FreedomTalks

So Microsoft got hit with the most ridiculous — by which I mean the biggest — fine in European Commission history.  At this point, the EU’s crusade against the company just seems obnoxious.  It’s probably (okay, certainly) too much to ask the EU to come out against anti-trust entirely, but the continuing, escalating fines they’re […]

Last week, at Andrew Sullivan’s, I wrote a longish post on environmentalism and the politics of meaning. Over at the Spiked Review of Books, Frank Furedi has a smart piece on the rise of green capitalism that works as a great follow up.
Capitalist society appears to be restructuring according to an environmentalist imperative. Even hard-headed […]

Today we had a great conference call with members of FreedomWorks Colorado. If you’d like to join our growing movement in Colorado, please join our FreedomWorks Colorado Yahoo Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freedomworkscolorado

I met William F. Buckley exactly once. Last Spring, I sat next to him during a piano recital in the parlor of his Manhattan apartment.  We exchanged a few words before and after.  Mostly, I tried not to sound like a complete idiot in front of a man of extraordinary and thoroughly intimidating intelligence.  It […]

Let me associate myself with J.P. Freire’s remarks about the GOP framing of health care issues (via Megan McArdle).
Rep. Camp recited a good number of the talking points I’ve heard among the right regarding healthcare. The problem is that the debate is about a feel-good issue (the health of a family), and Republicans tend […]

Last fall, our chairman, Dick Armey, spoke at a conference hosted by Reason here in D.C. Today, Reason.tv, the new video project from the organization.
They’ve posted a clip of Armey talking about immigration and the role liberty — for all people — has played in this country’s history.
Here’s the gist of his […]

Ooops!
For this bill Mr. Reid decided to ignore the normal vetting of committee hearings and markups, and it shows. Democrats laud the $200 million in the bill for credit counseling, but the actual language of the bill directs $200 billion to something called the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. We trust this error […]

Here’s James Pethokoukis on Obama’s economics:
What is the economic philosophy of Democratic front-runner Barack Obama? I will elaborate on this later, but for now, think of it this way: He’s Robert Rubin on trade (pretty much keep it open but help workers), Warren Buffett on taxes (higher rates really don’t affect what rich folks do, […]

New Wyoming Senator John Barrasso recently introduced legislation that brings a fresh new approach to the issue of global climate change.  The “Greenhouse Gas Emission Atmospheric Removal Act,” or GEAR Act, would create a commission at the Department of Energy to establish an award system for scientists working on carbon dioxide sequestration technologies.  The general […]