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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS
The Environmental Protection Agency is approaching the April 1st deadline to complete its Midterm Evaluation of the Obama administration’s fuel economy and motor vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards for model years 2022-2025. EPA is widely expected to scale back the standards for those years, and possibly for model year 2021 as well. Automakers have long complained that the standards are too stringent and will price millions of Americans out of the market for new cars. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) now warns that if the Trump administration repudiates the Obama administration standards, California and its 13 allied states will impose their own standards on new motor vehicles sold within their borders. Although automakers want relief from the Obama administration standards, they also fear the prospect of a market-balkanizing “patchwork” of multiple fuel economy regimes if California “de-couples” from the so-called harmonized National Vehicle Program jointly administrated by EPA, CARB, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
The Demands of Antifa and the Original Fascists Have a Lot in Common
The members of Antifa are not opponents to fascism but its genuine representatives.
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Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California
A Brief Guide To Strategy And Sanctions
Recently, the United States’ closest European allies, Britain, France, and Germany, proposed “fresh” economic sanctions on Iran as an effort to force Tehran to comply with both the letter and the spirit of the 2015 “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action” meant to delay the Islamic Republic’s development of nuclear weapons. But the real target of the EU action was in Washington: President Donald Trump wants European help to “fix the terrible flaws of the Iran nuclear deal” negotiated by his predecessor, and Trump has threatened to pull the United States out of the agreement if he doesn’t get his way.
Do Economic Sanctions Work?
Economic strictures are acts of war. Throughout history, the starvation and disease they have caused have killed more people than all other instruments of war. But like all other instruments, their effectiveness depends on the circumstances in which they are used and on the policies of which they are part. Economic sanctions compromise between doing whatever it takes to achieve a given objective, and doing nothing, by doing something half-heartedly. Like much of the rest of U.S. national security policy, economic sanctions are self-stroking pretense.
Sanctions: The Record And The Rewards
Why are sanctions so popular? Because “there is nothing else between words and military action to bring pressure upon a government,” explains Jeremy Greenstock, Britain’s long-term ambassador at the UN. It is bloodless—warfare on the cheap. Nonlethal means are the main attraction for democracies loath to go to war in remote places against states that do not pose an existential threat.
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from NCWLIFE
TV Channel in Wenatchee, WA
Wenatchee World Sold to Arizona-Based Wick Communications
All employees of The World have been offered jobs with Wick Communications
Wenatchee World Sold to Arizona-Based Wick Communications
All employees of The World have been offered jobs with Wick Communications
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from RAND Corporation
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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France Deploys Military Forces to Assist Kurdish Militants in Manbij - Reports
French-based media outlets reported on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to send troops to Syria's Manbij in a bid to assist local Kurdish militias in preventing Turkish forces from advancing on the town.
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from Sputnik
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Broadcasting & Media Production Company out of Moscow, Russia
French-based media outlets reported on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to send troops to Syria's Manbij in a bid to assist local Kurdish militias in preventing Turkish forces from advancing on the town.
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from Washington Policy Center
Educational Research Center in Seattle, Washington
Two weeks in: state GPS tracker reveals $20,000 in potential fines
I have been researching the Road Usage Charge Pilot Project for about a year and am now a participant. The Pilot is a simulation of what it would be like to be taxed for every mile we drive, rather than for every gallon of gas we purchase at the pump. It has been about two weeks since I installed a GPS-enabled device in my car to track my mileage, the most invasive of the five methods of collection I was able to choose from (none of which were palatable). I’ve learned a couple things about the program in the last couple weeks, the most notable being that I am, apparently, a terrible driver. It has been surprising to see that not only is my mileage collected, but my driving patterns are evaluated and scored based on braking, acceleration, cornering and speed.
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Two weeks in: state GPS tracker reveals $20,000 in potential fines
I have been researching the Road Usage Charge Pilot Project for about a year and am now a participant. The Pilot is a simulation of what it would be like to be taxed for every mile we drive, rather than for every gallon of gas we purchase at the pump. It has been about two weeks since I installed a GPS-enabled device in my car to track my mileage, the most invasive of the five methods of collection I was able to choose from (none of which were palatable). I’ve learned a couple things about the program in the last couple weeks, the most notable being that I am, apparently, a terrible driver. It has been surprising to see that not only is my mileage collected, but my driving patterns are evaluated and scored based on braking, acceleration, cornering and speed.
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from The Wenatchee World
Wenatchee World sold to Wick Communications
The Wenatchee World, which has been published by the Woods family for 111 years, has been sold to Wick Communications, a third-generation family owned and operated media corporation, of Sierra Vista, Ariz. The announcement was made today by World Publisher Rufus G. Woods and Wick Chief Executive Officer Francis Wick. The asset sale, for an undisclosed amount, will take effect on March 31.
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from WORLD
Nonprofit Religious Organization based in Asheville, North CarolinaCamden’s new day
Camden, N.J., infamous for its violent crime and drug trade, has seen a remarkable turnaround driven by a reformed police force. In 2012, violence was at its peak: 67 murders in the city of 77,000. That year Chicago grabbed headlines as the U.S. city with the most murders. But measured by population, Camden’s murder rate was almost five times that of Chicago’s. Five years later, the crime statistics from 2017 showed homicides at a 30-year low. Homicides have dropped 66 percent from the 2012 peak. Camden’s homicides are a small sample size, so large percentage swings aren’t unusual—but “Part 1” crimes like robbery and assault are at their lowest levels since Camden officials started keeping statistics in 1969. From 2012 to 2017, Camden achieved a 26 percent drop in violent crime. One key to Camden’s turnaround: City, county, and state leaders decided in 2012 to dissolve and reform the police department, a radical and politically risky move. Another key: City leaders—the police chief, the mayor, and City Council—have taken a holistic approach to the city’s problems, turning to local churches and nonprofits as allies.
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