One of the frustrating thing about Bacon’s Rebellion is how quickly important discussions decompose to the usual dogmatic lines of the AEI or Cato Institute or what Glenn Beck or some other conservative radio jokey just said. A case in point is global warming. This red flag issue immediately draws skeptics who claim it is…

THE LONG, TORTUROUS – PERHAPS IMPOSSIBLE – PATH TO FUNCTIONAL AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENT PATTERNS This perspective was originally titled: LOCATION-VARIABLE COSTS – HOUSING LOCATION RELATED TO JOBS. The intent was to amplify the comments by TMT and others following Peter G’s post “Public-Private May Get Overhaul” on public / private transportation ‘projects.’ EMR will…

Slavery in Virginia may be taking a new form — that of human trafficking. Some 18,000 people, mostly foreign born women, are victim of the practice in the U.S. each year, according to the U.S. State Department. And while local data is hard to find, there is evidence that Virginia is becoming a haven for…

As another Memorial Day comes to a close I find it noteworthy that most US troops will be leaving Haiti next Tuesday. A good synopsis of the situation can be found here. The American response to the catastrophe in Haiti seems like a rare bit of good news amidst a background of oil leaks, recession,…