Earlier on January 17, 2012, The Department of Energy (specifically the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) published the “Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment: Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Commercial Heating, Air- Conditioning, and Water-Heating Equipment”. This regulation mandates new industry standards for certain types of listed commercial and industrial … Continue reading
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Our First Hispanic President: Mitt Romney?
Ruben Navarette Jr. raised an interesting question in his latest CNN article, “Could Mitt Romney be America’s first Hispanic President?” As Romney has swept through Iowa and New Hampshire it seems that the GOP could have its first Hispanic Presidential Nominee. Yes, Romney is Hispanic. His father was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, which borders Nevada … Continue reading
Obama’s Controversial Recess Appointments: Can Pro Forma Sessions Prevent This?
Last Friday, Assistant Attorney General Virginia A. Seitz released an opinion letter titled, “Lawfulness of Recess Appointments During a Recess of the Senate Notwithstanding Periodic Pro Forma Sessions.” The letter addresses the concerns many people have, including the Senate, as to the Constitutionality of President Obama’s recently announced intent to make four recess appointments during … Continue reading
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The Future of Energy and Water Availability in the United States: Has the Marketplace Failed Us?
Earlier today the Hudson Institute hosted a four hour panel discussion titled, “Energy, Water, and Debt: Linked Problems, Common Solutions?” Among the ten panelists was Jim Nussle, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 16 years and now Growth Energy’s COO; Craig Zamuda, a senior policy advisor with the Office of Policy … Continue reading
More Opportunity, Less Government
On Tuesday, January 10, Governor Mitch Daniels gave his eighth and final State of the State Address to the Indiana state legislature. The last seven years Hoosiers, policy professionals, and political pundits have watched as Indiana government has reformed, producing results usually reserved for entities with a profit motive. The policy successes have been significant … Continue reading
Missed Opportunity? Republicans and Hispanic-Americans in 2012
The eventual Republican candidate for the White House in 2012 will surely have his work cut out for him with respect to garnering a sizable portion of the Hispanic vote. The GOP has lost much ground with Hispanics, even Republican-leaning ones, with the onset of a fierce immigration debate that has left Americans of Hispanic … Continue reading
Bridging the gap: the GOP and Hispanic voters
Thomas Schaller explores the disconnect between the GOP and Latino voters in his article on Salon.com, “GOP’s Latino problem gets worse.” Schaller notes that the Obama campaign enjoyed substantial support from Hispanic voters in the 2008 Presidential Election, and even carried the majority of the Cuban-American vote. Cuban-Americans are often thought of as a more … Continue reading
Global Entrepreneurship at 30% Capacity?
On Thursday, January 5th, the rankings and numbers for the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI) were revealed at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation and George Mason University. Here are the results and GEDI scores United States 0.60 Sweden 0.57 Australia 0.56 Iceland 0.55 Denmark 0.55 Canada 0.54 Switzerland 0.54 Belgium 0.50 Norway … Continue reading
Can conservatives gain ground in inequality debate?
Alan Krueger, chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, spoke at the Center for American Progress on the rise and consequences of income inequality in the United States.[1] His remedy, unsurprisingly, boils down to continued government spending and higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Still, conservatives should not overlook the issue he is discussing. … Continue reading
Moderator Dereliction
During nearly four hours of debate over a single weekend, neither NBC’s David Gregory nor ABC’s George Stephonpoplis (former democratic operative) managed to ask about educational policy. Instead, an excessive amount of time was dedicated to discussing social issues and fielding hypothetical questions bordering on the bizarre. One of the more perplexing lines of … Continue reading
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