Writing in Commentary, Jonathan Tobin suggests that liberals might want to take a second look at the effects of the much disparaged Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United. Both sides in the Wisconsin recall election are getting their full say. Isn’t that what’s supposed to happen in a democracy?
Originally published in The Oregonian — April 29, 2012 – Several rural Oregon counties are on the brink. Two solutions have been proposed — one new, one old. The old idea is to get another extension of direct federal payments under the Secure Rural Schools Act. This may yet happen, though it is currently derailed [...]
Entertainer and comedian Tim Hawkins uses his talents to describe the role our government plays in our daily lives…
This report from Cascade Policy Institute explains why. The good news is that the Institute for Justice has filed a lawsuit against the City, and IJ has a record of many successes in challenging market restricting regulations.
A decade ago 85% of Swiss voters approved an initiative designed to control government spending. It has worked. Over a decade later the Swiss have reduced government spending as a percentage of gross domestic product, while virtually every other European country and the United States have seen dramatic increases. The approach, described by Cato senior [...]
IT’S NOT ABOUT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OR STATES’ RIGHTS; IT’S ABOUT POWER: Originally published in The Daily Caller — April 26, 2012 – In his coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing on the validity of Arizona’s immigration law (S.B. 1070), ABC News reporter Terry Moran stated that the issue before the court is: “Does Arizona [...]
It was true 66 years ago. It’s still true today. In “Economics in One Lesson” (1946), Henry Hazlitt wrote: “When a corporation loses a hundred cents of every dollar it loses, and is permitted to keep only 60 cents of every dollar it gains, and when it cannot offset its years of losses against its [...]
Speculation is that the Court may uphold at least part of the Arizona immigration law (SB 1070). Here are reports from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.
Most urban kids don’t know what chores are. But in farm country kids know well what it means to “get out and do your chores.” According to a story in today’s Daily Caller, the Obama Administration means to bring our urban and rural kids together by banning chores for country kids. You can’t make stuff [...]
The Heritage Foundation’s online guide to the U.S. Constitution is an excellent resource for people seeking to understand particular provisions of the Constitution. Each reference is sufficiently detailed to be complete, but not so long as to deter the lay reader. There are entries relating to every clause of the entire Constituiton, all written by [...]
Writing in today’s Wall Street Journal, Columbia University Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard explains that President Obama’s proposed tax increases will not come close to covering his proposed expenses. Here is a summary: Buffet Rule (minimum 30% tax on those making $1 million or more) nets $4.7 billion per year Increase capital gains tax from [...]
Red is unhappy on international happiness index. When you keep losing the game you have two options: get better and win, or play a different game. Writing in today’s Oregonian, Republican Party Chairman Allen Alley says that Oregon Governor Kitzhaber has opted for the second approach. Rather than measure Oregon’s performance on the traditional standard [...]
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has issued a new report, The Economy Derailed. It’s a study of economic impacts of Obama Administration EPA regulations impacting largely on the energy industry. The title says everything about the conclusions of the report, which is available here. Oregon fares better than most state because of its heavy [...]
But not to worry. Here is a thoughtful piece by the “skeptical environmentalist” Bjorn Lomborg in today’s Wall Street Journal. And for more sensible reading, check out this Earth Day piece by PERC Senior Fellow Bruce Yandle.
FOX CENTRAL The Most Powerful Dames in News Confronted by national media saturation with buzz-killing progressive women like Rachel Maddow, Tamara Holder, Anita Dunn, Diana Sawyer, et al., where do conservative guys turn to find the best and brightest women in television journalism? Since 1996 the answer has been Fox News Channel. The network had [...]
Writing in today’s Wall Street Journal, David Rivkin and Lee Casey argue that a Supreme Court invalidation of Obamacare would not be judicial activism as the President has contended. To the contrary, they say, it would be the Supreme Court performing its constitutional duty. Read more on the subject here, here and here.
In explaining why neither the old union protected factory job or the anticipated government supported “green” job will be the future for today’s youth, Michael Barone quotes this from Walter Russell Mead writing the-american-interest.com blog, “The career paths that [young people] have been trained for are narrowing and they are going to have to launch [...]
Many Oregonians like to think of Oregon as the anti-California. But if you read Allysia Finley’s interview with Joel Kotkin in today’s Wall Street Journal, you can’t help but come away with a sense that in many respects California is just Oregon writ large. Finley writes: “Mr. Kotkin also notes that demographic changes are playing [...]
