RTD considers charging for access
Richmond Times-Dispatch publisher Tom Silvestri makes an argument for erecting a paywall on at least some of the newspaper’s content:…
Mark Warner’s Mushiness
The Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial page overcomes, for a moment at least, its infatuation with Sen. Mark Warner and calls him…
Debt talks need a dose of “honest math”
Cato’s Dan Mitchell says he is willing to agree to the President’s spending cut/tax hike mixture on the federal budget,…
In which I become Jeff Schapiro’s ghostwriter
In the many years during which I’ve poked, prodded, pinched and pounded on Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist Jeff Schapiro, one thing…
Defaults, catastrophe and Virginia’s unique concerns with both
Buried inside this Bloomberg report on the credit rating agencies threat to downgrade the U.S. if it defaults on its…
Appeals Court upholds Obamacare individual mandate
The Sixth circuit Court of Appeals, by a 2-1 vote, has upheld the individual mandate within the Obama administration’s health…
On the air with Tom Garrett, Phil Van Cleave and Hawes Spencer
On this podcast edition of “The Score” radio show… Scott Lee talks with Tom Garrett, the commonwealth’s attorney in Louisa…
On the air with Jim Bacon and Paul Chesser
On this podcast edition of “The Score” radio show… We talk with our good friend and “Boomergeddon” author Jim Bacon…
Adding a dash of crazy to the Senate would be an improvement
The RTD’s Jeff Schapiro is worried about the make-up of the Senate after the November elections. Given the cast of…
Meanwhile, China continues to boil
As a follow-up to my post on Ai Weiwei and the forthcoming cultural exchange between the state-run Virginia Museum and…