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.
Obama's Willowy Weakness - George Will, Washington Post
-Will eviscerates the President for the Section 421 decision. And he's exactly right (not only because I've noted most of the stuff he covers!). Also check out how Dan Ikenson appropriately piles-on the Will critique here.
How Close Are the Dems on Health Care Reform - Jay Cost, RCP Horserace Blog
-The always-great Cost relays some good, well-reasoned news for those of us who are too psyched about the Government's takeover of one-sixth of the US economy.
Hillary's Honduras Obsession - Mary O'Grady, WSJ
-O'Grady has been one of the only MSM voices consistently highlighting the Obama administration's unseemly interference in Honduras's completely-legal-and-democratic decision to remove its Chavez-loving former President. WHY IS NO ONE ELSE?
Doctors Verbatim on Health Care Reform - Editors, IBD
-The final installment of a must-read 8-part series on how Doctors feel about ObamaCare. (Hint: it confirms my earlier suspicions - they don't like it.) Read all eight parts. It's worth it.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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.
Labor's Day is Over - Dan Griswold, Orange County Register
-Excellent analysis of the welcome decline of organized labor in the United States. And he didn't even mention this great new Gallup poll showing American's increasing disapproval with Big Labor.
Main Street Should Embrace Globalization - Daniel Griswold, San Francisco Examiner.
-Nice summary of why most Americans should love free trade. Great stat: "A 2004 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the real incomes of American families are about 3 percent higher because of the greater variety that imports bring. That translates to a real gain of $1,300 per person or more than $5,000 for a family of four just from the expanding varieties that trade has brought to the marketplace." Indeed.
Congressional Conflict of Interest - Chris Edwards, Cato@Liberty
-Edwards explains that with subsidy-loving Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) now in charge of the Senate Agriculture Committee, any hope for farm subsidy reform just went out the window. Of course, with an Ag Secretary who gets over $42,000 in subsidy payments each year, it's not like a major overhaul was ever in the cards.
Obama, The Mortal - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
-I know this is old, but it's still an important read - particularly after last night's address to congress.
Labor's Day is Over - Dan Griswold, Orange County Register
-Excellent analysis of the welcome decline of organized labor in the United States. And he didn't even mention this great new Gallup poll showing American's increasing disapproval with Big Labor.
Main Street Should Embrace Globalization - Daniel Griswold, San Francisco Examiner.
-Nice summary of why most Americans should love free trade. Great stat: "A 2004 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the real incomes of American families are about 3 percent higher because of the greater variety that imports bring. That translates to a real gain of $1,300 per person or more than $5,000 for a family of four just from the expanding varieties that trade has brought to the marketplace." Indeed.
Congressional Conflict of Interest - Chris Edwards, Cato@Liberty
-Edwards explains that with subsidy-loving Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) now in charge of the Senate Agriculture Committee, any hope for farm subsidy reform just went out the window. Of course, with an Ag Secretary who gets over $42,000 in subsidy payments each year, it's not like a major overhaul was ever in the cards.
Obama, The Mortal - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
-I know this is old, but it's still an important read - particularly after last night's address to congress.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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.
Obama's Summer of Discontent - Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal
-A literary chronicle of the demise of HopeChange and the WORLDSCOOLESTPRESIDENT.
Amateur Hour at the White House - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
-A must-read, reasonable, and non-partisan analysis of how the ObamaCare implosion has revealed the White House's inexperience.
Sugar Import Quotas Test Obama's Protectionist Impulses - Editors, WSJ
-The WSJ lays out how the Administration's sour stance on sugar quotas is another disheartening signal re: the future of US trade policy. More good analysis on this issue from my friends at Cato here and here. My only "counter-arguments" are: (a) this is merely a continuation of the country's miserable, decades-long, bi-partisan sugar policy, so it's no more a trade litmus test for Obama than it was for an avowed free trader like Dubya; and (b) Obama's support for agriculture subsidies, and sugar in particular, has never, ever wavered, so this should come as no surprise to anyone. In other words, sure, we can complain about the policy, but this doesn't really tell us anything new about Obama's trade policy.
There Aren't Enough Doctors For Universal Health Care - Dr. Kevin Pho, CNN
-Yet another practicing doctor - and one who deems universal coverage a "moral imperative"! - denounces ObamaCare's adverse effects on cost and quality. Seriously, this is getting ridiculous.
Obama's Summer of Discontent - Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal
-A literary chronicle of the demise of HopeChange and the WORLDSCOOLESTPRESIDENT.
Amateur Hour at the White House - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
-A must-read, reasonable, and non-partisan analysis of how the ObamaCare implosion has revealed the White House's inexperience.
