July 31, 2011
Chicago in the White House
President Obama conducts an insurgency from the castle.
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6:00 PM
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Letting the Government Fill Our Pockets
Are conservatives honor bound to refuse government handouts?
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3:00 PM
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Generous Benefits Attract Those Who Need Them
Maybe Rhode Island has more people collecting benefits because it's too generous with them.
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1:05 PM
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July 30, 2011
Poverty Discussion Focuses on "Them," Not "Us"
Class warfare is tending to focus on what the haves have, rather than what the have nots have.
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6:00 PM
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Government's Version of Accountability
In threatening to stop enforcing No Child Left Behind, Ed. Secretary Arne Duncan is illustrating the eternal bluff that is government self-regulation.
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2:00 PM
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Self-Government's Intrusion on Fantasy Life
Television may ultimately be a tool of dependency.
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11:24 AM
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July 29, 2011
Feedback and the Government Exemption
If consumer/taxpayer feedback is electrical current in a circuit, unions are resistors that distort the message.
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2:00 PM
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Government's Disfigurement of American Society
The West's problems don't ultimately result from a flaw in democracy, per se, but from a deterioration of its culture.
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10:00 AM
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A Frothing Projo Editorial and a Much Needed Policy Reversal
The debt ceiling debate is awakening deep political disagreements.
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6:10 AM
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July 28, 2011
Productivity Isn't in the Union Interest
It'd be great if we could involve government employees in initiatives to increase government productivity, but their incentives are not ordered that way.
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2:00 PM
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Whom Do the Public and Private Sectors Serve?
The notion that the government is different from the private sector in that it it "serves the public" is beginning to seem quaint.
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10:00 AM
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Public Sector and Politics
Last night, Monique took Anchor Rising's weekly call in to the Matt Allen Show.
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4:45 AM
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July 27, 2011
Private and Public Sector Differences in Calculation
Distinctions between the private sector and public sector change hiring calculations substantially, not usually for the better.
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2:00 PM
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On School Budget Confusion and Arbitrary Authority
As seems often to be the case, confusion about legal requirements for education budget amounts in Warwick is entirely manufactured.
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10:00 AM
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Gimmicks Won't Spark Business Activity
Marketing Rhode Island to businesses won't overcome the hurdle of being the very worst state for business in the country.
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5:08 AM
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July 26, 2011
The Privilege of One-Party Rule
Legislators should feel free to question the Speaker of the House.
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2:00 PM
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The Kaleidoscopic Arguments Against Democracy
Big-taxer types in Tiverton will oppose a referendum-based budgeting process for any reason that comes to mind.
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10:00 AM
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Who Is Talking About Fairness
Why do spokespeople for public sector pensioners always seem to be such unsympathetic figures based on the deals that they're defending?
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5:16 AM
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July 25, 2011
Letting the Spinners Get Away with Economic Baloney
Rhode Island's economy is flailing, no matter what the spinners say.
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10:00 AM
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Two Candidates by the Issues
Two new faces to the RIGOP running for high office present themselves very differently.
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6:00 AM
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July 24, 2011
An Interesting Whisper from the Governor to the Receiver
It's curious that the governor hinted about replacing the Central Falls receiver just before the latter announced the need for major pension cuts.
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4:00 PM
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Crediting the Good, While Debiting the Bad
It isn't appropriate to balance the trauma of firefighting against the value of a firefighter's pension.
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1:12 PM
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July 23, 2011
A Note on Posting Productivity
I'm finally catching up with myself and cannot promise what the result will be when I finish.
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12:16 PM
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July 22, 2011
A Connection of the New RIGOP Wave
Two new RIGOP faces, both running for high-profile offices, are making similar campaign decisions.
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10:00 AM
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The Senate Still Scamming
The U.S. Senate is scheming with the tax code to trick Americans into accepting a massive tax increase.
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6:23 AM
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July 21, 2011
Not Careless Planning, but Political Calculation
The failure to fund public pensions wasn't carelessness; it was a clear consequence of the system of incentives that the unions created.
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10:00 AM
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The Signs of RI's Doom
Matt Allen and I discussed the forces at work in RI politics.
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6:21 AM
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July 20, 2011
The Cop-Media Connection
Rupert Murdock is illustrating in England that letting government collect information can be a big risk.
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12:18 PM
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Lack of Sympathy for the Pensioner
I'm finding it hard to see why modifying public pensions is tantamount to breaking a promise.
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6:33 AM
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July 19, 2011
Training for Jobs That Don't Exist
A government-funded program that trains young adults for a struggling industry doesn't sound like a great idea.
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6:34 AM
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July 18, 2011
Necessitating a Drug War Surge?
Drug war success at the neighborhood level mightn't be an appropriate model for the broader effort.
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6:37 AM
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July 12, 2011
Pensions Are an Example, Not the Whole Problem
The pension problem is illustrating our larger problem with public sector unions.
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9:38 AM
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Pensions Are an Example, Not the Whole Problem
The pension problem is illustrating our larger problem with public sector unions.
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9:38 AM
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July 11, 2011
Who Is Pulling the Trigger?
Shouldn't we care that the Obama administration has been arming Mexican drug cartels?
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9:54 AM
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July 8, 2011
Government: Where Popular Services Are a Problem
Why should the government lose money when lots of people wish to use its services?
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6:43 AM
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Civics in an Evolving Society
Andrew Morse spoke with Tony Cornetta about the importance of civic structure.
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6:18 AM
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July 7, 2011
Voter ID Surprise
Could be I'm too cynical, but I can't help but wonder about the catch to just-passed voter-ID legislation in RI.
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6:41 AM
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July 6, 2011
Different Is Not Equivalent
The religious exemption in RI's new civil union law merely allows a minimal ability to recognize the uniqueness of male-female relationships.
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6:36 AM
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July 5, 2011
A Legislature Shouldn't Be Speaker Plus Advisers
Can Rhode Island's problems be solved through a system that reduces most legislators to courtiers?
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6:42 AM
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July 4, 2011
When the Lender and Supplier Is Another Nation
Chinese microchips in missiles could be a sort of Trojan horse. Shouldn't that have been anticipated?
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10:00 AM
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All in the Judiciary's Hands
Can constitutional amendments be unconstitutional because they're hard to change?
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7:08 AM
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July 2, 2011
Should We Even Be Celebrating Independence?
Americans individually and collectively are so dependent that Independence Day seems a bit of a misnomer.
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8:25 AM
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July 1, 2011
Do Legislators Really Not Know How It Works?
When you tax companies, customers pay. Duh.
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12:08 PM
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For In-State Tuition, Show Us the Taxes
Should illegal immigrants prove a history of income tax payments before receiving in-state tuition?
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6:32 AM
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