Vacation season is over. It’s back to serious business — like catching up on the latest profundities found only in Bacon’s Rebellion. The Sept. 4, 2007, edition is now available online.
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Here are the current highlights:
Economy 4.0: Introduction
Virginia needs fresh thinking about how to build more prosperous, livable and sustainable communities in a globally competitive economy. The “Economy 4.0” series is a start.
by James A. Bacon
Peak Performance in a Flat World
There is no easy path to prosperity and sustainability in a globally competitive economy, only the relentless pursuit of productivity and innovation. Virginia must bend every institution to that end.
by James A. Bacon
A Second Stroll with Katrina
We haven’t made much progress preparing New Orleans for another hurricane, but at least we have a clearer idea of what went wrong. Dysfunctional human settlement patterns + Business As Usual governance = disaster.
by EM Risse
Love Hurts
Christian Americans are conflicted on the issue of illegal immigration: torn between compassion for poor, struggling newcomers and respect for the Rule of Law.
by James Atticus Bowden
Don’t Write Off “Reading First”
The Reading First program has led to dramatic gains among pupils in high-poverty school systems. Why does Rep. David Obey want to cut it back?
by Chris Braunlich
Nasty, Brutish and Short
The life of the pit bull is marked by violent struggle and death. The only creatures more bloodthirsty — a long line of them, since the time of the Romans — are the humans who fight dogs for sport.
by Norman Leahy
Castles of Sand
America’s love of sea and sand is leading to rapid over-development of the East Coast barrier islands. Mother Nature is fighting back.
by Norman Leahy
HOT Commodity
HOT lanes on Interstate 95 could make way for public-private partnerships and congestion pricing across Virginia. But questions about the project linger, and public support is fragile.
by Lyle Solla-Yates
Berkeley the Butcher
Gov. William Berkeley, suppresser of Bacon’s Rebellion, instituted race-based slavery in Virginia and organized the Cherokee raids that enslaved thousands of Native Americans.
by Richard L. Thornton
Nice & Curious Questions
School Days Governing the Academy in Virginia
by Edwin S. Clay III and Patricia Bangs