Pulling heads from the sand on The Nora Firestone Show for Randal O'Toole, the "anti-planner's," expert take on light rail around the nation and what taxpayers need to know if their own city planners intend to sell the idea to them. Mr. O'Toole is a senior fellow with the Cato Institute who specializes in transportation and public land-use policy and the study of urban growth nationwide. Find his book "Gridlock, Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It" at Amazon. No matter what side of the track you've been on, get fully informed here. If you're in Virginia Beach, Va., be sure to attend the Nov. 2 light rail forum at the V.B. Central Library and hear Mr. O'Toole in person. Get details and RSVP at the Virginia Beach Tea Party's Facebook page.

Virginia Beach City Council candidates Robert K. Dean and Dane Blythe talk political good sense, the ever-maddening light-rail trolley folly, and what some City Council candidates are doing that City Council members have not been doing to help local flood victims. Wherever you live, you’re a local. The same issues face us all this election, and (click headline to read more)

Dr. John Hunt, a Virginia-based pediatrician, pulmonologist, allergist/immunologist, entrepreneur, author and chief medical officer at Liberty HealthShare, discusses how government overreach has negatively impacted American health care, consumers and business, plus great additional insights from his intelligent, Libertarian and diverse perspective! (Check out his newest book, Speculator, here!)