Sugar Import Quotas Test Obama's Protectionist Impulses - Editors, WSJ
-The WSJ lays out how the Administration's sour stance on sugar quotas is another disheartening signal re: the future of US trade policy. More good analysis on this issue from my friends at Cato here and here. My only "counter-arguments" are: (a) this is merely a continuation of the country's miserable, decades-long, bi-partisan sugar policy, so it's no more a trade litmus test for Obama than it was for an avowed free trader like Dubya; and (b) Obama's support for agriculture subsidies, and sugar in particular, has never, ever wavered, so this should come as no surprise to anyone. In other words, sure, we can complain about the policy, but this doesn't really tell us anything new about Obama's trade policy.
There Aren't Enough Doctors For Universal Health Care - Dr. Kevin Pho, CNN
-Yet another practicing doctor - and one who deems universal coverage a "moral imperative"! - denounces ObamaCare's adverse effects on cost and quality. Seriously, this is getting ridiculous.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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.
Is Race for Governor More About Obama? - Sandhya Somashekhar, Washington Post
-Is the Commonwealth of Virginia turning red again because of the President's domestic agenda? Sure looks like it right now.
The Unseen Economic Harm Wrought by Clunkers - Steven Malanga, RealClearMarkets
-Last weekend, I superficially preached on the unintended consequences of the "successful" Cash for Clunkers program. Here, Malanga adds some old-school Bastiat quotes and a lot of great information to that theme.
How to Fix the Health-Care ‘Wedge’ - Arthur Laffer, WSJ
-The "Laffer Curve" namesake takes down ObamaCare on rather sound economic grounds. The money lines: "According to research I performed for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a $1 trillion increase in federal government health subsidies will accelerate health-care inflation, lead to continued growth in health-care expenditures, and diminish our economic growth even further. Despite these costs, some 30 million people will remain uninsured. Implementing Mr. Obama’s reforms would literally be worse than doing nothing."
Is Race for Governor More About Obama? - Sandhya Somashekhar, Washington Post
-Is the Commonwealth of Virginia turning red again because of the President's domestic agenda? Sure looks like it right now.
The Unseen Economic Harm Wrought by Clunkers - Steven Malanga, RealClearMarkets
-Last weekend, I superficially preached on the unintended consequences of the "successful" Cash for Clunkers program. Here, Malanga adds some old-school Bastiat quotes and a lot of great information to that theme.
How to Fix the Health-Care ‘Wedge’ - Arthur Laffer, WSJ
-The "Laffer Curve" namesake takes down ObamaCare on rather sound economic grounds. The money lines: "According to research I performed for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a $1 trillion increase in federal government health subsidies will accelerate health-care inflation, lead to continued growth in health-care expenditures, and diminish our economic growth even further. Despite these costs, some 30 million people will remain uninsured. Implementing Mr. Obama’s reforms would literally be worse than doing nothing."
Monday, August 3, 2009
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.
Socialist-Market Virus Threatens US and China - James A. Dorn, South China Morning Post
-Nice recap of the current and unstable state of US-China economic relations, and how both governments are feeding the problems.
Obama's More-for-Less Plan Doesn't Add Up - Caroline Baum, Bloomberg
-Your daily dose of ObamaCare mythbusting. This one even includes a fantastic closing zinger: "The Eskimos had an efficient way of rationing: in some cases they simply sent the elderly out to sea on an ice floe. It’s not what Gram and Gramps envisioned for their golden years." Ouch.
President Obama's Blue State Agenda - Ross Douthat, New York Times
-Douthat provides an eye-opening look at the Blue State Problem. Conclusion: if you want the US to end up like California or New Jersey, support the President's agenda. Conclusion2: my home state of Texas is awesome.
Let's Have a $4,500 Subsidy for Everything - Wall Street Journal
-Scathing critique of Keynsian stupidity. I am holding out for my Armani subsidy.
What Haiti can teach us about Honduras, - Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall Street Journal
-Excellent retrospective of the Clinton administration's shady bungling of the Haitian coup in the mid-1990s, and how it should color our understanding of the current situation in Honduras.
Socialist-Market Virus Threatens US and China - James A. Dorn, South China Morning Post
-Nice recap of the current and unstable state of US-China economic relations, and how both governments are feeding the problems.
Obama's More-for-Less Plan Doesn't Add Up - Caroline Baum, Bloomberg
-Your daily dose of ObamaCare mythbusting. This one even includes a fantastic closing zinger: "The Eskimos had an efficient way of rationing: in some cases they simply sent the elderly out to sea on an ice floe. It’s not what Gram and Gramps envisioned for their golden years." Ouch.
President Obama's Blue State Agenda - Ross Douthat, New York Times
-Douthat provides an eye-opening look at the Blue State Problem. Conclusion: if you want the US to end up like California or New Jersey, support the President's agenda. Conclusion2: my home state of Texas is awesome.
Let's Have a $4,500 Subsidy for Everything - Wall Street Journal
-Scathing critique of Keynsian stupidity. I am holding out for my Armani subsidy.
