The Week That Was January 8, 2011 Quote of the Week “A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.” Albert Einstein [H/t Stanley Hubbard] This Week By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) The cold, snowy December in Northern Europe and Eastern US…
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Joe Dobbs
Campus Chatter
Transgenderness at Marquette University By Joe Dobbs Joseph.dobbs@mu.edu The thing about people is that they do stuff. This we can all agree on. As always, the problem comes in when trying to evaluate all those wacky things that people do, and then figuring out their causes and consequences. Whether you do so scientifically, in a…
General
ATI Executive Director Calls for RPS Repeals in PA, OH
In a pair of recent commentaries for the Cincinnati Enquirer and for the Harrisburg, Pa., Patriot-News, American Tradition Institute executive director Paul Chesser called upon incoming Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Tom Corbett to push for repeals of their states’ respective Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS). Both states, as with the governorships, also…
Heartland Institute
FCC Chairman in ‘Breaking Bad’
By Bruce Edward Walker Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is guilty of so many bureaucratic misdeeds over the past year, it’s hard to determine precisely when he had his “breaking bad” moment. The phrase “breaking bad” – as in the AMC television series with the same title – refers to the point when an…
Heartland Institute
Media Advisory: Heartland Legal Expert Comments on Massachusetts Supreme Court Ruling on Foreclosures
By Jim Lakely The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled against banks seeking a declaration that their foreclosures against two homeowners were valid even though the banks did not own the mortgages at the time of the foreclosures. Foreclosures in Massachusetts do not need judicial approval, unlike the situation in about 23 other states. Instead, foreclosures take…
Gary Wickert
Will The Real Communist Party Please Stand Up?
By Gary Wickert “Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption or both.” – John F. Kennedy When I was a young boy my parents were both Democrats by birth. They rallied behind the pro-capitalism speeches of John F. Kennedy and nodded in agreement when told…