Budgets/Taxes · Featured · Taxes
There’s an interesting phenomenon playing out in both New Jersey and Ohio: Two of the country’s most prominent conservative Republican governors have proposed new taxes of a sort that haven’t appealed even to traditionally liberal, tax-hungry state legislatures in states like Massachusetts and Washington.
Budgets/Taxes · Featured · Regulation · Tobacco
Why is Gov. Chris Christie trying to punish people who have quit smoking?
David W. Snook, 57, of Bridgewater, New Jersey died on January 15, when two deer leaped into the path of his Dodge Ram on Route 206. One of them was[…]
Chris Christie was and remains an elephant amongst a herd of donkeys.
Taking their cue from their brusque and combative boss, Christie’s aides obviously let their limited power overwhelm their good judgment, assuming they ever had any.
Featured · Government · Politics
I watched the 107 minute press conference by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday, but I must admit that I almost fell asleep towards the end. What struck me[…]
What struck me the most listening to Chris Christie speak about “Bridgegate” was the couldn’t-be-greater contrast between him and Barack Obama.
The term “Greater New York” was applied, unofficially, to the 1898 consolidation that produced the present city of New York, which brought together the present five boroughs (counties). When consolidated, much of the city of New York was agricultural. As time went on, the term “Greater” came to apply to virtually any large city and its environs, not just New York. By 2010, Greater New York had expanded to somewhere between 19 million and 23 million residents, depending on the definition.
Takeaways from Ken Cuccinelli and Chris Christie.
Featured · Government · Health Care · Politics
Support for Democrats is wavering after the disastrous Affordable Care rollout, as seen in November’s elections.
Environment/Energy · Featured · Science
We should thank global warming for making hurricanes less frequent and less severe. Indeed, Hurricane Sandy may well have been much more deadly in the absence of global warming.
[Patrick Moffitt is the co-author of this four-part piece. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here.] As previous posts have tried to show. we already have too many “answers”[…]
[Patrick Moffitt is the co-author of this piece. Read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here.] In Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath – with millions freezing and hungry in dark devastation, including nursing home[…]
[Patrick Moffitt is the co-author of this piece. Read Part 1 here.] Mayors and governors cannot say they weren’t adequately warned, not just once, but time and time again – in news stories, reports, photographs and graphic personal[…]
[Patrick Moffitt is the co-author of this piece.] In the wake of “Superstorm” Sandy, the political spin and distractions reached hurricane proportions. “It’s global warming, stupid,” declared Bloomberg BusinessWeek after monster winds and waves[…]
The New Jersey legislature is considering legislation to ban winged, flying monkeys in the state. Wait a minute, I got that wrong – the New Jersey legislature is considering legislation[…]
Economics · Environment/Energy
Earlier this month, two Ohio economists published a paper downplaying the economic impacts of natural gas drilling in Ohio. They argued that optimistic employment projections should be shifted downwards and[…]
Economics · Education · Internet/Telecom · Liberty · Media · Regulation
A recent article in InfoTech & Telecom News by Loren Heal examines Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s decision to cut a further 16 percent of the state’s public broadcasting budget, bringing[…]
After decades of increasing tobacco taxes at the federal, state, and local levels, some states are beginning to buck this fiscally burdensome and irresponsible trend. On March 17, the New[…]
Tens of thousands of people in at least 36 states this week will participate in more than 140 events touting the virtues of school choice. It’s the first annual National[…]
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