by Henry Oliner | Feb 27, 2014 | Politics
Jay Cost writes The Real Price of Politics in The Weekly Standard. Excerpts: Too often, debate over what government should do takes place in the abstract. But the particulars of the American system are relevant. Our government was never meant to accomplish the grand,...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 26, 2014 | Economy, Politics
From The Wall Street Journal Book Review: ‘The Power of Knowledge,’ by Jeremy Black The review is by Roger Kimball Excerpt: Although deeply grounded in history from the Middle Ages on down, this book also conjures with contemporary issues. Some are...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
This kind of activity is not illegal but it smacks of corruption and cronyism: Obama appointee subsidizes electric bus company, then goes to work for it Imagine the coverage if a Republican said this: Florida Democrat: Without Immigration Reform, Where Will We...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 25, 2014 | Politics
another home run from The Sultan Knish, Daniel Greenfield: Government Power is an Economic Inequality Excerpts: The liberal defenders of government power attack concentrations of wealth, but in the true concentration of wealth is not found in the hands of a few...
by Henry Oliner | Feb 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
From The Hoover Institute- An Impasse on Climate Change – by Gary D. Libecap What is the underlying problem that makes these annual Conference of Party meetings so unsuccessful? There are four major obstacles. One is extreme scientific uncertainty about GHG...
