Daily Archives: September 23, 2011

Why isn’t the Fuqua School Embarrassed?

Written on September 23, 2011 at 5:52 pm, by

In today’s News and Observer there was an op ed by a Professor David McAdams at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business which claims that Obama’s Buffett tax on millionaires would actually stimulate job creation. (The idea behind the Buffett tax is to make sure “millionaires and billionaires” pay no smaller a percentage of their incomeContinue Reading

Murdock assesses Obama’s attacks on a ‘do-nothing’ Congress

Written on September 23, 2011 at 4:57 pm, by

Deroy Murdock‘s latest column dissects President Obama’s Trumanesque ploy of attacking Congress for failing to address his agenda: Now that his “Blame Bush” hobby horse finally has retired to the glue factory, Obama resorts to pinning America’s woes on the “Do-Nothing Congress.” If only these parliamentarians would stop taking endless lunches, sipping cocktails at CapitolContinue Reading

Perry’s executive order is under fire

Written on September 23, 2011 at 4:02 pm, by

The most dramatic moment of the GOP debate in Florida on September 12 revolved around Michele Bachmann’s attack regarding Rick Perry’s executive order mandating that all females in Texas get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine prior to sixth grade. The vaccine protects women and teens against a sexually transmitted disease that is thought to causeContinue Reading

A pretty cool video on Solyndra by IER

Written on September 23, 2011 at 2:53 pm, by

Laying Article V fears to rest

Written on September 23, 2011 at 12:02 pm, by

Unfortunately, federal legislators continue to give bipartisan support to deficit spending. This is predictable, since they use the debt-enabled money to buy votes and extend their power into state activity. Unlike 49 of the 50 states, these officials do not face a constitutional barrier to deficit spending–and that is in spite of strong public support forContinue Reading

Longtime friend of the Raleigh Spy Conference, Brian J. Kelley dies

Written on September 23, 2011 at 11:05 am, by

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Kelly and hearing him speak about his counterintelligence experiences at the Raleigh Spy Conference. Read the entire NYT article here. Brian J. Kelley, an American counterintelligence expert who helped focus attention on a possible Russian spy in Washington, only to be wrongly suspected of being a K.G.B. moleContinue Reading

Does Cynthia Matson have the power to levy federal taxes?

Written on September 23, 2011 at 9:34 am, by

Cynthia Matson is a candidate for the District 5 seat on the Wake County Board of Education.  Matt Goodall of Mordecai confronts Ms. Matson is a letter published by the News & Observer. At the District 5 school board candidate forum, Cynthia Matson declared that schools in less fortunate neighborhoods could keep up with peersContinue Reading

Why isn’t Obama’s support down in single digits?

Written on September 23, 2011 at 9:27 am, by

Despite all his pathetic, counter-productive policies and high-handed trashing of the rule of law, Obama still has support of around 40 percent. Wonder why? I think the author of this piece published by the National Association of Scholars holds the answer: great numbers of Americans have been through “education” that makes them impervious to politicalContinue Reading