Cowboys Draft Preview
For the Cowboys, there’s no need to swing for the fences on offensive stars.
Everyone’s happy with the way Dez Bryant turned out, so now it’s time to focus on defense. ...
An Invitation to Our Post-Election Conference
On Monday, November 22nd, the National Review Institute and AEI are teaming up to host a post-election conference in Washington. Panelists include budget expert James Capretta, former congressman (and Federalist ...
GM’s IPO
Regarding the triumphalism attending GM’s IPO, let this post serve as a friendly reminder that GM still owes the U.S. government $43 billion; that its financing arm still owes $14.6 ...
Stimulus Spending as Deficit Reduction: An Idea that Just Needs to Die
Both the Schakowsky deficit reduction plan, which I wrote about today, and the Rivlin-Domenici plan, which Veronique wrote about below, call for increases in Keynesian stimulus spending to happen immediately, ...
The Left’s Deficit Reduction Plan
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D., Ill.), who is a member of Obama’s fiscal commission, has put forward an alternative to the co-chairmen’s mark released last week. My take: “Many conservatives greeted ...
Schakowsky’s Lack of Principle
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D., Ill.) has come out with her own alternative to the Bowles-Simpson deficit-reduction plan. Under the Schakowsky plan, two-thirds of the deficit reduction would come from tax ...
Obama and Free Trade
If you enjoyed my piece about the Obama administration’s ridiculous South Korea trade debacle last week, then you should really follow up by reading trade blogger Scott Lincicome’s coverage of ...
I’m on Bloggingheads
In the latest episode of bloggingheads.tv, Tim Fernholz and I recap the debate over the fiscal commission’s co-chairmen’s report and talk about the lame-duck session and the G-20 as well. ...
Has Obama Finally Found an Environmental Regulation that He Doesn’t Like?
Do you want to know why Obama’s attempt to renegotiate the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement has failed? You wouldn’t believe it if I told you . . .
It’s about Getting Our Own House in Order
Senator Inhofe is one of the best we’ve got, but he’s just wrong on earmarks, for the reasons laid out by Senator Coburn and Representative Flake. To their arguments, I ...