(Jonathan H. Adler) Yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it was entering into two proposed settlement agreements to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants and oil refineries under the Clean Air Act. The two agreements resolve lawsuits filed against the EPA by several states and environmental groups seeking the imposition of [...]
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Merry Christmas to America’s heroes, past and present
From all of us. No irony, no snark, no wittiness; just a Christmas salute to our men and women in uniform, past and present, wherever they may be. The Republican caucus of the House Oversight and Reform Committee launched this earlier in the week, but politics has nothing to do with it. This comes from [...]
Nuclear Past, Present And Future
How the US saved China from nuclear war. The UN, North Korea, Iran and the nukes. The General’s stars. The Tea Party’s critical test is still ahead. Be a woman, support Pelosi who is also one. 1. According to Russia’s Izvestiya, which is a “Putin-paper”, the Chinese Party’s central organ has published what is [...]
Dreaming Of A Green Christmas: Present Wrapping, Plastic Bags, Greenest Retailers
And the hit parade of eco-nuts doing their best to ruin Christmas - well, really, they try and ruin every day - continues. First up If a group of Watsonville environmentalists have their way, the newspaper you read today will be under a Christmas tree next Saturday. No, they’re not asking you to give your [...]
No Time Like Present for Brewers, Greinke - FanHouse
CBC.ca No Time Like Present for Brewers, GreinkeFanHouseThe Brewers last won a division title in 1982. They'll likely lose slugger Prince Fielder to free agency next winter. Impressive drafts under Jack Zduriencik years ago have given them enough talent to both maneuver in the trade markets …Brewers pull off a stunner by landing Greinke from [...]
“The Present State of the Jews”: Muslim anti-semitism in 1676
I just found this gem in Google Books: “The Present State of the Jews,” by Lancelot Addison, written in 1676: He starts off with a description of how the Jews live in the Barbary States: When I looked into the great number of Jews in Barbary, and saw how they were lorded over by the [...]
I bought myself a Christmas present
I dote on bobbleheads and am a card carrying member of the Cult of Cthulhu, so this seemed highly appropriate: ProfessorBainbridge.com
Taxpayers Got a Big Christmas Present Yesterday, but It Wasn’t the Tax Bill
By Daniel J. Mitchell There’s a lot of attention being paid to yesterday’s landslide vote in the House to prevent a big tax increase next year. If you’re a glass-half-full optimist, you will be celebrating the good news for taxpayers. If you’re a glass-half empty pessimist, you will be angry because the bill also contains [...]
Taxpayers Got a Big Christmas Present Yesterday, but It Wasn’t the Tax Bill
There’s a lot of attention being paid to yesterday’s landslide vote in the House to prevent a big tax increase next year. If you’re a glass-half-full optimist, you will be celebrating the good news for taxpayers. If you’re a glass-half empty pessimist, you will be angry because the bill also contains provisions to increase the [...]
Both Co-Chairs At Judiciary Committee To Work For Malloy; Family Institute Views Changes As Early Christmas Present
The legislature’s judiciary committee will undergo drastic changes next year as both longtime co-chairmen are taking jobs in the new Malloy administration. Rep. Michael P. Lawlor and State Sen. Andrew McDonald - the leaders in the thick of the battle on controversial issues like same-sex civil unions, gay marriage, and the death penalty - will both step [...]
Lonnie Thompson on why climatologists are speaking out: “Virtually all of us are now convinced that global warming poses a clear and present danger to civilization”
That bold statement may seem like hyperbole, but there is now a very clear pattern in the scientific evidence documenting that the earth is warming, that warming is due largely to human activity, that warming is causing important changes in climate, and that rapid and potentially catastrophic changes in the near future are very possible. [...]
A present for the President
Obama got a present from Gen. David Petraeus — a “manly man T-shirt. Hope Michelle enjoys it (rimshot). I keed, I keed (well no), glad he went to see the troops. BLACKFIVE
Shellackings Past and Present
Three weeks ago, Democrats took what President Obama dubbed a “shellacking” at the polls: Republicans picked up 62 seats in the House, enough to gain a majority, and six in the Senate. The next day, the post-election analysis and finger-pointing began. Defeated Democrats blamed the President. Defeated Republicans blamed the media and the Washington establishment. [...]
Taxing the Future to Finance the Present
The answer to John Holbo’s riddle is that the tax base should be oriented much more toward natural resources and consumption than it currently is. Taxing investment is in effect a way of taxing the future to pay for the present in a way that doesn’t make a ton of sense when you think about [...]
Taxing the Future to Finance the Present
The answer to John Holbo’s riddle is that the tax base should be oriented much more toward natural resources and consumption than it currently is. Taxing investment is in effect a way of taxing the future to pay for the present in a way that doesn’t make a ton of sense when you think about [...]