The Issues
Energy Freedom
America’s future – and Virginia’s – depends in large measure on whether we will be good stewards and wise users of our abundant, God-given natural resources. It is rarely good...
Whenever someone opens a discussion about uranium mining and milling in Virginia with, “trust me – we’ll get it right once the regulations are in place”, it should surprise no...
(Gary Baise is a Virginia resident. This article shows the extent to which some will go to use the legal system to harm farmers all in the name of the...
Security Threats to our Critical Infrastructure Are Real On Friday, June 29th 2012, Virginia and most of the mid-Atlantic region received a wake up call regarding our fragile electric power...
(Gary Baise is a national respected environmental attorney who lives here in Virginia and writes on issues that can impact on Virginia’s economy.) The election is over, and EPA is...
Unfunded federal mandates are a growing problem for states and an even larger problem for local governments. The Jefferson Institute and the Free Market Environmental Law Clinic at George Mason...
(This column first ran in the Richmond Times Dispatch on September 9, 2012. It is reprinted here with minor edits.)As a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) uranium...
The duplicity and hypocrisy of environmental pressure groups seem to be matched only by their consummate skill at manipulating public opinion, amassing political power, securing taxpayer-funded government grants, and persuading...
Pick up any 40-year-old science textbook – on chemistry, biology, geology, physics, astronomy or medicine – and you’ll find a slew of “facts” and theories that have been proven wrong...
Jefferson Forum concentrates on policies that affect everyday life in Virginia
Economic Freedom
Lower taxes and fewer regulations
Education Freedom
More choices for Virginia families
Energy Freedom
Reliable, affordable energy
Worker Freedom
Protecting Virginia’s right-to-work tradition
These are the building blocks of a more competitive and prosperous Virginia.