06 | March | 2012

Friday, May 24, 2013

Cartoon of the Day

Mark J. Perry | March 6, 2012, 5:06 pm

Nate Beeler, from today’s Washington Examiner (click to enlarge).

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Should Israel fear Iran’s ballistic missiles?

Nathan Patin | March 6, 2012, 4:54 pm

The foreign policy world is buzzing over the question of whether or not Israel will attack Iran in the coming months. Assuming Israel does attack, the next question is how Iran would respond. American officials assessing the matter deemed it … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

EPA: Using the best science, or the best science money can buy?

Kenneth P. Green | March 6, 2012, 4:53 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency likes people to believe that its rulemaking is grounded only in absolute, top-quality, independent science. According to EPA’s website, Administrator Lisa Jackson will settle only for the “best science:” As a scientist herself, Jackson has vowed … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion

Welcome back the real Barack Obama

Danielle Pletka | March 6, 2012, 2:49 pm

In a major effort to win back pro-Israel voters, Barack Obama went before AIPAC’s 2012 policy conference and reassured the audience that he “has Israel’s back.” He got a big round of applause, and more than a few in the … read more >

Carpe Diem

Companies Leaving California in Record Numbers

Mark J. Perry | March 6, 2012, 1:05 pm

Orange County Register — “In 2011, 254 California companies moved some or all of their work and jobs out of state, 26% more than in 2010, according to Irvine business consultant Joe Vranich who has been tracking these departures since … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion

Would Romney ‘go green’ if elected president?

James Pethokoukis | March 6, 2012, 12:49 pm

There have been two Great Temptations for GOP elected officials over the past decade or so: a) embracing an individual healthcare insurance mandate and b) supporting a cap-and-trade plan or carbon tax to deal with climate change. Here’s Politico on … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Romney slams Obama’s ‘six exaggerations’ at AIPAC

Danielle Pletka | March 6, 2012, 11:52 am

Generally, campaign press releases are unrelenting twaddle. But Romney put out a decent one today… better, frankly, than his not-too-dramatic op-ed in today’s WaPo. (Really, Mitt, shipbuilding will be job one in taking on Iran?) But back to the release. … read more >

Economics, U.S. Economy

Yahoo! election model predicts a narrow Obama win, GOP takes Senate

James Pethokoukis | March 6, 2012, 11:29 am

Are Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul—not to mention Republican voters across the nation—wasting their time today on Super Tuesday? Washington insiders from both parties think that with the formerly moribund economy finally picking up, the election … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Energy fact of the week: Renewable stupidity needs no mandate

Steven F. Hayward | March 6, 2012, 10:33 am

Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) are all the rage in pro-green energy circles these days; they’ve become the chief fallback position since the collapse of cap and trade—a back door way to regulate carbon. Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia … read more >

Carpe Diem

The Educational Octopus

Mark J. Perry | March 6, 2012, 4:39 am

“Every politically controlled educational system will inculcate the doctrine of state supremacy sooner or later. . . . Once that doctrine has been accepted, it becomes an almost superhuman task to break the stranglehold of the political power over the … read more >