20 | August | 2012

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Given the response to my post yesterday about raw milk, here’s a re-post of a previous CD post and discussion on raw milk: Raw milk vending machine in France: Natural News — “65-year-old senior citizen James Stewart, a California farmer … read more >

Carpe Diem

Most Interesting Sentence I Read Today

Mark J. Perry | August 20, 2012, 8:29 pm

“Belize, a Central American nation with an economy the size of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, is running out of money to pay its debts.” ~Today’s WSJMP: Actually, the economy of Pine Bluff in 2010 at $3.2 billion, was more than twice … read more >

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Leading Index Predicts Slow, Continuing Expansion

Mark J. Perry | August 20, 2012, 7:55 pm

I’m reporting a few days late that The Conference Board released its Leading Economic Index for July last Friday, and the 10-component composite forecasting index is indicating a positive, but slow economic expansion going forward. Sound familiar? We’ve been hearing … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

The Afghan Local Police can’t be trusted to secure Afghanistan

Ahmad Majidyar | August 20, 2012, 4:48 pm

While training and equipping the ALP are cheaper and easier, the militia force cannot be a viable alternative to the regular Afghan army and police to prevent the Taliban and al Qaeda from reestablishing themselves in Afghanistan. read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

So let’s talk about those oil and gas subsidies…

Kenneth P. Green | August 20, 2012, 3:31 pm

As debate rages regarding the extension of the wind-power production tax credit, the Wall Street Journal ran a great article last Friday examining the question of energy subsidies: Who’s really pulling in the sugar from Uncle Sam? According to the … read more >

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Rail industry benefits from the shale revolution as Midwest frac sand moves by rail to the Bakken

Mark J. Perry | August 20, 2012, 3:10 pm

Here’s another example of how the shale revolution and energy prosperity are working their way down the supply chain, and revitalizing the support industries that supply materials, inputs, and drilling equipment to the shale industry. I’ve reported before how the … read more >

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Carbon-tax would hobble our economy

Mark J. Perry | August 20, 2012, 2:51 pm

In this week’s McClatchy Newspaper’s nationally distributed Pro-Con feature, I argue against a carbon tax, here’s an excerpt: Thanks to advanced drilling technologies and an abundance of gas from shale deposits, natural gas has accounted for more than 80 percent … read more >

Economics, Taxes and Spending

The National Park Service’s mission creep

Jay Weiser | August 20, 2012, 2:43 pm

The Washington Post reports that our National Parks are desperately underfunded, and have deferred maintenance for the last ten years. But this is actually the result of overexpansion and mission creep. Politicians love to cut ribbons on shiny additions to … read more >

Carpe Diem

You Can’t Give Away Free Food to Poor Children or the Homeless without Government Approval

Mark J. Perry | August 20, 2012, 1:48 pm

1. Houston 2. Philadelphia

Society and Culture, Education, Pethokoukis

Algebra for all and the law of unintended consequences

James Pethokoukis | August 20, 2012, 1:45 pm

By trying to improve the math abilities of average students, U.S. educators have harmed elite math students. read more >

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