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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." — Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Sen. Kastama and the 9th Order

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This is quite a speech by Sen. Kastama about the events surrounding this year's special sessions and the state budget.  It's a litt...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Trade advantage changing to favor USA?

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This article in The Telegraph (UK) makes a surprisingly optimistic prediction: The American phoenix is slowly rising again. Within five yea...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

Job openings that Americans can't fill

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Reuters has an article that points out the availability of quite a few well-paying job opportunities that remain open for lack of qualified ...
Friday, September 30, 2011

Drill here, drill now -- Remember that?

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This article at NPR indicates that the USA is experiencing an increase in petroleum production and a decrease in dependence on petroleum im...
Monday, August 08, 2011

More waivers in the works

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If we are to live under the rule of law, don't we have to amend the laws when we disagree with them rather than seek waivers from the ex...
Friday, August 05, 2011

Now what will lenders do?

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The downgrade of Uncle Sam's credit rating by Standard & Poor's today wasn't hard to foresee, given the inability of the Dem...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Change public school teacher compensation

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Megan McCardle has an interesting description of the effects of current ways of compensating public school teachers--and of her ideas for ne...
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