Here’s a quick roundup of the backlash: – A judge in Britain hammers Gore’s propaganda film.- Joe Bast of Heartland says "“Al Gore doesn’t understand the science behind climate change or he deliberately misrepresents it. Either way, that should disqualify him from a prize like this.”- The Telegraph: "The former US Vice-President has already taken [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2007
- Oct11
Abortion: A Sacred Right
Paul Kengor has just released a new book, God and Hillary Clinton. For those of you not familiar with Kengor’s work, he also wrote the best-selling work, God and Ronald Reagan, as well as God and George W. Bush. Among other things, Kengor focuses on the tension between Hillary’s claim that she is a faithful [...]
- Oct11
Policy Watch Having a Heineman Moment?
Many of you may remember back in 1996 when then US Congressman Fred Heineman got into a little political trouble by calling those making in excess of $200,000 "middle-class." Congressman David Price used those words in a clever and effective ad titled "Earth to Fred" which mocked Heineman’s claims and propelled Price back to Washington. [...]
- Oct11
Education Lotteries: More reasons why they’re bad for everyone
It doesn’t happen often, but it did last Sunday. That’s when I found myself nodding in agreement over a New York Times article about what’s really happening in those states who increasingly look to lotteries to boost revenues for education. Reporters Ron Stodghill and Ron Nixon analyzed data from states with education lotteries and confirmed [...]
- Oct11
Why Not Tax Credits?
The left is fond of state-run healthcare. It seems the recent SCHIP debacle is proof that they will stop at nothing to get it. But are they really concerned about healthcare for the poor? Passing over the fact that SCHIP expansion would be for people who can afford it — why not give poor and [...]
- Oct11
Buying Votes?
Now, we all know that paying for votes is technically illegal, but… How much do you want to bet that this will have a huge picture of Richard Moore on it. Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him there handing out the checks himself. "Find lost cash thanks to State Treasurer Richard Moore!" Oh, [...]
- Oct11
Good news for North Carolina & Conservatives
I found hope in of all places the Policy Watch Blog. Many pundits have been sounding the death knell of the conservative movement for years. One of the core issues for Conservatives is that government already taxes too much and they should use the "revenue" they have more efficiently before they come back to taxpayer [...]
- Oct10
Galen on the SCHIP Veto
Grace Marie Turner weighs in with this letter to the editor: Regarding Eugene Robinson’s Oct. 5 column, "Bush’s Veto Lies," on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program: Mr. Robinson wrote that the authorization to cover children in families in New York earning up to $83,000 "is not in the bill [President] Bush vetoed." In fact, [...]
- 6Oct10
Fun With False Dichotomies
The sometimes sensible NC Policy Watch has this to say about vetoing Medicaid for the middle class: You either believe that it is a moral imperative that sick people are cared for…Or you don’t. You either believe that kids having health care is an unavoidable obligation that must be met because it is just, regardless [...]
- Oct10
Medicaid Enrollment Slowing … Especially for Illegal Immigrants
Even as Congress is trying to expand SCHIP/Medicaid coverage by $35 billion, the Kaiser Foundation just released a study indicating that Medicaid enrollment rates are growing more slowly than in past years. Among other things, the decline was driven by strong economic growth (gee, imagine that — economic growth as the solution to poverty); cost-containment [...]