All Posts Tagged With: "environment"

Some Utility Companies Want Cap and Trade Now

“Utility executives are stepping up calls for legislation to cap greenhouse-gas emissions, fearing that if Congress doesn’t act, the EPA will establish rules that would be costlier and less effective.” (Wall Street Journal, Monday)
Summary of domestic energy policy debate: Devil you know or the devil you don’t?
FEE Timely Classic:
“The Perverse Popularity of Command and Control” [...]

9Nov2009 | Mike Van Winkle | 1 comment | Continued

The “I Hate the Poor” Act of 2009

So I was shaving the other day, and the man on the morning talk radio show was on a roll. Cash for Clunkers was being temporarily shut down, or so declared the PR flack in the Department of Waste that administers the program, and Talk Show Guy thought this taught great lessons. “This was a good program! [...]

23Oct2009 | Christopher Westley | 4 comments | Continued

Dim Bulbs

“Hell, there are no rules here—we’re trying to accomplish something.”
—Thomas A. Edison
Edison’s words may have been true in the 1800s. Today, however, we have plenty of rules, thanks to the U.S. Congress. Some are so bizarre that you have to question the judgment of those who come up with them. One rule in particular is [...]

10Jun2009 | Michael Heberling | 22 comments | Continued

Mr. Obama, Tear Down This Wall!

All of us should worry, if not panic, when we remember that the walls keeping others out also keep us in.

21May2009 | Becky Akers | 60 comments | Continued