What Haiti can teach us about Honduras, - Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Wall Street Journal
-Excellent retrospective of the Clinton administration's shady bungling of the Haitian coup in the mid-1990s, and how it should color our understanding of the current situation in Honduras.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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.
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.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
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.
He Said/VIP Said - Mark Steyn, NRO
-Steyn's tone is a little over-the-top, but I haven't read a more devastating takedown re: Gates-gate.
What You Might Not Know About the Recovery - Vice Pres. Joe Biden, NYT
-The op-ed itself is drivel, but it's noteworthy because of Biden's (and, by extension, the administration's) complete about-face on how the Stimulus* was supposed to work.
5 Freedoms You'd Lose in Health Care Reform - Shawn Tully, Fortune
-Tully reads the ObamaCare bills so we don't have to. Unsurprisingly, personal liberty loses. Big.
The White House Goes to War Against the CBO - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
-Morrissey details the Orzag-Elmendorf tensions (Nerdfight!) and the White House's overt, and pretty unprecedented, attacks on the CBO.
He Said/VIP Said - Mark Steyn, NRO
-Steyn's tone is a little over-the-top, but I haven't read a more devastating takedown re: Gates-gate.
What You Might Not Know About the Recovery - Vice Pres. Joe Biden, NYT
-The op-ed itself is drivel, but it's noteworthy because of Biden's (and, by extension, the administration's) complete about-face on how the Stimulus* was supposed to work.
5 Freedoms You'd Lose in Health Care Reform - Shawn Tully, Fortune
-Tully reads the ObamaCare bills so we don't have to. Unsurprisingly, personal liberty loses. Big.
The White House Goes to War Against the CBO - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
-Morrissey details the Orzag-Elmendorf tensions (Nerdfight!) and the White House's overt, and pretty unprecedented, attacks on the CBO.
Friday, July 24, 2009
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.
Chinese tire ban won't save jobs - Ross Kogel Jr., The Detroit News
-A US tire dealer perfectly details the misery of protectionism. In this case, it's the potential imposition of tariffs on Chinese tire imports (more on this later).
A Humane Trade Reform - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
-I am stunned - stunned! - that a mainstream squish like Mr. Gerson makes such a great argument for unilateral trade liberalization. Dan Ikenson and I have detailed this issue several times now. If policymakers ignore us, hopefully they'll listen to Gerson.
New Era, New Foreign Policy - Bruce Stokes, National Journal
-I can't say I agree with Stokes' underlying assumption that recent trade liberalization patterns are unsustainable, but he raises some good points, and this is definitely worth a read.
Why ObamaCare is Sinking - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
-In typically awesome fashion, Dr. K tees up a withering critique of the President's health care "plan"...
Common Sense May Sink ObamaCare - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
-... and Peggy Noonan smacks it out of the park with visions of the agony of defeat.
Chinese tire ban won't save jobs - Ross Kogel Jr., The Detroit News
-A US tire dealer perfectly details the misery of protectionism. In this case, it's the potential imposition of tariffs on Chinese tire imports (more on this later).
A Humane Trade Reform - Michael Gerson, Washington Post
-I am stunned - stunned! - that a mainstream squish like Mr. Gerson makes such a great argument for unilateral trade liberalization. Dan Ikenson and I have detailed this issue several times now. If policymakers ignore us, hopefully they'll listen to Gerson.
New Era, New Foreign Policy - Bruce Stokes, National Journal
-I can't say I agree with Stokes' underlying assumption that recent trade liberalization patterns are unsustainable, but he raises some good points, and this is definitely worth a read.
Why ObamaCare is Sinking - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
-In typically awesome fashion, Dr. K tees up a withering critique of the President's health care "plan"...
Common Sense May Sink ObamaCare - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
-... and Peggy Noonan smacks it out of the park with visions of the agony of defeat.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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.
ObamaCare in Trouble With The Public - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
-Good summary here by KR of the growing public backlash against ObamaCare. And a little proof that Americans aren't the facebooking mouthbreathers that we DC elitists often accuse them of being.
Cold Shoulder to Climate 'Urgency' - George Will, Washington Post
-Great discussion by GW of how developing countries are giving the developed world the finger on climate change. And it's proof why (a) carbon tariffs would be necessary to prevent companies from going offshore; and (b) the enormous trade war that such tariffs would cause.
ObamaCare in Trouble With The Public - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
-Good summary here by KR of the growing public backlash against ObamaCare. And a little proof that Americans aren't the facebooking mouthbreathers that we DC elitists often accuse them of being.
Cold Shoulder to Climate 'Urgency' - George Will, Washington Post
-Great discussion by GW of how developing countries are giving the developed world the finger on climate change. And it's proof why (a) carbon tariffs would be necessary to prevent companies from going offshore; and (b) the enormous trade war that such tariffs would cause.