19 | December | 2011

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Gingrich’s Intrade Odds and Gallup Lead Collapse

Mark J. Perry | December 19, 2011, 10:59 pm

In a huge reversal that has happened in just the last week, Gingrich’s Intrade odds are down below 9% and Romney has surged back up to almost 70% (see chart above). Related from Gallup: “After enjoying 14- to 15-percentage-point leads … read more >

Economics, Taxes and Spending

Romney’s tax troubles … with conservatives

James Pethokoukis | December 19, 2011, 8:50 pm

Mitt Romney has an income tax problem. No, not the Tim Geithner, Charlie Rangel kind. Many economic conservatives, including influentials such as CNBC’s Larry Kudlow and The Wall Street Journal’s Steve Moore, find Romney’s tax reform plan – points one … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

The luminary and the lowlife

Michael Mazza | December 19, 2011, 3:29 pm

This weekend the world lost one luminary and one lowlife; one man who worked to better the lives of his countrymen and one who bettered his own life on the backs of the suffering masses; one who achieved greatness in … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Costly energy standards are really just crony-capitalist taxes

Kenneth P. Green | December 19, 2011, 3:28 pm

As I discussed back in August, Renewable Energy Standards (RES) are not what they’re cracked up to be. In fact, they’re little more than regressive taxes on electricity, mainly used to line the pockets of crony “clean” energy producers. Over … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Europe and Russia

Russia, human rights, and the WTO

Daniel Vajdic | December 19, 2011, 2:23 pm

Recently, my colleague Daniel Hanson outlined the mounting problems of the WTO system. He uses Russia’s 18-year accession negotiations as a case in point. I can’t speak to the WTO’s broader defects but I can echo his frustration with Russia’s prolonged … read more >

Carpe Diem

Cafe Hayek Blog Closes Comments Section

Mark J. Perry | December 19, 2011, 2:15 pm

In October 2007, Greg Mankiw closed the comments section on his blog with this message “Why Comments Are Gone.“ Now Don Boudreaux and Ross Roberts have just announced that they are indefinitely closing the comments section of Cafe Hayek, with … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Europe and Russia

Vaclav Havel: Giving power to the powerless

Gary Schmitt | December 19, 2011, 1:59 pm

The fact that Europe today is virtually “whole and free” is in no small way due to the life’s work of one man, Vaclav Havel. Havel, the former president of both post-Communist Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, imprisoned dissident, writer, … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Vaclav Havel and Kim Jong Il: a study in contrasts

Marc Thiessen | December 19, 2011, 11:39 am

The near-simultaneous passing this weekend of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il and former Czech president Vaclav Havel presents a remarkable study in contrasts. Consider: 1. Kim Jong Il plunged his nation (literally) into the darkness of tyranny. As Jim … read more >

Economics

Say no to Brandeis; say yes to Bradford

Nick Schulz | December 19, 2011, 11:12 am

Back in 2010, I noted that the ghost of Louis Brandeis was still haunting us. It’s worse than I thought. There’s an ongoing effort among liberal intellectuals to make Brandeis to the left what Friedrich Hayek or Milton Friedman is … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

A top consultancy’s take on North Korea, the death of Kim Jong-il, and the rise of Kim Jong-un

James Pethokoukis | December 19, 2011, 10:50 am

IHS Global Insight offers its two cents on the departure of the Dear Leader and the entrance of the Great Successor: 1. The sudden death of Kim Jong-il has plunged the isolated state of North Korea into a period of … read more >