– 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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latimes.com Virtual war a real threat The U.S. is vulnerable to a cyber attack, with its electrical grids, pipelines, chemical plants and other infrastructure designed without security in mind. Some say not enough is being done to protect the country. By Ken Dilanian, Washington Bureau March 28, 2011 Reporting from Washington When a large Southern
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New agency would blow billions on toll roads, windmills and solar panels By THE WASHINGTON TIMES– Wednesday, March 16, 2011 The last thing America needs right now is another government agency. Apparently, Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, doesn’t agree. On Tuesday, he announced his intention to establish the American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA). President Obama
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MARCH 25, 2011 By STEPHEN POWER The nuclear crisis in Japan is reviving a battle over what should be done with the spent nuclear fuel that has been piling up around the U.S. for decades. Columbia Generating Station, a nuclear power plant in Hanford, Wash. Under a 2002 law, Nevada’s Yucca Mountain is the designated
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Issa turns up pressure on FCC to reveal level of White House involvement in ‘net neutrality’ rules By Chris Moody – The Daily Caller 4:56 PM 03/24/2011 House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa is increasing pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to reveal just how involved the White House was in drafting new rules
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IBD Editorials Posted 07:08 PM ET Energy Policy: While leaving U.S. oil and jobs in the ground, our itinerant president tells a South American neighbor that we’ll help it develop its offshore resources so we can one day import its oil. WHAT?!? With Japan staggered by a natural disaster and a nuclear crisis, cruise missiles
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MARCH 19, 2011 Into the time machine to see how a major company coped with its black swans By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. The following memo was unearthed as part of the litigation, now entering its 50th year, over the Great Japan Nuclear Incident of 2011. Addressed to General Electric’s then-CEO Jeff Immelt, the memo
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