Bacon's
Rebellion
Jim Bacon
Jim Bacon publishes the Bacon's Rebellion web site
and authors the column by the same name. A Wahoo
by education (class of '75) and Southerner by
inclination, he has spent virtually his
entire adult life in the Old Dominion. Though far
from perfect, Virginia, in his opinion, is the greatest
place in the universe. Read
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Koelemay's
Kosmos
Doug Koelemay
Doug Koelemay is managing
director at Qorvis Communications, LLC, the
largest independently-owned investor relations,
media relations, government relations and
marketing firm in Northern Virginia.
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The
Shape of the Future
E
M Risse
Ed Risse, the principal of SYNERGY/Planning Inc.,
is a regional planner. He teaches and practices
both urbanside planning and countryside planning
within a regional context.
The author of The Shape of the Future and Handbook
for a Viable Future, he advocates a
"third way" between business-as -usual
and growth control. His column focuses on land use
and transportation issues. Read profile.
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Jefferson
Journal
Michael Thompson, Chris Braunlich, Leonard
Gilroy
Michael
Thompson is the Chairman and President of the
Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, Virginia’s
premier non-partisan public policy foundation.
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profile.
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Nice
& Curious Questions
by
Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs
The
Fairfax County Public Library team dedicates
itself to illuminating the obscure, the
idiosyncratic and the off beat in Virginia. Read
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One
Man's Trash
Norman
Leahy
Vice
president for public affairs at Tertium Quids, a
conservative, nonprofit advocacy organization, Leahy
publishes the Tertium Quids blog in addition to
contributing to Bacon's
Rebellion. Read
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Gooze
Views
Peter
Galuszka
Peter
Galuszka, a free-lance writer and researcher,
lives in Chesterfield County. He is a regular
contributor to Bacon's Rebellion's "Road to
Ruin" coverage of transportation and land use
issues. Read
profile.
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Deo
Vindice
James Atticus Bowden
James
Bowden, a
West Point graduate and futurist for the Defense
Department, lives in Poquoson. He is active in
local Republican Party politics. Read profile.
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Virginia
Club for Growth
Phillip Rodokanakis
Phillip
Rodokanakis, a
Certified Fraud Examiner, lives in Oak Hill. He is
the managing partner of U.S. Data Forensics, LLC, and
president of the Virginia Club for
Growth.
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South
of the James
Conaway Haskins
A
political independent, Conaway Haskins is an
executive with a not-for-profit
community-development organization in Petersburg.
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Patrick
McSweeney
Patrick
M. McSweeney, a partner in McSweeney & Crump,
practices law in the city of Richmond. He has been
active in Republican party politics for more than
30 years. Read profile.
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Reality
Check
Steve Haner
Steve
Haner, a former newspaper writer, GOP operative
and lobbyist for the Virginia Chamber of Commerce,
lives in Chesterfield County and runs his own
lobbying firm. Read profile.
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No
Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Barnie
Day
A
former Democratic Party representative to the
House of Delegates, Barnie Day spins out political
commentary from his vantage point on a small farm
in the Meadows of Dan. His work is published in
the Roanoke Times, the Daily Press and Bacon's
Rebellion. Read
profile.
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Virginia
Pundit Watch
Will
Vehrs
Will
Vehrs has a degree in American history from the
College
of William
and Mary and an MBA from
Chapman
University. His experience includes a stint with a
Fortune 500 company and economic development work
in state government. His "Punditwatch"
column appears on FoxNews.com and Jewish World
Review, as well as on his own Punditwatch
website. Read profile.
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Blue
Dog Tales
Steven Sisson
Steven
Sisson is a fiscally conservative, Mountain-Valley
Democrat, party activist, columnist and serious
amateur genealogist. His work is published in the August
Free Press. Read
profile.
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Rebel
with a Cause
Paul
Goldman
Paul
Goldman, the Rebel With a Cause, was chief
political strategist for the past two winning
Democratic governors in Virginia. A political
consultant, he writes a regular column on Virginia
politics, Rebel with a Cause, and blasts out supplementary e-mail
epistles as the spirit moves him. Back
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Virginia
Viewpoint
John Taylor
John Taylor
is president of the Virginia Institute for Public
Policy, a free-market, public-policy research
organization headquartered in Potomac Falls.
He publishes periodic commentaries, written by
various authors under the auspices of the
Institute, for distribution throughout Virginia. Read
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Everything
Is on the Table
Fred Williamson, Joanna Hanks
Hanks
and Williamson are, respectively, former Executive Vice
President of J. Sargeant Reynolds
Community College and Deputy Secretary of
Technology, as well as principals in the
management consulting firm, Hanks-Williamson &
Associates. Read profile.
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Lief's
Law
Joshua N. Lief
Josh Lief, a former Secretary of Commerce and
Trade under the Gilmore administration, is an
attorney with Sands Anderson. His column focuses
on economic development and the administration of
state government. Read profile. |
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Approaching
the Green
Cynthia Bailey
A
former environmental attorney for the Fort James
Corp., Cynthia V. Bailey is active in Democratic Party
politics. Her column focuses on environmental
issues.
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Sustainability
Daniel K. Slone
Dan
Slone is the co-team leader for McGuire Woods'
Environmental Solutions practice area and vice
chairman of the Real Estate and Environmental
Department. He writes and speaks extensively about
sustainable development. Read profile.
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Inside
the Sausage Factory
Ashley Taylor
A former deputy attorney general under Mark Earley,
Ashley Taylor is an attorney with Troutman
Sanders. He has been active in Republican Party
politics. His column provides an inside look at
the grisly process of creating legislation in
Virginia's General Assembly. Read profile. |
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