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Archive for September, 2011
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Say Goodbye to Steven Chu
Posted on September 30, 2011 | 1 CommentEnergy Secretary Steven Chu authorized investors to be the first to be repaid in any Solyndra bankruptcy -
Vacation Time Granted For On-Duty Nooky?
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsIt was like a boom boom booty call -
Arizona’s broken budget system
Posted on September 28, 2011 | No CommentsTruly difficult decisions were put off with gimmicks, borrowing, and optimistic revenue estimates until this year. -
Homeland Security Released Terror Operative Who Illegally Crossed Border
Posted on September 27, 2011 | No CommentsAnd now some officials are worried that the case of Hasan and Saifuddin might be the tip of the iceberg of extremist Bangladeshis...in the United States. -
Do consumers need protection from out of state wine?
Posted on September 27, 2011 | 1 CommentOne of the principal arguments in creating the U.S. Constitution was its creation of an open national market, putting an end to state trade barriers. -
Why Illegal Immigration Matters
Posted on September 26, 2011 | No CommentsWe can have the social safety net or illegal immigration, but we can't have both. -
Presidential Debates Are Not Serious
Posted on September 26, 2011 | No CommentsWhere are these candidates on preservation on the integrity of traditional marriage? -
The President’s Strange Obsession with Millionaires and Billionaires
Posted on September 25, 2011 | No CommentsApparently in President Obama’s view, wealthy Americans don’t work, don’t live in the context of “working families,” and don’t own small businesses. -
Daily Beast’s “Obama’s Sold Bunker-Busting Bombs to Israel” Story a Bust
Posted on September 24, 2011 | No CommentsIt seems pretty clear that the Obama camp leaked this story... -
How Courts Can Help End Public-Sector Collusion
Posted on September 22, 2011 | No CommentsUnions secure funding and elected officials secure union support. But taxpayers...lose. -
It’s Time to Tax the Trillionaires
Posted on September 21, 2011 | No CommentsWho are the trillionaires? They're the people who spent and spent until we ended up with a 15 trillion dollar deficit. -
iPods and education reform
Posted on September 20, 2011 | No CommentsThe one-size-fits-all model of education has gone the way of the CD player. -
Target Black Unemployment With Enterprise Zones
Posted on September 19, 2011 | No CommentsAny government bureaucrat who could make a smart venture capital investment wouldn’t be a government bureaucrat. -
It’s Another “Us” Crisis
Posted on September 18, 2011 | No CommentsWe don't believe that ordinary Americans can govern themselves, do we? -
The Government Does Not Create Jobs, President Obama
Posted on September 18, 2011 | No CommentsIf I could get close to President..., I’d like to ask him this question: “Mr. President, how, exactly, is a job created?” -
Mexican Government Honors Mayor Gordon
Posted on September 15, 2011 | No CommentsGordon recognized for enhancing the standard of living for Mexicans living abroad -
The “More money!” echo chamber
Posted on September 15, 2011 | No CommentsNations like South Korea, Finland, and New Zealand routinely outperform the U.S. on international assessments but spend less per student. -
In Praise of NYC’s Muscular Counterterrorism
Posted on September 14, 2011 | 1 CommentUnlike other agencies, the NYPD names the enemy, acknowledges the predominant threat of Islamist violence, and has built a robust intelligence operation. -
Government: A lousy venture capitalist
Posted on September 14, 2011 | No CommentsGovernment has no business risking taxpayer resources or disrupting tax systems to favor some businesses over others... -
Obama’s Plan to Soak the Charities
Posted on September 13, 2011 | 3 CommentsObama's jobs bill would limit charitable tax breaks -
State legislators should learn from failed federal stimulus efforts
Posted on September 13, 2011 | 2 Comments[I]t’s no wonder businesses are sitting on their investment capital instead of taking the risks that are vital to robust economic growth and job creation. -
Of Course Social Security Is a Ponzi Scheme
Posted on September 13, 2011 | No CommentsRegardless of what you think about the idea, it was viable long ago when the size of the program was much smaller, the tax much lower, there were many more working Americans per retiree than today... -
Those IOUs Are As Good As Money
Posted on September 12, 2011 | No CommentsObama's jobs plan takes $240 billion from Social Security funding -
Ten Years Later, Radical Islam Still a Taboo Subject
Posted on September 12, 2011 | No CommentsWhile al-Qaida may be incredibly weakened - even on the brink of defeat – its message girded by Quranic passages, remains globally accessible to impressionable minds. -
A Sadly Secularized 9/11
Posted on September 11, 2011 | No CommentsIt is a logic that says “for the sake of diversity of religious traditions, we won’t acknowledge any religious traditions at all.” -
Maybe It Should Have Been An Open-Book Test Instead
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsWho writes these debate questions? -
Clean Elections Commission taps taxpayer dollars to save itself
Posted on September 8, 2011 | No CommentsLast year, the commission reaped $8 million in funding from check-offs. -
Credit rating lessons from Oz
Posted on September 7, 2011 | No CommentsDefined-contribution, 401(k)-type systems avoid the pension abuses that have led government systems to the brink of collapse. -
When Liberals are the Oppressors
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsThe measure of liberalism will be how it deals with political and moral adversity... -
Jobs Speech Not About Jobs
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsGOP will be blamed for blocking plan or will share blame for plan when it fails -
Are we talking about consolidation, again?
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsArizona lawmakers could help successful charters replicate by allowing them better access to facilities. -
The Fall of Two Empires
Posted on September 6, 2011 | 1 CommentIslam is demographically set to dominate Russia and Europe -
Healthcare from the Trenches
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsGovernment programs are not responding to human need; we have a market economy for that. Government programs are projections of political power: We are doing this because we have the power to do it. -
Marco Rubio’s Courageous Speech
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No CommentsThe culture of government has displaced the culture of personal responsibility. -
Messiah of Hate
Posted on September 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe time when the Obama brand still seemed like it might have something to offer the American people is long past. -
Obama, Ph.D’s, And Some Bizarre Ideas About Labor
Posted on September 4, 2011 | No CommentsThe goal of the “Diversity and Inclusion” office would appear to be to threaten and coerce businesses into hiring more workers from these “minority” categories, so as to enhance President Obama’s chances for re-election. -
FEMA Now Using ‘Waffle House Index’
Posted on September 1, 2011 | No CommentsFEMA determines hurricane severity based on whether or not the Waffle House is open -
Obama’s Wet Jobs Noodle
Posted on September 1, 2011 | No CommentsThe president's problem is that to revive the economy he really needs to undo everything he has done.
