If Washington state wants to create jobs and encourage Boeing to stick around then passing right-to-work laws makes perfect sense. State Senator Michael Baumgartner plans to introduce legislation that could do just that. As Boeing continues to expand its operations in South Carolina and fears the company is looking for an exit out of Puget […]
Obama’s Watergate
President Obama is too busy to be bothered by the IRS scandal. As Peggy Noonan points out he’s out campaigning as investigators continue to be stonewalled by the arrogant. You would think also the leadership of the IRS would, at this point, be a bit head-bowed—eager to deal publicly with the agency’s problems, to be […]
Paul Krugman Wrong Again
Paul Krugman, writing in the Sunday New York Times about Detroit’s bankruptcy, explains that trillion dollar pension deficits aren’t a problem because they’re not that big a deal compared to the overall economy. What Krugman fails to explain is that states can’t print money like his friends at the federal level continue to do. Krugman, […]
Detroit: Why States Will Secede from the Union
Bankruptcy expert David Skeel makes the case that federal bankruptcy has precedent over state law. Skeel isn’t suggesting a federal bailout, but isn’t that the next step? If pension debt by irresponsible states becomes every state’s problem, then why wouldn’t a fiscally responsible state want to succeed from the union? The unintended consequences of federal […]
Why I Moved from Liberal to Conservative
During the Detroit riots of 67′ Michael Barone was a summer intern for Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh. He tells us why he moved from liberal to conservative here: When people ask me why I moved from liberal to conservative, I have a one-word answer: Detroit. I grew up there, on a middle-class grid street in […]
Obama Nominates former Detroit UAW Organizer
In light of Detroit’s bankruptcy and carnage at the hand of unions you would think President Obama would use some Outcome Analysis. But that’s far from the case. The latest proof that community organizing is the life blood of this administration is the nomination of Nancy Schiffer to the National Labor Relations Board. Bill McMorris details […]
“Detropia”: Coming to a City Near You
As you walk up the staircase in my parents’ house, there hangs one of my favorite pictures of my dad wearing a Ronald Reagan hat and smiling. The picture was taken when he was at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit during the Republican National Convention in 1980. I remember how energized my mom and dad […]
Moron Mondays
You can bet that if pro-business policies are working in a state then somewhere liberals are seething. That place is Raleigh, North Carolina. Today will be the 12th Monday where liberal protestors descend upon the Capitol building to protest. “Thom Goolsby, an outspoken GOP state senator, has jokingly dismissed the protests in Raleigh as ‘Moron […]
Obama’s Summer Jobless Tour
It’s the same old song from the Obama camp and Washington for that matter. Obama wants to save the middle-class. Again. Republicans remain skeptical of Mr. Obama’s vision for the economy. “They’ve been saying the same thing for four years,” said Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.). “The previous […]
McCain Attacks the Right of Self Defense
Sen. John McCain has waffled on self-defense issues. Calling for a review of Stand Your Ground laws in light of a court case where they weren’t even used as a defense is a new low for the senator from Arizona.
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