By Tom DeWeese America is being transformed. Americans know something is very wrong and are desperately digging for answers. Spending is out of control. Rules and regulations are enforced over every aspect of our lives. Not only can we not build on our private property, but our rivers and streams are becoming off limits; energy…
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Government Circus
Government Circus
Finally-Mining can start being a job creator for Wisconsin By Steven Welcenbach The legislature is poised to pass a bill which will provide much needed iron mining reform which will pave the way for the opening of a major iron ore mining operation in Iron County. This legislation is long overdue. Wisconsin has been blessed…
Government Circus
Government Circus
School Choice: Good for Children and Taxpayers Alike By Representative Dan Knodl vAmong the many bold reforms being considered in the State Capitol is a proposal to expand the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). There are multiple efforts underway to grow the successful MPCP, a development that is good for low-income students and their families…
Government Circus
Government Circus
Budget moves forward By Sen. Frank Lasee Last week the Joint Finance Committee finished its work on the state budget. Next up, it goes to the Assembly for more work. After that it comes to us in the Senate, where we will complete it and send it to the governor. Unless the Fugitive Fourteen choose…
Science and Environmental Policy Project
SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROJECT
The Week That Was June 11, 2011 Quote of the Week “… and my error has been a good lesson to me never to trust in science to the principle of exclusion.” The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, p 15 [H/t Paul Macrae] Number of the Week: 2006 This Week By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President…
Heartland Institute
Alarmists Offer a Perfect Global Warming Challenge
By James M. Taylor The Heartland Institute With an issue as scientifically complex as global warming, nonscientists can often feel they simply don’t know enough about the scientific complexities to make an informed judgment for themselves. The debate over last week’s tragic tornado outbreak, however, has given us an unexpected opportunity to present much of…