It's about Getting Our Own House in Order
Senator Inhofe is one of the best we've got, but he's just wrong on earmarks, for the reasons laid out by Senator Coburn and Representative Flake. To their arguments, I would just add one small point:...
View ArticleHas Obama Finally Found an Environmental Regulation that He Doesn't Like?
Do you want to know why Obama's attempt to renegotiate the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement has failed? You wouldn't believe it if I told you . . .
View ArticleI'm on Bloggingheads
In the latest episode of bloggingheads.tv, Tim Fernholz and I recap the debate over the fiscal commission's co-chairmen's report and talk about the lame-duck session and the G-20 as well. In the clip...
View ArticleObama and Free Trade
If you enjoyed my piece about the Obama administration's ridiculous South Korea trade debacle last week, then you should really follow up by reading trade blogger Scott Lincicome's coverage of the...
View ArticleSchakowsky’s Lack of Principle
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D., Ill.) has come out with her own alternative to the Bowles-Simpson deficit-reduction plan. Under the Schakowsky plan, two-thirds of the deficit reduction would come from tax...
View ArticleThe Left's Deficit Reduction Plan
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D., Ill.), who is a member of Obama's fiscal commission, has put forward an alternative to the co-chairmen's mark released last week. My take: "Many conservatives greeted the...
View ArticleStimulus Spending as Deficit Reduction: An Idea that Just Needs to Die
Both the Schakowsky deficit reduction plan, which I wrote about today, and the Rivlin-Domenici plan, which Veronique wrote about below, call for increases in Keynesian stimulus spending to happen...
View ArticleGM's IPO
Regarding the triumphalism attending GM's IPO, let this post serve as a friendly reminder that GM still owes the U.S. government $43 billion; that its financing arm still owes $14.6 billion; and that...
View ArticleAn Invitation to Our Post-Election Conference
On Monday, November 22nd, the National Review Institute and AEI are teaming up to host a post-election conference in Washington. Panelists include budget expert James Capretta, former congressman (and...
View ArticleCowboys Draft Preview
For the Cowboys, there's no need to swing for the fences on offensive stars. Everyone's happy with the way Dez Bryant turned out, so now it's time to focus on defense. The 'Boys secondary was terrible...
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