All good things must pass…. even rebels need to take a break. This is the last edition of the Bacon’s Rebellion e-zine under my editorial direction for the foreseeable future. While it’s possible that I may turn over the e-zine to “new management” — I am exploring the idea with some long-time friends of the Rebellion — no decision has been made.
So, rebels and friends, enjoy this edition of the Rebellion. It may be the last. (There’s no need to totally wig out, however. You can continue getting your fix of insurrection and mayhem on the Bacon’s Rebellion blog.)
Passing the Baton
After six great years, the time has come to step down from the Bacon’s Rebellion e-zine. It’s been fun, rewarding — and exhausting.
by James A. Bacon
Who Will Report the News?
How’s this for irony: The knowledge economy craves information more than ever, but newspapers and print media are imploding. Where will Virginians get their news in the Internet age?
by James A. Bacon
Katrina Yet Again
The hurricanes keep coming — and they always will. We can continue Business As Usual, making ourselves more vulnerable, or we can evolve safer, better protected human settlement patterns.
by EM Risse
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Lies
One reason it’s so hard for people to envision functional human settlement patterns is that the images peddled by the Business-As-Usual crowd are so deceptive.
by EM Risse
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
Turn and face the strange: An African-American from Illinois and a woman from Alaska have infected millions of Americans with a thirst for change. Will Virginia heed the call?
by Michael Thompson
Making the World a Better Place — with Other Peoples’ Money
We all want change. The question is, whom do you trust to deliver it — a government run by self-appointed elites, or friends and neighbors working as volunteers?
by Norman Leahy
The Numerati
In the land of the mathematically challenged, the “numerati” rule as kings. These inscrutable geniuses massage the data that drives business decisions — and, increasingly, determines who wins elections.
by Peter Galuszka
Nice & Curious Questions
A Rocky Business: Quarries in Virginia
by Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs