Running the Internet Like the Post Office
The massive inefficiences of mandated services and fixed prices lead to bad service: Just look at the post office. The FCC's network neutrality proposal will force similar inefficiencies upon internet service providers. Once upon a time there was an economic service central to growth and prosperit…No Raves for NIH Grants
NM EXCLUSIVE: Research programs that could benefit the health of Americans were denied funding by the National Institutes of Health in favor of politically-correct scientifically dubious projects, including "Patterns of Drug Use and Abuse in Brazilian Rave Culture," "The Impact of Dragon Boat …My Wife Did It!
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner stuck to his story today that a $10,000 donation he made to the Gore-Lieberman recount committee in 2000 was probably made by his wife -- despite a NewMajority investigation which proved this to be deeply implausible. Republican gubernatorial …Character vs. Ego
While President Obama opened his speech to the UN General Assembly with a barrage of "I, I, I," Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pulled all of Canada's officials from the hall when Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began his address. While President Obama opened his speech to the UN …Early Polls: GOP in Good Shape for 2010
Pollsters asked voters which party they will support in 2010 on a generic congressional ballot. The results of the poll find the Democrats at near historic lows. Under the heading, "Republicans not in a position to retake the House (yet)," Chris Bowers estimates that the Democrats have a …
Latimer: Bush 2008 Speeches Had No Vision or Strategy
In his new book, Speech-Less: Tales of a White House Survivor , Matt Latimer writes that the Bush White House never developed an effective communications strategy. They had a policy of having the president make public comments on at least a daily basis - whether there was anything to say or …Gen McChrystal's Plan Only Viable One on the Table
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, is right when he says that more troops are necessary if the Taliban are to be defeated. The eventual solution, of course, is a functioning Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP). But until Taliban aggression can …Latimer: Aides Pretended to be Stupid to Get on Bush's Good Side
Matt Latimer's new book, Speech-Less: Tales of a White House Survivor , confirms the portrait of George W. Bush I painted in my Impostor book of a bully who cannot stand to be contradicted, and who browbeats those beneath him into agreeing with him. I am reading Matt Latimer's book, just …GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Downplays Donations to Gore, Kerry
NM Exclusive: GOP candidate for California governor, Steven Poizner, insists he is a "passionate" Bush Republican despite giving thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates for state and national office, including $10,000 to the Gore-Lieberman recount committee in 2000. In an effort to counter …American Manufacturing is Not in Decline
This weekend President Obama said that it will take decades to rebuild the United States’ declining manufacturing base. That’s misleading. It’s true that the number of workers is declining , but total output by the manufacturing industry continues to grow, as does productivity . I would like to …Did the Gold Standard Cause the Great Depression?
My most recent Bookshelf discusses a book that argues "yes" or anyway that it was gold that turned what might have been an ordinary recession into a great depression: Barry Eichengreen's Golden Fetters . My most recent Bookshelf discusses a book that argues "yes" or anyway that it was gold …Romney Questions Quality of Obama’s Iranian Intel
Today, at the Foreign Policy Initiative’s annual conference in Washington, D.C., former Massachusetts Governor Romney opined that the President’s decision to halt plans for a missile shield in Eastern Europe may have been made on faulty intelligence. Today, at the Foreign Policy Initiative’s …Americans Tune Out Obama's Healthcare Sell
On Sunday, the president appeared on five different news shows to talk about the pressing need for healthcare reform. The American people though keep tuning him out. All Obama, all the time! On Sunday the president appeared on five different news shows talking about the pressing need for …Keeping Doctors in Business
Healthcare reform will lead to a greater demand for medical services. Rising practice costs for doctors though may lead to a shortage of physicians. To keep doctors in business, the government may have to consider new subsidies for physicians. The price tag: at least $38 billion per year. …Conservatives and Their Dogs
In these tough recessionary days, what this country needs is a photo montage of conservatives and their dogs. Interested FF readers should submit their photos to run in this column. Sean Linnane's Jack Russell Tiny, a hunter of moles and killer of possums In these tough recessionary …