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Recent decisions amount to a dressing down for 9th Circuit

Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 31st, 2011 5:32 am by HL

Recent decisions amount to a dressing down for 9th Circuit
Sometimes the Supreme Court simply decides cases and sometimes it seems to have something bigger in mind. In the past two weeks, it has been in scold mode, and its target has been the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.

The Monday Fix: Last week’s political highlights
– Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.), bringing an abrupt end to the bipartisan peace treaty surrounding President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday.

2012 Republican presidential candidates all have flaws
Mitt Romney can’t win the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

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Successful Innovation Requires Failure Too

Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 31st, 2011 5:30 am by HL

Successful Innovation Requires Failure Too
Bill Frezza, RealClearMarkets
President Obama, in his state of the Union Address, called on the nation's taxpayers to fund new investments aimed at making the U.S. more competitive. Joining a long line of Presidents from both parties, his call goes beyond funding scientific research and sets specific industrial policy goals, particularly in the energy and transportation sectors.Obama's tax reform plan may be based on eliminating loopholes and subsidies for favored industries, but he apparently wants to make exceptions for his own favorites. The technologies Obama has selected on our behalf include wind, solar,…

WH Searches for Right Response to Uprising
Trudy Rubin, Philly Inquirer
If you want to understand the Egyptian uprising and how U.S. officials should respond, let me take you back to the pro-democracy demonstrations I witnessed in Cairo in 2005.Middle-class protesters went to the streets then, too, demanding free elections. But the government of President Hosni Mubarak – tarring all opposition as radical Islamists – surrounded them with police in Darth Vader helmets and shields.

‘A Rosa Parks Moment for Education’
Kevin Huffman, Washington Post

John Thune Considers a Presidential Bid
Jill Lawrence, Politics Daily