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Carter Wood at NAM’s Shopfloor blog points us toward this Examiner editorial on the House’s depressing new energy legislation, which includes $16 billion in new taxes on oil companies:
[This] $16 billion will inevitably be passed on to drivers at the pump, at the same time oil companies should be investing in new technology to extract [...]

At the AFL-CIO Democratic Debate Tuesday, Presidential “hopeful” Dennis Kucinich called himself the “Sea-Biscuit” of the presidential race.
He said it was because he was an unlikely champion, but I think its really because, like his campaign, Sea-Biscuit has been dead for a looooooong time.
Or maybe its because, like Kucinich, Sea-Biscuit was also a prominent [...]

The actor and radical environmentalist hasn’t figured out who he is voting for in 2008, according to People Magazine.
Leonardo DiCaprio traveled to 14 states in 2004 to stump for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry – but the actor and environmentalist isn’t planning to campaign for any of the 2008 candidates just yet.
“I’m still on [...]

I didn’t get to watch the AFL-CIO-hosted Democratic debate the other night, but from the reports, looks like I didn’t miss much. Greg Mankiw, however, points us to this extremely useful–and rather entertaining–post by James Pethokoukis at Capital Commerce detailing the loopy economic ideas that popped up at the debate. For instance:
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In the New York Times, Dave Leonhardt takes on the myth of “More care! Less money!” A focus on preventative care, he explains, will make people healthier — but, contrary to what’s being claimed by many liberal health-care advocates, there’s little reason to believe it will cost less.

The theory goes like this: By [...]

Is anyone else watching Mike Huckabee on Hardball with the same disgust that I am? Mike Huckabee has his anti-corporate, anti-wealth creation talking points ready for Chris Matthews’ television show. Huckabee is trying to be more of a populist than John Edwards right now.

Cato’s Chris Edwards points us to Minnesota Representative Tim Walz’s rather perverse justification for yet another bloated farm bill:

I rise in opposition to my good friend from Wisconsin’s piece of legislation. It’s well meaning, but I believe it does not address the needs of my district. The people of the First District of Minnesota, I [...]

Congress has taken a commercial break, but stay tuned: The big finale’s still ahead, and with the current crop of big-government liberals at the helm, it’s sure to be a big-budget spectacle. After legislators return, the major fight will be over appropriations — what’s politely referred to as “discretionary” spending. President Bush has [...]

Watch this trailer for the upcoming film by Evan Coyne Maloney about the Left’s stranglehold on college campuses. Then, enter your name on the petition to have a local film screening!
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