Review & Outlook: The Union ‘Quickie’ – WSJ.com. When Big Labor failed to persuade even a Democratic Congress to pass “card check” legislation, it turned to Plan B: the National Labor Relations Board, which yesterday delivered a plan for “quickie” union elections designed to make organizing easier. Current law already gives unions an advantage in their ability to ... Read more
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The Food-Stamp Crime Wave
June 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Obama, Party PoliticsJames Bovard: The Food-Stamp Crime Wave – WSJ.com. … The Obama administration is far more enthusiastic about boosting food-stamp enrollment than about preventing fraud. Thanks in part to vigorous federally funded campaigns by nonprofit groups, the government’s AmericaCorps service program, and other organizations urging people to accept government handouts, the number of food-stamp recipients has soared to... Read more
Obama’s Worst Week, Pawlenty’s Best
June 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Party Politics, The LeftA Henninger: Obama’s Worst Week, Pawlenty’s Best – WSJ.com. If next year the American people pull the plug on the Obama presidency, mark down the past week as the beginning of the end . . . and what looks like the real beginning of Tim Pawlenty’s candidacy. Incumbency isn’t merely a function of political inevitability but of the fact that... Read more
Obama’s Nuclear Politics
June 12 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Party Politics, The LeftStrassel: Obama’s Nuclear Politics – WSJ.com. Just more WSJ “Sour Grapes!”… ==== The Obama administration has shown a certain ruthless streak when it comes to getting what it wants. For its latest in brass-knuckle tactics, consider the ongoing fight over the proposed Yucca nuclear waste facility. This tale begins in 2008, when candidate Obama was determined to win Nevada, a... Read more
‘On the Beach, I Bring von Mises’ – M Bachmann
June 12 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party PoliticsThe Weekend Interview with Michele Bachmann: ‘On the Beach, I Bring von Mises’ – WSJ.com. Wow. I am interested. —– By STEPHEN MOORE “If I’m in, I’ll be all in,” says Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, artfully dodging my question of whether she’s running for president. Given that she just hired campaign strategist Ed Rollins, whose past clients include Ross ... Read more
Democrats and a Budget
June 3 | Posted by mrossol | Party Politics, The LeftReview & Outlook: Cool Hand Harry – WSJ.com. Paul Newman’s famous line after bluffing his way to a big poker pot in “Cool Hand Luke” was: “Sometimes nothing can be a pretty cool hand.” That’s as good a description as any of the Senate Democratic strategy for attacking the $14.3 trillion federal debt. Do nothing. Lest voters forget, Democrats... Read more
