I have written about the Keystone Pipeline on this blog before and I do not intend to go back through the reasons why I think it is something the President should support here. I was struck this week, however, by his recent comments that the pipeline would not produce meaningful jobs. He believes it would […]
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Not All Jobs Are Created Equal
01 Aug 2013
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Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) should resign. The Virginia governor, a self-proclaimed Christian and a graduate of Notre Dame and Regent University, is outspoken about his faith. Upon his inauguration, he called his post a ‘ministry‘, and McDonnell has encouraged the Republicans to be more ‘humble’ and Christ-like in their approach to public life. While seemingly willing to […]
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Politics vs. The Rule of Law
16 Jul 2013
Politics has many definitions. My personal favorite breaks the word down in its parts: poly–many tics–blood-sucking parasites Yes, it is an old joke, but I love it so much I just cannot part from it. Politics is ‘the art of the possible,’ according to Otto von Bismarck. David Easton calls it ‘the authoritative allocation of […]
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From atop Olympus, which now sits at the corner of First and East Capitol in Washington, D.C., Justice Anthony Kennedy, in his infinite wisdom, let loose his latest thunderbolt, United States v. Windsor. In the majority opinion, Kennedy decreed Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (1996) to be unconstitutional, thereby rendering the federal […]
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Much is being made of the D.C. city council’s 8-5 decision to impose a “living wage” of $12.50 on Wal-mart. Wal-mart has announced cancellation of three planned stores and a review of 3 stores being built now. Mona Charon over on NRO correctly highlights the harm this decision will have on its citizens: Vincent Orange […]
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Bloomberg reports that the current Congress is on pace to produce far less legislation than previous Congress’s, and suggests the problem is due to Republican ideology. But is this a problem? Or is the Bloomberg report itself rather a reflection of a differing ideology? Brookings Scholar Thomas Mann says, The 113th Congress is on track […]
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At least that’s my take, based on this summary from Politico. Republicans get what they want, ~20,000 more border police, with 700 more miles of fence. Democrats get what they want–more democratic voters (or at least that’s what they think they’re going to get; I’m not so sure). Do we really want more of a […]
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Over on the DC publication The Hill, we find that the head of the IMF suggests climate change is the new growth engine for jobs! Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said Thursday that climate change will drive job creation. “Climate change will create jobs. It will create disasters before it […]
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Federalism as Instrument for Tolerance
27 Jun 2013
Last week I was able to go to Acton University and experience a great intellectual exploration of the intersection of faith and markets. One of the best features was the diversity of the participants; we had ~850 participants from 85 countries! Most were Christians (Protestant, Catholic or Orthodox), although I enjoyed one dinner while talking […]
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Yesterday President Obama announced he is not going to be hindered by lack of congressional action on Global Warming; he’ll use Executive Orders to implement his vision, since Mr. Obama avers that “We don’t have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society.” The WSJ has a nice editorial on this today, noting that […]
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