The big news Friday was that the unemployment rate had ticked back down 0.1 percent to 9.4 percent even though more people were unemployed in July than in June. The cause of that discrepancy is that even more people were removed from the available workforce because they’ve become “discouraged workers” – people no longer looking […]
After viewing the behavior in the video in the post immediately below this one, here’s one thing I haven’t heard any one talk about in the past day: It certainly puts card-check in a different light. The unions claim that somehow the secret ballot elections are unnecessary and it’s employers who are behaving thuggishly towards […]
The question for you today is which one will win out in President Obama’s decision-making process. This morning on “This Week with former Clinton adviser and Democrat activist George Stephanopoulous” interviewed Treasury Secretary Timothy “I never realized the housing market had collapsed” Geithner who made a rather stunning “gaffe.” (Using the Michael Kinsley definition of […]
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Let’s start with the old legal adage: When the law is against you, argue the facts. When the facts are against you, argue the law. When both are against you, attack the plaintiff. - R.Rinkle Yesterday, we got this from Larry Summers, one of President Obama’s top economic advisors: Of all the statistics pouring into […]
Paul Krugman and I agree: President Obama makes little sense. Some explanation: President Obama took to the Washington Post editorial page today to defend his economic plans. (Obama's article is aptly rebutted by Keith Hennessey here. I encourage you to read it.) However, the point I want to highlight is this one by President Obama: […]
That seems to be what one of the unintended consequences behind last week's cap-and-tax bill would be if it becomes law. According to Robert Zubrin of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the bill will have the effect of increasing organic farming -- because fertilizers and pesticides will be prohibitively expensive. That may be great […]
I'm not sure how much "there" is there, but the Washington Examiner's Byron York has a report and updates on what appears to be a potential scandal over the Obama administration's effort to fire the AmeriCorps inspector general. The bigger question is why the president is doing this and why he is attempting to do […]
I noted before that the Obama administration had threatened to use its trained poodle -- the White House press corps -- as an attack dog against Chrysler investors who were balking at the pre-packaged bankruptcy. This week we got some more details about that incident from Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio). From the chart at […]