You instinctively know that U.S. energy independence is a good thing for the country. The Wall Street Journal reports, “The U.S. is overtaking Russia as the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas, a startling shift that is reshaping markets and eroding the clout of traditional energy-rich nations.” Yet the Obama administration has railed […]
Archives for October 2013
Top 10 Political Books #2: The Federalist Papers
We’re counting down the top 10 political books. These books should be required reading for all. Number 2: The Federalist Papers, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay Amazon: A series of eighty-five essays written by Alexander The classic defense of the American system of government. A series of essays written by the founding fathers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, […]
Tell Your Liberal Friends to Shut it Down
I had the great pleasure of spending time talking with Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy Studies, over the weekend at the Cato 200 Laguna Beach, CA retreat. In his talk he referenced downsizing government.org as a wonderful reference tool. And that it is. The charts are sick. Literally. You can pick and choose your […]
Obamacare Disaster by the Numbers
I recently spent some time with the Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner looking at the math reality of Obamacare. Trust me, Americans are not going to like what is potentially ahead. Here you get a chance to hear from Mike exactly what can be expected. I have monitored the Obamacare fiasco from the start, yet even […]
Don’t Forget to Turn the Lights Off Before You Leave
Visitors of the Bureau of Economic Analysis homepage today were puzzled to find that before staffers had gone home for the government shutdown, they actually shut down the BEA web site. Below is a picture of what you will find if you visit the site with Internet Explorer. Google Chrome returns a message that reads […]
Top 10 Political Books #3: Common Sense
We’re counting down the top 10 political books. These books should be required reading for all. Number 3: Common Sense, Thomas Paine Amazon: The most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era”. COMMON SENSE is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of […]
VIDEO: Overblown Fears over a Government Shutdown
Government Shutdown Reality
First off, the government is far from shut down. Most of the essential services Americans rely on day to day will continue, so pay no attention to the media hysteria and headline grabbers. In large measure, what gets shut down is whole swathes of fat and waste that should never have been allowed to exist […]
The Energy Evolution
The “Estimated Energy Costs per Million BTUs” chart from Young Research & Publishing gives you a quick comparison of oil, natural gas, coal, and uranium. As you can see, natural gas offers good value compared to oil. Good ideas will find their way in the marketplace at the right price and tend to evolve over […]
“There Is Nothing Left to Cut”
The latest whopper from Nancy Pelosi is a beaut. Here my friend and Cato Institute fellow Richard Rahn sets the record straight on government waste. Nothing left to cut? Hardly. Real cutting has not even begun. And Americans are finally catching on to that reality. “There is nothing left to cut,” said House Minority Leader […]