such ran the title of an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. i had to do a double-take. why would environmentalists oppose a plan to clean up air in Long Beach, CA? perhaps the plan had unintended environmental side effects, or didn’t clean up the air enough. unfortunately, none of the above are true....
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"Environmentalists Oppose Air-Cleanup Plan"
"The Second Iran-Iraq War"
The Wall Street Journal published an article today about Iran’s involvement in Iraq… basically, that they are the ones running the militias in Iraq. So I will once again trumpet my Iraq horn: we don’t just risk Iraq going to pot if we pull our troops out. We risk real threats to national security...
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On Democrats and Unions
The link between the Democratic Party and labor unions was recently mentioned, so I think it fitting to report the Democrats’ latest labor shenanigans. According to today’s Wall Street Journal, Dems have added about $1 billion to President Bush’s suggested $10 billion budget for the Department of Labor. Those increases are going towards things...
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Truth and its Consequences in Iraq
Duke professor Donald Horowitz wrote an article in today’s Wall Street Journal that very succinctly lays out the arguments against withdrawing from Iraq in the foreseeable future. As most of us have already conjectured, the results of withdrawal would include an Iraq-Turkey Kurdish war in the north, increased (and unpopular) Iranian influence in the...
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Globalism triumphs
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that wages in China and India (and other similar developing countries) are on the rise, and are higher than they’ve ever been. The cause? Globalism. As more and more factories and jobs have been outsourced, the demand for labor has become more than its supply, which has lead...
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"The Poor Get Richer"
Today, the Wall Street Journal reported the findings of a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, which shows the income of the poorest 20% of Americans has raised by 78% since 1991. And female headed households in this category saw their income double in the same time. The CBO report attributes this growth for the...
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"The Czechs Are Flat"
The Wall Street Journal reported today that Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek introduced a plan to make the Czech Republic the next country to join flat tax club. Next year, Czechs will pay a flat tax of 15%, as opposed to the 12-32% progressive tax in place now. The corporate tax rate will also...
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