The Jefferson Journal
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Jefferson Forum
March 21, 2011
The trend toward a more highly-skilled manufacturing workforce tells me that the industry is transitioning toward one that is likely to show more stability in employment over time and, at some point, will begin to add employment again....
Jefferson Forum
March 21, 2011
The Public Interest Research Group sure doesn’t think so, but the numbers seem to argue just the opposite....
Jefferson Forum
March 21, 2011
Despite the fact that Virginia has historically been one of the more robust states for privatization, even Commonwealth policymakers well-versed in the subject may find inspiration and innovation in what other states are doing today....
Jefferson Forum
March 21, 2011
Our roundup of online transparency news. In this edition: Sunshine Week, USASpending.gov and accidental deaths in the healthcare industry....
Christian Braunlich
March 9, 2011
One of the hottest topics in education today is the growth of online learning or virtual schools. Today there are more than a million enrollments in K-12 online courses nationwide … and more than 200,000 of these are full-time students in full-time online schools. The ability to learn is no...
Jefferson Forum
March 8, 2011
The EPA's decisions in Arizona simply defy credulity and common sense....
Jefferson Forum
March 8, 2011
While the Old Dominion overwhelmingly approved a Virtual School law last year, a Senate budget amendment will likely result in shutting down the state’s only full-time virtual school...
Jefferson Forum
March 8, 2011
The EPA says yes, but I don’t think so. And I recently came across a book arguing that increasing concentrations of atmospheric CO2 may actually benefit the earth’s many life forms....
Jefferson Forum
March 8, 2011
Our roundup of online government transparency news. In this edition, the end of the General Assembly session, Sunshine week and online innovators from around the country....
David Schnare
February 22, 2011
On February 7th, the federal bureaucracy announced its plans for off-shore wind energy. To mark the occasion, Virginia Governor McDonnell stated that the Commonwealth must use “a diverse portfolio of fuels, including . . . offshore and onshore wind . . . . At the same time we must also...