Solyndra’s Special Tax Treatment
In my NRO piece today:
In November of 2009, in the midst of Solyndra’s downward financial spiral, the Internal Revenue Service issued a ruling that granted special tax favors to the firm and ...
Solyndra and the IRS
In November of 2009, in the midst of Solyndra’s downward financial spiral, the Internal Revenue Service issued a ruling that granted special tax favors to the firm and its customers.
The “private ...
Which Drop-Dead Debt-Hike Deadline?
Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geither revised, for the third time, his deadline for when the U.S. will officially default on its debt. Has he been moving the goalposts?
Let’s go to ...
More Obama Agitprop from Wall Street
Over at the New York Post, Charles Gasparino points out that once again, Wall Street’s too-big-to-fail crony capitalists are shilling for the administration in the guise of non-partisan economic analysis ...
Overfishing: Another Gulf Disaster?
Steve Hayward brings up catch shares in his excellent post on cap-and-trade, and he seems to be as ambivalent as I am on market-based regulation. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. ...
The Case of the Missing Mollusks
Back in July, 2010, as the Deepwater crisis was reaching a crescendo, the Associated Press broke a startling story: Freshwater diverted from the Mississippi river into Louisiana wetlands, ordered by Gov. ...
I, for One, Welcome Our New Chinese Overlords
Via The Hill:
Mainland China, the largest holder of U.S. government debt, on Tuesday said it hopes the United States will enact responsible deficit-cutting measures in light of a warning Monday ...
The Herring Red Herring
A perennial red herring of Gulf-oil-spill alarmists is the evil long-term side-effects of oil. There may be such effects, but they are far from proven. A case in point is ...
Worse Than the Deepwater Horizon
In the next week, how many times will you hear that the April 20 Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the worst environmental catastrophe in American history? This assessment was plausible ...
And the winner is…
This year’s Pulitzer awards are…interesting. While many are predictable, rationality has a seat at the table, and some opportunity to horse trade for a few awards outside the usual liberal ...