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Big Government's Big Solutions Beget Bigger Problems Richard L. Gordon
Category: Public Policy Published: September 2012
It is not surprising to hear a left-wing politician offer a proposal to cure the ills of oversight of oil and gas extraction on Federal lands with a 1960s-style view of big govt and then try to cure alleged general energy problems with more of the same.
 
Childhood Obesity Levels Still Rising
Your Health Category: Public Policy Published: October 2016
 
Climate Change Shenanigans Gerald E. Marsh
Category: Public Policy Published: September 2016
"…The climate modeling community is very confident that its models are adequate to be a basis for public policy dicisions, despite its illegitimacy of ensemble averaging and the deficiencies with regard to the second law of thermodynamics."
 
Extreme Tactics Defeat Proposed Laws
News View Category: Public Policy Published: April 2012
 
FDA Calls Cheerios an "Unapproved Drug"
News View Category: Public Policy Published: August 2009
 
Roads to Nowhere Chris Edwards
Category: Public Policy Published: July 2013
Rather than increasing Federal infrastructure spending . . . We should begin devolving Federal infrastructure activities to the states, which then should unleash businesses & entrepreneurs to help the U.S. solve its mobility and congestion challenges.
 
The President "Bams" the Economy on Oil Richard L. Gordon
Category: Public Policy Published: July 2012
The very policy initiatives that the Obama Administration wishes to expand have failed in the past. Mandates and subsidies to produce renewable energy have been central to legislation for 40 years, as have attempts to impose fuel efficiency on the market.
 
The Ultimate "We Told You So!" Michael Tanner
Category: Public Policy Published: March 2014
"With nearly four years of experience since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed and, with the most significant provisions finally kicking in, we can say that ObamaCare should be considered a colossal failure."
 
This Land Is their Land Richard L. Gordon
Category: Public Policy Published: May 2012
The Democrats and their reform proposals for Federal land management fail to address the underlying problems that have contributed to regulatory dysfunction. They veer off into tangential campaigns against oil imports, consumption, & climate change.
 
Why We Weren't Ready for COVID-19 Patricia Strach , Elizabeth Pérez-Chiqués , Katie Zuber , Kathleen Sullivan
Category: Public Policy Published: May 2020
"Voters find policies with up-front prevention costs to be less attractive than more-expensive policies that pay large amounts after the fact."