NOVEMBER 14, 2011, 8:03 P.M. ET Cuba, Mexico, the Bahamas, Canada and Russia are all moving ahead on projects adjacent to our borders. By LISA MURKOWSKI Ms. Murkowski, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Alaska Last week the Obama administration proposed a modest expansion of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean and the
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NOVEMBER 15, 2011 The EPA’s Reliability Cover-Up Why did the agency erase its own doubts about the U.S. electrical grid? Some 830,000 Connecticut customers are only now having their power restored after a snowstorm knocked out the state’s grid last month—but the Environmental Protection Agency continues to claim that its regulatory agenda won’t degrade U.S.
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CAROLINA JOURNAL John Hood’s Daily Journal Carolina, Look North By John Hood , John Locke Foundation Monday 14th, 2011 RALEIGH – The Old North State’s economy is in a shambles. The New North State’s economy isn’t. North Carolina, the Old North State, has posted the nation’s weakest recovery from the 2007-08 recession, according to the
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NOVEMBER 9, 2011 For his next trick, Herbert Allison must salvage the unsalvageable. By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. The following is believed to be an acceptance letter from Herbert M. Allison, a former chief financial officer of Merrill Lynch, chosen by the White House to advise on the Department of Energy’s “green” loan program. He
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NOVEMBER 8, 2011 A cause to unite the tea party and the Occupy Wall Street crowd. The Occupy Wall Street protesters aren’t good at articulating what they want, but one of their demands is “end corporate welfare.” Well, welcome aboard. Some of us have been fighting crony capitalism for decades, and it’s good to have
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NOVEMBER 4, 2011 Why is the president considering tanking thousands of union jobs in a 9% unemployment economy? By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL ‘Blue and green should never be seen without a color in between,” runs the old design line. An imperiled President Obama is learning the political pain of mixing colors. His greens are certainly
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NOVEMBER 2, 2011 The Terrorist Threat Beneath the Waves The world’s vast undersea energy infrastructure—oil and gas platforms, wellheads, pipelines and pumps—is now vulnerable to attack by cheap submarines and unmanned vehicles. By ANDREW F. KREPINEVICH Nearly 60 years ago the classic television documentary series “Victory at Sea” first recounted the U.S. Navy’s exploits during
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Even Rube Goldberg would recoil in horror from this regulatory contraption. Dave Juday October 31, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 07 A food versus fuel debate has raged for the past few years as ethanol consumes more and more of the U.S. corn supply. Ethanol will use about 40 percent of
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U.S. NEWS & World Report October 27, 2011 by Rick Newman On some things, virtually all the Republican presidential candidates agree: President Obama’s health-reform plan must be scrapped. Government spending is far too high. Taxes should be lower. Washington needs to be reined in, and more power should devolve to the states. But many differences
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November 1, 2011 By John Ransom 10/31/2011 A financially-troubled Canadian alternative energy company with ties to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid paid a director the lion’s share of $758,828 (CAD) in reported consulting fees, according to an analysis of the filings made by the company. The fee was a part of a consulting agreement in order to
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