Today's New York Times story on Peter W. Galbraith is a must read. Galbraith is a leading liberal hawk and former ambassador, as well as a former adviser to Senator John Kerry and Vice-President Joe Biden. It seems that Galbraith used his political influence to get rich off Iraqi oil money. The crux of the article is this:
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Sadly, that someone would author this column was probably inevitable: "The Ft. Hood Massacre Is George Bush's Fault"
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"Falling Far Short of Reform," The New York Times
Making the medical system more efficient is, in short, about saving lives and giving Americans a long overdue raise. It is arguably the single most important step that the federal government could take to improve people’s lives.
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The hits keep on coming. First we have a report from Washington state:
New numbers released by the federal government Friday estimate that the federal stimulus package has helped create or save 34,500 total jobs in Washington, making it the state with the third-largest reported number of stimulus jobs behind California and New York.
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the Berlin Wall finally fell and the collapse of Soviet Communism began in earnest. Despite what we knew about Soviet attrocities then -- and what we've learned since -- ignorance about the dangers of Communism still persist. In fact, that very topic is the subject of today's Examiner editorial.
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The Denver United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 union voted out its longstanding president, Ernie Duran. The election that led to Duran's ouster was largely about accusations of corruption:
In 2007, Crisanta Duran was paid $133,410 and Ernie Duran's son, Ernie Duran III, was paid $134,378 as an executive staff member, according to Labor Department filings. The elder Duran earned $162,368 that year.
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Via Jim Geraghty, I see the state of New Hampshire has decided it's wise to finance a local newspaper:
The state of New Hampshire is guaranteeing part of a loan to the new owner of the Claremont Eagle Times newspaper.
Last Wednesday New Hampshire’s Executive Council approved without debate the "working capital loan guarantee," which will be administered by the state’s Business Finance Authority.
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Earlier this week, we discussed the White House's was claiming the "stimulus saves nine out of every five jobs." Then we noted how the White house was counting stimulus-funded payraises for government workers as jobs saved, because "If I give you a raise, it is going to save a portion of
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I've written at length about how Democrats are hiding the real health care price tag through some dubious accounting. And now two former high ranking Department of Health and Human Services officials -- Ben Sasse and Jeffrey Anderson -- are speaking out:
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Yesterday, David Freddoso discussed an AP report showing the White House is engaged in some pretty deceptive math in making the case the stimulus bill is responsible for creating jobs.
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David already discussed the White House's politically convienent penchant for overcounting stimulus jobs. it's one thing to be guilty of "persisting errors" in the data but -- it's another thing altogether to be goosing the stats:
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One of the more dishonest aspects of the health care debate is the way the Democrats are trying to hide the true cost of health reform legislation. When the Congressional Budget Office "scores" a piece of legislation to determine the cost, they do so over an immediate ten year horizon. In order to make health care legislation sound cheaper than it is, the Senate health care bill begins collecting major tax increases and fees immediately and delays the bill's major spending provision for four years.
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After Bob McDonnell's drubbing of Democrat Creigh Deeds, The Washington Post should be humbled considering the paper waged what can only be seen as a politically motivated crusade to make the race about social issues discussed in McDonnell's decades-old college thesis.
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Thanks to large influxes of new residents from out-of-state, Oregon has been tilting leftward politically over the last few decades, much to the chagrin of many long-term residents. Further, Portland has become the laboratory for every new and allegedly forward-thinking urban planning and environmental measure that social scientists can dream up. The problem is that the state's new-found love of progressive policies often comes with a hefty price tag.
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Organizing for America (OFA), the 13-million strong political email list that grew out of the Obama campaign juggernaut, has been cranking out emails since inauguration in support of the president's political and policy agenda. With a squeaker of a congressional election in upstate New York on Tuesday, it's no surprise Democrats are leaning on OFA for their get-out-the-vote efforts. The group is sending out emails urging members of the list to call voters in New York's 23rd district reminding them to vote.
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