Energy Policy: Regional Wild Card in the Midterms?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 26th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Energy Policy: Regional Wild Card in the Midterms?
Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Last May, an energy conservation bill appeared to be coming to the Senate floor for a vote. Passage seemed a foregone conclusion, but that’s a risky assumption on Capitol Hill these days, especially during an election year. Despite its grandiose name, The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act was a modest collection of sensible ideas that included tax incentives and funding designed to encourage homeowners, landlords, and those who manage commercial buildings to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. Its sponsors claimed it would generate billions of dollars in energy…
Middle-Class Squeeze: Costs Rise 32% While Wages Stagnate
Christopher Rugaber, RealClearPolitics
WASHINGTON — Three years ago, Jason Prosser was stunned to discover the cost of child care for his newborn son — so much so that he and his wife postponed having a second child. The day-care center they found near their Seattle home tops $10,000 a year. Next year, their son, now 3, can attend a Catholic preschool less than half as costly. “It’ll be nice to have enough relief next year,” Prosser said. “It’s just funny that the relief will be a private school.” He and his wife are among legions of middle-class families who are straining under the…
Wanted: Grownups
Erick Erickson, RealClearPolitics
The United States had a cold war to win against the Soviet Union. For several decades, students were taught to dive under their desks should a nuclear bomb go off. People built bomb shelters. Americans got so tired of the containment strategy, they took a gamble on a guy from California whose strategy was simple: “We win. They lose.” President Reagan did win the Cold War. His Vice President, George H. W. Bush, swept into office promising to finish what Reagan started. The Berlin Wall fell. Then a threat sparked in the Middle East. Bush stormed into Iraq, freed Kuwait and saw approval ratings…
Striking ISIL in Syria; Energy Policy as a Midterm Wild Card; Who Shot JFK?
Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Good morning, it’s Wednesday, September 24, 2014. On this day in 1964, the Warren Commission presented its report to President Lyndon B. Johnson. It was an incomplete and hurried work, marred by fanny-covering by the FBI and rife with personal conflicts, including Earl Warren’s friendship with the Kennedy family. It was, at the same time, an extraordinary effort on the part of dedicated public servants who had nothing to gain and much to lose. The fact that their reputations and careers survived afterward is itself a testament to the gravitas of the commission members: chairman…
