The Issues

Worker Freedom

Internet Privacy – Careful How we Ask for It

In another life, I founded and built a direct marketing company.  We contacted folks using names acquired from “list companies” that offered to rent to us the names of those...

Mike Thompson
April 26, 2017

Environmentalist Insurance Policies

Many liberals went into denial, outrage and riot mode after November 8. Now they’re having meltdown over President-Elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees with climate and environmental responsibilities: Former Texas Governor...

Jefferson Forum
January 4, 2017

Save Virginia’s Collateral Source Rule

You’re driving south on Interstate 95 when you are suddenly rear-ended by a drunk driver. Your hospital bills will be high, your new car is totaled and it will be...

Jefferson Forum
June 22, 2016

Lousy Economic Growth Results from Government Actions

America’s abysmal 0.7% economic growth during the fourth quarter of 2015 meant the annual growth rate was an anemic 2.4% … and average annual growth for the six-year Obama era...

Jefferson Forum
February 17, 2016

State Leaders Must Act to Curb Federal Regulators

  The expanding power of federal regulators to dictate edicts from Washington would astonish the authors of our Constitution. Regulators who re-interpret laws passed years ago in ways never intended...

Jefferson Forum
January 20, 2016

Institute Urges Support for Approval of Keystone Pipline

Noting that the Keystone Pipeline decision is coming down to the wire, Thomas Jefferson Institute President Michael Thompson has written the Institute’s supporters urging their action in support of the...

Mike Thompson
March 2, 2014

Government Regulations Impact Industries

Increasing government regulations tend to have varying degrees of effect on different industries. Even though their impacts on the broader economy may be modest, for certain industries, the impact can...

Jefferson Forum
January 29, 2014

State Should Get Out of Private Sector-Type Businesses

Next time you hear about the rising cost of a college education and the amount of debt students carry upon graduation, remember the Mason Inn. George Mason University, a Virginia...

Jefferson Forum
January 2, 2014

I-Squared is Common Sense Immigration Reform, Meets Nation's Needs

(This article first ran in thehill.com on April 11, 2013.)  Ever since the Virginia Company was founded in Jamestown in 1607, America has been the land of opportunity for generations...

Jefferson Forum
June 12, 2013

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.

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.