17 | November | 2011

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Obama’s Indefensible Pipeline Punt

Mark J. Perry | November 17, 2011, 11:08 pm

Some excerpts from Vaclav Smil’s article in the American.com: “With a total length of close to 3,000 kilometers, the new [Keystone XL] pipeline would add just over 1 percent to the already existing network of crude oil and refined products … read more >

Carpe Diem

Big Farm Raked in Record Profits This Yr. As Farm Land Soars, But They Harvested $10B in Handouts

Mark J. Perry | November 17, 2011, 6:31 pm

According to the USDA, net income from U.S. farms is expected to set a new record this year of $103.6 billion on record cash receipts of $370.4 billion. The record farm income this year is 31% above last year’s income, … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Defense is personal

The Editors | November 17, 2011, 4:54 pm

We are less than a week away from the AEI/Heritage/CNN GOP debate on foreign policy. Here’s one of several videos we produced to highlight the importance of this debate. To see them all, click here. And don’t miss our special … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Cost curve? We don’t need no steenkin cost curve.

Kenneth P. Green | November 17, 2011, 4:01 pm

The Obama administration has put a price tag on their oft-touted fuel-economy standards, and it’s a doozy. David Shepardson unpacks the whole thing over at the Detroit News. The new economy standards, to phase in from 2017 to 2025, will … read more >

Economics

Paul Ryan’s 17-page response to the CBO’s income inequality study

James Pethokoukis | November 17, 2011, 3:20 pm

On the heels of my exclusive Q&A with Chairman Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee has released a 17-page, mega-response to the controversial Congressional Budget Office study on income inequality. Read the whole thing. But here are some of the … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Obama says ‘America is all in’ in the Pacific. The Middle East and South Asia? Not so much.

Marc Thiessen | November 17, 2011, 2:50 pm

In a speech to the Australian parliament yesterday, President Obama delivered a powerful message of America’s commitment to the region: This is the future we seek in the Asia Pacific—security, prosperity, and dignity for all. That’s what we stand for. … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Five questions for Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Marc Thiessen | November 17, 2011, 2:33 pm

The New York Times reports this morning: An unrepentant energy secretary [Steven Chu] will square off on Thursday with a Republican-led committee that has spent months arguing that his department showed political favoritism and incompetence when it approved a $535 … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

And this is supposed to stop Iran?

Maseh Zarif | November 17, 2011, 2:12 pm

The resolution coming out of the International Atomic Energy Agency meeting today following the release of a new report detailing Iran’s nuclear weapons activities is sure to embolden the Islamic Republic. According to the Associated Press: Diplomats who spoke ahead … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Iran NIE Redux

Lazar Berman | November 17, 2011, 2:04 pm

With the release of the November 8 IAEA report and revelations about the Iranian assassination plot in Washington, D.C., let’s take a look back to the excited reactions to the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) from prominent liberal commentators and … read more >

Economics

Paul Ryan speaks! … On Occupy Wall Street, inequality, taxes, and more!

James Pethokoukis | November 17, 2011, 2:02 pm

This morning I sat down for a chat with Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the powerful Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, in his Capitol Hill office. Here is the first part of the interview: Are you keeping track … read more >

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