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
Archive for the ‘Party Politics’ Category
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
Kay Hagan’s Bad Math
October 21 | Posted by mrossol | Party Politics, The LeftHey, when you’re trying hard to help people who can’t help themselves, you can’t get bogged down in the numbers. ================== Liberals often struggle at math, notably when describing government funding. A case in point is North Carolina, where Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan is bludgeoning Republican opponent Thom Tillis with a bogus set of education-funding numbers. Ms. Hagan and her allies are blanketing... Read more
The Ebola Democrats
October 9 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Democrat Party, Party PoliticsWho needs facts or all the numbers? =============== Frantic to hold the Senate, Democrats are now claiming Republicans are pro-Ebola—really. Anything is better than having to defend White House competence or even the adequacy of the public-health response, though this election debate would benefit from a fact or two. Here’s a heavy-rotation TV spot from Arkansas incumbent Mark Pryor against his GOP opponent:... Read more
