aftermath of JMU's riot violated the the Federal Privacy Protection Act....
Leonard Gilroy
April 30, 2010

Governor McDonnell’s Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring will soon begin identifying opportunities to streamline, consolidate, privatize or eliminate inefficient or unnecessary services, programs and authorities in Virginia state government. The state parks should be among the many state services and agencies the Commission ultimately puts under the microscope.

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