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Via MLive.com, here’s House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers (D-MI) pooh-poohing the idea that members of Congress should read legislation before they vote on it.
He is under attack for it — attacks he can deflect because they’re partisan and because he’s a from a quintissential safe district. So instead of gulping the too-potent elixir of […]
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So President Obama is going to host Professor Gates and Officer Crowley today at the White House. Much has already been said about the controversial arrest for “disorderly conduct.” IMHO, it seems like a false arrest. I wasn’t there, but it is not a crime for someone to be obnoxious to the police (and that is basically the cop’s version of the […]
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One of the frequent tropes of recent years is the notion that the United States is in decline, and America is plunging from being the only great power in the system to a status merely as first among equals. A veritable slew of books have come out in recent years making this argument. You also […]
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The Kauffman Foundation has produced an interesting study about the background of entrepreneurs. They create businesses for many reasons, including to make money and work for themselves, and play a major role in generating the economic growth that benefits the rest of us. Too bad politicians, who create so little of value, so often stand in […]
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According to CNS News:
In a sign that intra-party negotiations continue to drag on, [House Democratic Majority Leader Steny] Hoyer [MD] declared that no single provision was sacred, not even President Obama’s coveted government-run “public option” plan.
“I want to see the Senate give its proposal so that in September we can contribute to having a conference […]
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Conor Clarke at The Atlantic blog, raised several issues with my study, “What to Do About Climate Change,” which Cato published last year.
One of Conor Clarke’s comments was that my analysis did not extend beyond the 21st century. He found this problematic because, as Conor put it, climate change would extend beyond 2100, and even […]
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Nice health care lecture
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