Voting Rights Act Still Matters
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 28th, 2011 5:30 am by HL
Voting Rights Act Still Matters
Why Romney’s Electability Is a Myth
John Hawkins, Townhall
Mitt Romney was a moderate governor in Massachusetts with an unimpressive record of governance, who left office with an approval rating in the thirties, and whose signature achievement was a Hurricane Katrina style disaster for the state. Since that's the case, it's fair to ask what a Republican who's not conservative and can't even carry his own state brings to the table for GOP primary voters. The answer is always the same; Mitt Romney is supposed to be “the most electable” candidate. This is a baffling argument because many people just seem to assume it's…
Behind the White House’s Green-Tech Boondoggles
Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Color me shocked, shocked at this revelation from yesterday’s Washington Post. Politically-connected investors influencing government subsidies? Inconceivable!Meant to create jobs and cut reliance on foreign oil, Obama's green-technology program was infused with politics at every level, The Washington Post found in an analysis of thousands of memos, company records and internal e-mails. Political considerations were raised repeatedly by company investors, Energy Department bureaucrats and White House officials.
Europe Looks to Short-Term Fixes Amid Growing Problems
China Rail Fail
Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
The Panda Lobby, the pundits and policy wonks who want the US to imitate China's state capitalism, has long celebrated what it claims to be China's far sighted and effective approach to industrial policy. China, the Panda pundits tell us, will own the future because of its courageous subsidies to green technology and high speed rail. The meltdown of the Chinese solar industry has been widely reported; now comes word that the rail program is also in trouble.
