The June 12, 2006, edition of Bacon’s Rebellion has been published. You can read the issue here. Here are today’s columns:
Parking Madness
Virginians spend multi-millions paving parking spaces. Most of the investment in asphalt sits idle. Worse, sprawling parking lots destroy any sense of community or place.
by James A. Bacon
Hunting Dogs and Disclosure Documents
The knowledge economy could give Jeff Foxworthy a lot of new material.
by Doug Koelemay
The Politics of Seeming to Care
American politicians pander to the populace, telling them what they want to hear, not what they need to hear. In this year’s transportation debt, Virginia’s lawmakers are no exception.
by Patrick McSweeney
Let’s Have a Televised Debate
We can’t trust the media to fairly characterize the transportation debate. The best alternative may be a three-way debate between the major contenders.
by Patrick McSweeney
Creativity Behind the Scenes
Despite budget disagreements that grab the headlines, Virginia lawmakers are coming to quiet agreement on several ways to make government work more productively.
by Michael W. Thompson
“June Will Come Soon”
June is a time to celebrate life, youth and rites of passage — and a time to count our blessings as free men.
by James Atticus Bowden
Nice & Curious Questions
Grave Matters: Cemeteries in Virginia
by Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs
Blogology
Teen Spirit: Kenton Ngo
by Conaway Haskins