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FREE ENTERPRISE |
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Most Presidents Ignore the Constitution - WSJ.com,
Oct.29,2008 |
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ECONOMICS |
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Argentina Impoverishes Itself Again - WSJ.com -
Nov.3,2008
The Specter of Deflation - RCP -
Nov.10,2008 |
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FINANCIAL CRISIS |
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Don't Bail Out My State - WSJ.com -
Nov.15,2008
Nationalizing Detroit - WSJ.com - Nov. 11,2008
Speculators, Politicians and
Financial Disasters; How Washington created a financial
panic--in 1836, and in 2008. - WSJ.com - Nov. 10,2008
Pay As You Go Is Gone - WSJ.com - Nov. 10, 2008 |
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INTERNATIONAL |
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Hugo Chávez Spreads the Loot - WSJ.com - Nov.10,2008
Eastern Woes - WSJ.com - Nov.11,2008
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EDUCATION |
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The Lightning Rod - The Atlantic -
Nov 2008
Learning for Everyone - WSJ.com -
Nov.10,2008
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POLITICS |
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Corporate Jets and Congress - WSJ.com - Nov.26,2008
GOP Needs to Excommunicate Its
Heretics - RCP - Nov.10,2008
Romney takes auto industry for a ride
- The Boston Globe - Nov.20,2008 |
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AUTO BAILOUT |
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A Car Wreck Made in Washington - WSJ.com - Nov.26,2008
Oligopoly And the Fall of the American Automobile Industry
- RCP - Nov.20,2008
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HEALTH CARE |
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Here is excellent commentary on the
dangers of Daschle's ideas of socialized medicine:
Daschle-Obama Health Care Possibilities - RCP -
Nov.26,2008
The Obama Health Plan Emerges -
WSJ.com - Nov.20,2008
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GOVERNMENT |
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Government by Contractor Is a
Disgrace - WSJ.com - Nov.26,2008 |
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ETHANOL |
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Despite the ethanol subsidy and government mandates,
ethanol is a bust.
The Ethanol Bubble Pops in Iowa - WSJ.com - Apr 18, 2009
The following shows how the economics behind ethanol
production does not make sense.
Updated Corn
Ethanol Economics - Robert Rapier, The Oil Drum - June
25,2008
One key point in the next
article is that Brazil gets 90% of its energy requirements
from fossil fuels - not ethanol.
Why Energy Independence Eludes the U.S. - Robert Rapier,
R-Squared Energy Blog - Oct 7,2008
Here is a
general Frequently Asked Questions.
One interesting
point:
Efficiency of producing ethanol - 23%
Efficiency of producing gasoline - 80%
Ethanol/Alternative Fuel FAQ - Robert Rapier, R-Squared
Energy Blog - Aug 18, 2007
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May 8, 2009
"The Greatest Boondoggle in History" Banks Buoyed at
Taxpayers' Expense - Stress Test is Phony - Yahoo!Finance -May
8, 2009
May 6, 2009
List of References used in my presentation on the
Risorgimento
April 18, 2009
The Ethanol Bubble Pops in Iowa - WSJ.com - Apr 18, 2009
Campus Leftists Don't Believe in Free Speech - WSJ.com -
Apr 18, 2009
Alternative Fuel Folly - WSJ.com - April 17, 2009
Minnesota's Missing Votes - WSJ.com - Apr 18, 2009
March 1, 2009
Economic crisis threatens the idea of
one Europe - IHT - Mar 1, 2009
February 27, 2009
Obama Declares War on Investors,
Entrepreneurs, Businesses, And More - (CNBC-Feb
27, 2009)
Go With Bankruptcy Over
Nationalization - RCP - Feb 27, 2009
Barack Obama's Budget Proposal Will
Expand Government Permanently - WSJ.com - Feb
27, 2009
Time to expose those CDOs - FT - Feb
26, 2009
Barack Obama's Expensive Domestic
Agenda Will Cost America's Middle Class - WSJ.com
- Feb 26, 2009
Obama Proposes a European U.S. -
Charles Krauthammer - RCP - Feb 27, 2007
Wall Street slides after
Citigroup-government deal: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
- Feb 27, 2009
Economy shrinks at fastest pace in 26
years: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance - Feb
27, 2009
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Stock deal buys time for gov't to
unwind Citigroup: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
- Feb 27, 2009
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Taxes, Spending Cuts Fund Health Plan
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BEST
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This is an excellent article on the history of politicians
creating economic problems in the name of fixing them.
Speculators, Politicians and Financial Disasters; How
Washington created a financial panic--in 1836, and in
2008. - WSJ.com - Nov. 10,2008
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This editorial is a concise summary of the questionable
constitutional underpinnings of much of today's financial
legislation.
Most Presidents Ignore the Constitution - WSJ.com,
Oct.29,2008
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