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The Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank funded to the hilt by George Soros, has released a series of ads arguing for “progressivism.”  It’s part of a recent effort by the Left to rebrand itself because of the negative connotations that have come to be associated with the word “liberal.” Two of the […]

The New York Times blog “The Caucus” points out that not only is Congressman Ron Paul raising a lot of cash, but he is being very frugal with what he raises.
As of earlier this month, Mr. Paul’s campaign had spent only 46 cents for every dollar raised, compared to most campaigns that spend whatever […]

Time reports that high oil prices may be contributing to higher prices and shortages for the worldwide food market.  Yet right now, liberals are pushing energy policy that would have the effect of making prices higher.  A $16 billion tax on oil companies — which will surely get passed down to consumers — came up […]

Sens. Barbara Boxer and Jim DeMint are examples of the way political election campaigns now have a permanent footing. Both Senators have full-featured re-election sites that include petition drives and other community and advocacy efforts. In fact, it is getting more difficult to distinguish these sites from their official Senate sites. I’d provide […]

Opponents of free trade often sound a lot like this, but in Cato’s Dan Griswold explains why opening up trade helps American workers:
 The middle class isn’t disappearing — it’s moving up. The Census reports that the share of U.S. households earning $35,000 to $75,000 a year (in ‘06 dollars) — roughly, the middle class — […]

U.S. News reports on a new database of carbon emitters.  This paragraph gets buried at the end of the piece:
Strikingly, three Chinese power companies, South Africa’s giant Eskom, and India’s NTPC all generate more CO2 emissions than any single U.S. firm—underscoring the shared challenge posed by global climate change. The largest, Huaneng Power International of […]

FreedomWorks president Matt Kibbe has an article in today’s NRO responding to Michael Gerson’s recent intimation that conservatism is under threat from small-government types like Dick Armey.  Here’s a snippet:
They say you can tell the measure of a man by the company keeps, and if that’s so, Gerson’s political heroes ought to cause skepticism amongst […]

If you don’t think political norms about spending and earmarks have changed for the worse, take a look at today’s screen shot of Senator Mary Landrieu’s Senatorial web site (site and graphics also paid for by taxpayers, BTW) touting twelve billion in new spending. As one friend put it, “The Louisiana purchase only cost […]

Acting as an elected representative is often referred to as “public service.” But the way some of our politicians act these days, it might as well be called “self-service.” Cato’s David Boaz points us to this New York Times article on the narcissistic earmark projects of some of our legislators:
Other “namesake projects” in the bill […]

In a post titled, “The Dangers of Performance Pay,” Ezra Klein quotes The New Yorker’s James Surowiecki on the effects of stock-options as compensation for CEOs in order to argue that pay-for-performance is a bad thing — not just for CEOs, but for teachers as well. Klein then writes:
Depending on what metrics you’re using to […]