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Archive for October, 2009

Obama Adviser: Remember That Stimulus ? Yea, Never Mind

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

Christina Romer made clear in testimony today that February’s stimul-pork isn’t going to do much to stimulate the economy going forward:
WASHINGTON — One of President Obama’s top economic advisers warned on Thursday that the nation’s unemployment is likely to climb above 10 percent by the middle of next year and that job growth will remain [...]

Yes, There Is A Free Market Solution To Fix Health Care

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Economics, Health Care Reform, Individual Liberty, Politics

The Cato Institute is out with a new Policy Analysis detailing free market reforms that can make a real difference in the delivery of health care in the United States:
In a new Cato study titled, “Yes, Mr. President, a Free Market Can Fix Health Care,” I take up the president’s challenge and explain that markets [...]

Interesting Developments From The Vatican

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Catholic Church, Religion

Earlier this week, Pope Benedict XVI announced what amounts to the formation of a new rite within the Roman Catholic Church to appeal to disaffected Anglicans:
VATICAN CITY — In an extraordinary bid to lure traditionalist Anglicans en masse, the Vatican said Tuesday that it would make it easier for Anglicans uncomfortable with their church’s acceptance [...]

The Federal Reserve Board’s Latest Asset: A Shopping Mall

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Economics, Politics

Ben Bernanke and the Governors of the Federal Reserve Board are the proud owners of a shopping mall in Oklahoma:
Ben Bernanke, as Federal Reserve Board chairman, is, in fact, the landlord of Crossroads Mall in Oklahoma City.
Maybe you missed that in the complicated saga of Crossroads Mall, which is listed for sale by Price [...]

Navy Testing Warships Capable Of Reaching 50-mph

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under In The News

In a word, cool:
BATH, Maine – The Navy’s need for speed is being answered by a pair of warships that have reached freeway speeds during testing at sea.
Independence, a 418-foot warship built in Alabama, boasts a top speed in excess of 45 knots, or about 52 mph, and sustained 44 knots for four hours during [...]

Ayn Rand In India

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Ayn Rand, Economics, Foreign Affairs, India, Individual Liberty

Jennifer Burns reports that Ayn Rand has developed quite a following on the other side of the world:
Not only do Indians perform more Google searches for Rand than citizens of any country in the world except the United States, but Penguin Books India has sold an impressive number of copies — as many as 50,000 [...]

Obama Not Going To Apologize For War On Fox News

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Media, Politics

This ain’t over yet folks:

Government vs. Prosperity

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Economics, Individual Liberty, Politics

Leslie Carbone, local Virginia blogger and author of Slaying Leviathan: The Moral Case for Tax Reform spoke at an Accuracy in Media sponsored even in D.C. last week.
Here’s the video:

And, here’s my review of Leslie’s book, which I highly recommend.

New Stuff At The Liberty Papers

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Blogging, The Liberty Papers

I’ve got two new essays up at The Liberty Papers:
Is An Individual Health Insurance Mandate Constitutional ?
and
Memo To Libertarians: Unite Or Die

John Stossel: I Don’t Subscribe To the Lou Dobbs-Kind Of Rants About Immigrants Wrecking America

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, October 22nd, 2009. Filed under Politics

More interesting comments from John Stossel in a radio interview with Glenn Beck:

STOSSEL: If it means the Lou Dobbs-kind of rants about immigrants wrecking America, I don’t subscribe to that. I think immigrants by and large do good things for America.

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