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The Right to Bear Arms, Even if You’re Nuts
Say what you will about the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). Add in the murder and severe injuries suffered by assorted bystanders in Tucson and. it all proves that we’re still a free country. God bless America!
A Banker who Gets It
Populist banker. Now those are two words you rarely see linked together.
But Thomas Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, truly is a rarity. Firmly rooted in small-town Iowa and Kansas, he has never aspired to be part of the Wall Street-Washington power elite, and he doesn’t hesitate to challenge their financial orthodoxy and obsequious kowtowing to the preening barons of big banking.
National Insanity
Climate Change is Here to Stay
It wasn’t long ago that climate change was all the rage. Newspaper headlines were touting the Kyoto Protocol. Scientists and citizens alike were discussing Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Individuals were offering personal pledges of reform. Folks were downright scared.
A Lying Hypocrite for President
If you find it necessary to declare on national television, “I am a serious person,” you’re probably not.
The Lineup: Week of January 10-16, 2011
Jim Cason explains what’s wrong with the unmanned drones the United States is deploying in Afghanistan and Pakistan and Saul Landau turns around an old adage by saying that today, what’s good for GM is good for China.
A Lousy New Year for Workers
“What’s good for General Motors is good for the country,” Defense Secretary nominee–and former GM CEO–Charles Wilson famously told the Senate Armed Services Committee in 1953. These weren’t his exact words, but they have resonated nonetheless.
A Climate-Friendly Farm Bill
We’re in a rut when it comes to taking action on climate change. Congress has stalled on passing climate legislation. International negotiators failed to agree on binding emission cuts in Cancun late last year. And it’s unclear whether the EPA will have the power to regulate greenhouse gases.
A Nation of Laws?
The failure of the U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan to contain the anti-government insurgency has led the Obama administration to expand the undeclared war in Pakistan. According to the Long War Journal, the number of U.S. attacks in Pakistan, using unmanned Predator drones, has gone from five in 2007 to 117 in 2010.
Standing Up for Farmers’ Markets
Almost $1.5 billion changed hands at farmers’ markets across the United States in 2010. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of markets rose by 16 percent last year–from 5,247 to 6,132. More than three million Americans regularly buy food from the more than 60,000 farmers who sell at these markets each year.
