“Governor McDonnell should be commended for confronting the transportation maintenance/funding issue in a creative way that has now focused attention on this festering problem,” says […]
Mike Thompson
Michael Thompson was Founder of the Thomas Jefferson Institute, starting the non-profit after twenty years as owner of his own marketing company in Springfield, Virginia. During eleven of these years he was also president of a family owned group of furniture stores in Georgia.
He was very active in national, state and local politics as well as a number of community organizations, commissions, and committees. He was the Past Chairman of the Virginia Leadership Council for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and served as Vice Chairman of the award-winning Fund for American Studies.
Mr. Thompson passed away in September, 2019 after an almost year-long battle against leukemia.
As Congress struggles to avoid the so-called Fiscal Cliff, our elected leaders shouldn’t panic and do something really destructive to our ability to grown the […]
(This column ran in the Richmond Times Dispatch on December 12, 2012) As Congress struggles to avoid the so-called “economic cliff,” it is imperative that […]
There are a few immutable functions of government—and public safety is paramount amongst them. We expect our state and local governments to use our tax […]
Virginia’s business and political leaders should work together to educate Washington bureaucrats with the goal of easing or eliminating unnecessary regulations on petroleum industry refiners […]
(This first ran in the Richmond Times Dispatch) Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner soon, possibly this week, will have a chance to strike a […]