We need more judges like this. ============ March 3, 2015 7:33 p.m. ET 137 COMMENTS Hillary Rodham Clinton isn’t the only one apparently baffled by newfangled technologies such as email (see nearby). In a withering ruling on Monday, a federal judge scored the Environmental Protection Agency for its contempt for its legal obligation to disclose documents and then lying to the courts about its... Read more
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A Misbegotten Showdown on Immigration
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | Immigration, Party Politics, Republican(s)I appreciate the commitment to principle, but will Republican’s really fail to take advantage of their majority [again]? =========== By Jason L. Riley March 3, 2015 7:12 p.m. ET Leave it to Republicans to do the right thing after exhausting all other options. Speaker John Boehner announced Tuesday that the House would vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security, even though some members of... Read more
Book Review: ‘American Made’
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Party PoliticsNucor, one of the world’s most profitable steel companies, hasn’t laid off an employee in 42 years in the business. What’s its secret? ======== CHARLES R. MORRIS March 3, 2015 7:02 p.m. ET Nucor is one of the world’s most profitable steel companies and the only North American steel company to have an investment-grade bond rating. Dan DiMicco was its chief executive from 2000... Read more
The Mumbo-Jumbo of ‘Middle-Class Economics’
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Economics, Party PoliticsYou can prove anything with numbers. This article addresses a prime example of this ‘truism’. It also reinforces the importance of “defining terms”. ======= By Alan Reynolds March 2, 2015 7:01 p.m. ET In the “Economic Report of the President” released on Feb. 19, the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers defines “middle class economics” primarily by the average income of the bottom 90%.... Read more
An Off-Ramp From ObamaCare
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | ObamaCareIt could get interesting when the Supreme Court rules. Lots of details lacking, but at least someone has offered a proposal. ============ March 2, 2015 7:00 p.m. ET Editor’s note: The following was written by Republicans John Kline, Paul Ryan and Fred Upton, chairmen, respectively, of the House committees on Education and Workforce, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce. On Wednesday the... Read more
In What Way Is Iran a Reliable Negotiating Partner?
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, ObamaAnyone thinking straight as know this for years (30?) =============== By Chris Stewart March 2, 2015 7:02 p.m. ET I was one of the Air Force’s B-1 pilot representatives for the verification of the START treaties with the former Soviet Union during my 14 years in the military. In those years I learned much about implementing a credible national-security policy. Two lessons in particular... Read more
