Celebrate Coal, Celebrate Keeping Warm!
Along with the THOUSANDS, THOUSANDS we say!, of anti-coal, anti-affordable-heating-for-Aunt-Luella protesters at the Capitol Power Plant Monday, some pro-prospersity advocates may also show up. From...
View ArticleThe Climate E-Mail Scandal: Group Think and Bullying
From Iain Murray at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, “Three Things You Absolutely Must Know About Climategate,” a primer on what was revealed when hackers publicized e-mails and other computer...
View ArticleManufacturing Innovation, the Science Committee Hearing
The House Science Committee considers an exciting area of policy — many exciting areas — on Wednesday when it convenes a hearing, “The Future of Manufacturing: What is the Role of the Federal...
View ArticleA Free-Market Perspective on Manufacturing, R&D
Worthwhile column in The Washington Times from Wayne Crews, vice president for policy at the free-market-oriented Competitive Enterprise Institute, “More government means less manufacturing“: The need...
View ArticleThe Legislature is the Policymaking Branch of Government
On the federal level, that’s Congress. From Forbes.com, from former Sen. George Allen (R-VA) and Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, “The EPA’s Shocking Power Grab“: The U.S....
View ArticleJulian Simon, Lithium, Afghanistan
The New York Times prompted a flurry of speculative stories with its recent report, “U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan“: WASHINGTON — The United States has discovered nearly $1...
View ArticleGood Question on EPA Regulation of CO2, but President’s Answer…
The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Meckler’s posed an excellent question at Wednesday’s news conference by President Obama. From the transcript: You said earlier that it was clear that Congress was...
View ArticleNo, the U.S. Supreme Court is Not a Pro-Business Court
In a unanimous decision Monday in Thompson v. North American Stainless (opinion), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an employee who was fired for cause — performance reasons — could sue his employer...
View ArticleCircumnetting Civil Justice Reform and Other Legal Things
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution holds a hearing this Friday on the major piece of civil justice reform legislation this Congress, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act, which will amend...
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