MAY 13, 2011 Between 2000 and 2008, 4.8 million Americans moved from forced union states to right-to-work states—that’s one person every minute of every day. By ARTHUR B. LAFFER AND STEPHEN MOORE The Obama administration’s National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint last month against Boeing to block production of the company’s 787 Dreamliner at
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MAY 11, 2011 Shrinking Oil Supplies Put Alaskan Pipeline at Risk By RUSSELL GOLD As less oil runs through the Alaska Pipeline, the crude it carries is cooling. This is raising the risk of ice formation and waxy buildup. WSJ’s Russell Gold reports from Alaska. FAIRBANKS, Alaska—When the famed Trans Alaska Pipeline carried two million
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Amazingly, an era of energy abundance is upon us, unless politicians and environmentalists get their way. Steven F. Hayward April 18, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 30 When Andrew Liveris took over as CEO of Dow Chemical at the end of 2004, the company was in the midst of a
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APRIL 16, 2011 John Watson, Chevron’s CEO, says Americans must stop taking affordable energy for granted. That means more ‘oil, gas and coal.’ By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL San Ramon, Calif. It’s the day after President Obama delivered his most recent vision of America’s energy future, and I’m sitting in the sunny corporate offices of Chevron,
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APRIL 12, 2011 Regarding “The Southwest Border Is Open for Business” by Janet Napolitano and Gary Locke (op-ed, April 4): As a representative from a border district in New Mexico, I must take issue with claims by Secretaries Locke and Napolitano that things on the border are not as bad as they seem. The border
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APRIL 5, 2011 The Jewish state has 250 billion barrels of oil shale. By BRET STEPHENS Jerusalem “That is beautiful product.” Harold Vinegar is holding a little vial of oil, light-brown in color, with a look of paternal pride. “It’s much lighter than typical crude,” he says, describing it as “the equivalent of Saudi extra-light.”
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– The Foundry: Conservative Policy News. – http://blog.heritage.org – Morning Bell: Big Government Vs. the Internet Posted By Mike Brownfield On April 4, 2011 In Enterprise and Free Markets,Ongoing Priorities | 47 Comments Following his party’s devastating losses last November, President Barack Obama made clear that where his party could no longer legislate, it will
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MARCH 31, 2011 An assault on Estonia in 2007 disrupted banking and other services for over a week. By WARREN GETLER Last week, the European Union revealed that its headquarters had come under a major cyber attack, likely state-sponsored, on the eve of the EU summit. Earlier this month, the French announced that they had
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MARCH 29, 2011 A once-great American city today repels people of talent and ambition. By WILLIAM MCGURN If only Detroit could point to some natural disaster for its misfortunes. Within hours of the earthquake that devastated northeastern Japan, for example, President Obama called the prime minister to offer “whatever assistance is needed.” Likewise, when Hurricane
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