Top-Eds

Top-eds will be a recurring feature in which I highlight some of the better opinion pieces and editorials for the day/week. Hence, "Top-eds." Get it? Oh, shut up.

The Trade Collapse - Richard Rahn, Washington Times

-READ THIS OP-ED! A pithy summary can't do it justice. Just read it.

Global Trade Collaspse is Over, But No Recovery in Sight - The Economist

-A good recap of how global trade has stopped its freefall, but that a rebound could depend on new demand in, you guessed it, China (and Germany too).

Corruption and Big Government Go Together - William McGurn, WSJ

-Using New Jersey as his foil, McGurn provides an excellent account of why Big Government - and it intrusion into every aspect of our personal and professional lives - breeds corruption.

A Post-Racial President? - Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics

-Scathing critique of Obama's "post-racialism" and classic Sowell.

Resisting Green Tariffs - The Wall Street Journal

-The WSJ editors provide a nice summary of the global revolt against carbon tariffs (as I noted here).

Obama's Tactical Mistake - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics

-Fantastic, unbiased analysis of how Dem committee chairs have shifted dramatically left over the last 40 years, and how that shift has undermined Obama's policy goals.

Monday Night Trivia: Term Limits, Corruption, Budget Nonsense

Some random tidbits on this Monday night:

• According to CQ, only about 10% of all House seats are truly up for grabs in 2010. Considering the bipartisan nincompoopery of the last few years, how is this even possible? And why don't term limits have more support?

• Speaking of term limits, the AP reports that Sens. Dodd & Conrad, despite their denials, knew full well that they were getting sweetheart deals from everybody's favorite subprime lender, Countrywide. I, for one, am shocked to the core. Oh, wait, no I'm not. (Dodd, by the way, is just barely trailing the main GOP challenger for his Senate seat in 2010 and is comfortably leading in the Dem primary polls. That's insane.)
  

• A week late, the OMB delivers that massive $100m in spending cuts (.003% of the budget) demanded by the President back in April. Key "cuts" include - I kid you not - not repainting Ag Department vehicles and using online travel services instead of travel agents. With these types of systemic reforms, the Obama administration will have America on the path to fiscal solvency by, well, never.