27 | January | 2012

Friday, May 24, 2013

8 Amazing Artisan Videos Everyone Should Watch

Mark J. Perry | January 27, 2012, 11:11 pm

From the MakeUseOf.com website: “Have you ever watched a masterful expert perform their work with such skill and passion that you had no choice but to watch and admire in awe? As I scour the Internet from day to day, … read more >

Carpe Diem

Modern Automotive Manufacturing

Mark J. Perry | January 27, 2012, 7:57 pm

Impressive video of a state-of-the-art VW car factory in Germany, and this February 2009 video is now almost three years old!

Economics, International economy

Fake drug scandal, winding down?

Roger Bate | January 27, 2012, 5:49 pm

The saga over the quality of medicines produced by Indian company Ranbaxy looks to be coming to a close. Back in 2004 and 2005, a Ranbaxy whistleblower contacted me to provide information about quality infringements at one of Ranbaxy’s plants. … read more >

Society and Culture, Education

Obama tells higher education institutions they’re ‘on notice’

Andrew P. Kelly | January 27, 2012, 4:32 pm

President Obama gave everyone more detail on his latest higher education reform ideas this morning. The proposals are unlikely to make many friends among the higher education establishment. The big pieces: • A proposal to tie a portion of federal … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion

GOP debate strangely focuses on moon rather than mortgages

James Pethokoukis | January 27, 2012, 3:15 pm

I’ve been eager for the GOP presidential debate to move to Florida. Finally, I assumed, America’s housing depression would get some time in the issue spotlight. Let’s briefly recall how housing is doing in the Sunshine State, courtesy of economist … read more >

Carpe Diem

What Obama Won’t Mention Today in Michigan: Campus Has 53% More Administrators Than Faculty

Mark J. Perry | January 27, 2012, 2:54 pm

From an open letter to President Obama on December 16, 2011 from University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman: “Higher education is a public good currently lacking public support. There is no stronger trigger for rising costs at public universities … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Best of the foreign policy blogs (Week of Jan. 21-27)

Marc Thiessen | January 27, 2012, 2:30 pm

Here’s the best of what AEI’s foreign and defense policy scholars are reading this week: • Elliott Abrams at Foreignpolicy.com on why the Arab Spring proves that neoconservatives were right all along. • Elliott Abrams at NationalReview.com on how Gingrich insulted … read more >

Economics

Outsourcing/insourcing contradictions

Claude Barfield | January 27, 2012, 2:29 pm

Even longwinded SOTU speeches can provide amusement if one plows through the text. So it is with President Obama’s treatment of the goal to “bring manufacturing back” to U.S. shores. Without getting into the weeds of international tax policy, President … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Obama’s green kiss of death

Kenneth P. Green | January 27, 2012, 2:28 pm

The drumbeat of government-funded green-tech bankruptcies continues: Ener1, an electric car battery company that the Obama administration awarded a $118 million stimulus grant to expand its operations, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday after being unable to repay pressing … read more >

Economics, International economy

Lethal medicines in Pakistan and beyond

Roger Bate | January 27, 2012, 2:28 pm

News is filtering in about another fatal incidence of fake drugs, this time lethal heart medication in Pakistan. In my forthcoming book “Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicine,” I discuss the kinds of dangers the poor in … read more >