This morning, the regional electric grid manager, PJM, issued a statement saying that they’ve ordered development of the PATH transmission line to halt. (As a reminder, “PATH” is a multi-billion dollar proposal to build a 275-mile lon…
It’s always nice to have an expert in the field come down on your side. That was my feeling after John Taylor joined me in ripping the Goldman-Sachs “report” on the House Republicans’ budget.
Last week, when Goldman-Sachs’ Alec Phillips released his inflated-multiplier report on the House Republicans’ budget, I noted the problems with his Old Keynesian assumptions. I was gratified to see that today, Professor John Taylor – the man on whom I’ve relied most extensively in re the new findings on the multiplier – came to the [...]
We’ve got our first three redistricting plans for Prince William County based upon the 2010 census data ready. The first map and spreadsheet below details the county’s current make-up. We then have a 7-district map drawn by long-time co…
Hoo-boy, from the “just when you thought things couldn’t get any more dysfunctional” department… One of our inside sources has informed us that the first redistricting maps for Pr. William will be released on March 22 or thereab…
Frank Buckles, who was one of Jefferson County’s most famous citizens and was the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, died Sunday, according to a spokeswoman for a Washington, D.C., funeral home where Buckles’ body was being held Sund…
“The poet called Miss Liberty’s torch ‘the lamp beside the golden door.’ Well, that was the entrance to America, and it still is. And now you really know why we’re here tonight. The glistening hope of that lamp is still ou…
We have only one math, science and technology high school in Northern Virginia, Thomas Jefferson high school for Science and Technology. It is also the most selective high school in the US, the one with the most National Merit scholars, and the high sc…
Virginian-Pilot wants you to know if you don’t vote Democrats for State Senate, a tidal wave will destroy you. And your puppy.