Bacon's Rebellion

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ALPHA COMMUNITY SCALE DENSITY AND RESTON by AZA Note: Some may have seen that AZA and TMT have been playing “I post, you post” in the comm...

As I argued back in April (see " Sandy Alberta, the Saudi Arabia Next Door "), America can import its oil from our democratic, mar...

Studying Health Care Disparities National Academy for State Health Policy A Virginia study of health care disparities is one of two initiati...

A half year ago, I didn't think that I had a weight problem. At 6' tall, I tipped the scales at 193 pounds. I exercised fairly regul...

To be frank, I have always had a bad feeling about blogging for Bacon's Rebellion while its sister electronic magazine of the same name ...

A lawsuit seeking to block the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority from assessing tolls on the Dulles Toll Road has been dismissed by...

Someone is finally going to bat for the much-abused users of the Dulles Toll Road. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-10th, took the first step by introduci...

Stalemate in the War on Poverty Brookings Institution Forty-seven years and trillions of dollars later, Americans haven't come close to ...

Kentucky Medicaid: Expensive and Ineffective Bluegrass Institute Obamacare will suck people people out of private health plans and accelerat...

The General Assembly had the right idea in 2007 when it passed legislation to enable Virginia's urban counties to take over responsibili...

The Disconnect Between Government Supply and Private Demand in Highway Infrastructure Heritage Foundation The private sector manufactures ca...

Upon the 4th of July, one's thoughts naturally turn to the founders of this great country who risked everything to protect their liberti...

The state Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance has published a map showing broadband penetration in Virginia. There is a b...

Strap on your seat belts, folks, it's going to be a wild ride. The condition of Virginia's secondary road system is deteriorating. S...

A Decade of Change in Virginia's Population The Virginia Newsletter Northern Virginia dominated state population growth in the 2000s whi...