Daily Archives: September 2, 2011

Sara Burrows reports for Carolina Journal Online about the negative impact of sea turtle regulations on fishing off Hatteras Island.

Environmentalists typically argue for sustainability in all things. Two biggies are sustainable energy, which typically means energy from renewable sources like wind and solar power, and sustainable land use, which typically means providing for housing and economic development using as little land as possible. The latter has lead to calls for high density, i.e., congested,Continue Reading

Here’s the most recent object lesson: When Meghan DeTore got a Chinese symbol tattooed on her ankle, it made her feel like part of the in crowd in college. But a few years after graduation, it triggered a different emotion: embarrassment. “It was supposed to symbolize a warrior and a scholar,” said DeTore, 31, theContinue Reading

Today the Labor Department announced the unemployment rate remained at 9.1%. Employers fired as many workers as they hired last month meaning economic recovery will continue to have to hurdle obstacles. This was the worst month in over a year for unemployment. August 2010 numbers showed a loss of 59,000 jobs. Economists predict 150,000 jobsContinue Reading

If the president really wants to make some big news with next week’s jobs speech, he could take a suggestion from South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, as reported in Human Events: At any rate, if Obama really wants to make a difference with this speech, he’ll follow Haley’s advice and announce, “I’m going to disbandContinue Reading

A “secret retreat” this summer for senior Obama administration staffers signals that they realize the economy will still be in awful shape when voters decide next year whether to grant the president a second term. The Weekly Standard‘s William Kristol reacts to a TIME report in which presidential historian Michael Beschloss suggested that Obama couldContinue Reading

Jonah Goldberg has plenty of expectations for President Obama’s upcoming congressional address: claims of pragmatism, self-quotation, calls for other people to partisan differences aside. Despite those expectations, Goldberg offers National Review Online readers the speech he would like to hear from the 44th president. “My fellow Americans, when I came into office, I promised toContinue Reading

This Cafe Hayek post by Russ Roberts is so good I repost it in its entirety. “I’m from the federal family and I am here to help you” The Palm Beach Post reports on a rhetorical move by the Obama administration: Don’t think of it as the federal government but as your “federal family.” InContinue Reading