Around the Commonwealth

Charlottesville Mayor to seek re-election
Government-provided economic security is an illusion
Some in Va. GOP again trying to oust Frederick as chairman
Liberty University to stay gun free, trustees decide

Va. Beach to set aside police jobs for Army veterans
Norfolk teachers hold mock funeral over school budget cuts, job losses

Lawmakers slip earmarks into Va. budget
Road, Infrastructure projects idle across NOVA

State court ruling could aid Abingdon’s fight against Walmart
Tax increases, job cuts proposed in Radford
Gov. candidates don’t share Kaine’s pet project

Uranium mining group to meet March 24
Longwood Small Business Development Center opens office in Danville

Valley school districts mull over stimulus money
Tourism board launches new campaign for the Valley

The Big Political See-Saw

Democrats Have Gained Power…But Will They Keep It?

Author: Josh Noland, Editor
December 2008 Vol1 Issue7

On November 6, 2006 the Democratic Party was completely locked out of power in our nation’s capital. Their Republican counterparts enjoyed comfortable majorities in both houses of the United States Congress, and a Republican president was in the midst of his second term in office. Then, on the next day, the Democrats stormed back, flipping the partisan breakdown in the House of Representatives and earning a slim majority in the Senate. Two years later, the Democratic Party completed its rise to power by building on both congressional majorities and recapturing the White House with Barack Obama’s victory over John McCain. What does such a dramatic shift in the political balance of power foretell for the political landscape of the nation and the Commonwealth in the future?

Beware the Children of the Mother of all Bailouts

With the Big 3 Seeking a Bailout, Where Does it Stop?

Bailout Beware

Author: A. Fletcher Mangum
December 2008 Vol1 Issue7

Free markets are the ultimate expression of democracy. In a free market, resource allocations are driven by voluntary and individual choices. If people collectively demonstrate through those choices that they prefer A over B, more of A gets created. No one person or group dictates that outcome, and no one person or group controls it.

Blue Virginia? Budget Battles Will Tell

Is conservative "Old Virginny"dead?

Author: Gayland Barksdale

Yes, say Governor Tim Kaine and the chattering class inside the Washington, D.C. Beltway. A recent Washington Post front page, above-the-fold story touted the Commonwealth's "conversion" from "red" to "blue" and admiringly described Kaine's budget plan which includes a massive tax increase on one of Virginia's top industries. At the same time, his plan preserves liberal priorities (or "values," as liberals like to call them), like Kaine's environmental agenda.

Bearing Drift

The Corner (NRO)

The Free Market —

Short Selling and the Confessions of a Wall Street Hedge Fund Manager
Bob Marcellus
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History —

A Preacher Finds His Calling
Dan Roberts
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Op/Ed —

Maryland Hits Jackpot As Virginia Students Suffer
R. Scott Gregory
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Our Schools and Where Our Budget Priorities Need to Be Now
Delegate David E. Poisson (D-Loudoun)
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