Originally posted May 13, 2011. New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has vetoed the New Hampshire Right-to-Work Bill (H.B. 474). In his veto message, he said: “States should not interfere with the rights of businesses and their employees to freely negotiate contracts. That is unless there is a compelling public interest, and there is no compelling […]
This is the Best Way to Achieve Good Fiscal Results
Dan Mitchell, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and author of the blog International Liberty , has posted a great video by the Center for Freedom and Prosperity explaining why spending caps are the best way to achieve good fiscal results. In addition to the video, narrated by Yamila Feccia (watch below), Dan offers five […]
The Real King of Rock and Roll
Chuck Berry, not Elvis (no disrespect to his great career) is the King of Rock and Roll. Berry’s innovative guitar riffs and melodies have been emulated, copied, parodied, and stolen throughout the history of rock and roll, and no one did it better. Berry’s latest album, released on vinyl in June, is loaded with new […]
Top Ten States for Making Money
Yesterday I reviewed per capita personal incomes by state from 1990 to 2012 as reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. That’s a long enough time-frame to eliminate any outliers. In terms of average annual growth in per capita income growth over that time period, most of the top ten are “red” states. Washington, D.C. […]
The Vacuity of the G-20
With another G-20 come and gone, what in the world has changed? Here’s what the summit did not accomplish: No change in trade policy. No change in environmental policies. Will any of the leaders who signed the communiqué spend a moment thinking about how to implement it back home, asks Walter Russell Mead in the […]
“What a Sexy Gun this Is”
If you want to train with an instructor that takes shooting seriously and yet helps you feel relaxed then Sig Sauer’s Chris Cavallaro is your guy. “Cav” was my instructor for the Sig Sauer Academy shotgun course I took a number of year’s ago. Yesterday, a friend emailed me a picture of his new 1911 […]
Despite Falling Prices, Drillers on Pace for Record U.S. Oil Production
Soon, oil companies may pump more crude in America than they ever have before. The U.S. may produce more than 10 million barrels a day by early next year. Bradley Olson and Alison Sider report: Easy Wall Street cash is leading U.S. shale companies to expand drilling, even as most lose money on every barrel […]
Giant Steps: Coltrane Like You’ve Never Seen Before
Here Michael Levy has “translated Coltrane’s mathematical approach to architecture.” With new technology comes new perspective, and Levy has created something new and exciting out of something old and beautiful. Adam Frank writes at NPR: John Coltrane’s Giant Steps is one of the great pieces of American music. It is an exemplar of be-bop. While Coltrane wrote other pieces […]
Breakthrough Could Pave Way to Underwater Internet
NATO researchers have developed the first ever international standard for underwater communications called JANUS. Named after the Roman god of gateways, JANUS will allow aquatic systems to communicate by transferring data much like devices on a Wi-Fi or cellular network. JANUS would allow robots used for underwater research, mining, and military operations to communicate using […]
Nature’s Devastation Hit These Farmers
Despite man’s attempts to control nature, there remains no more powerful force on earth. In the village of Fleurie, in the Beaujolais region of France, hail storms have decimated some vineyards, in an unfortunate repeat of last year’s terrible destructive weather pattern. Yohan Castaing writes at Decanter: A fierce hailstorm hit the Beaujolais region at 4:45pm on […]
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