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from Competitive Enterprise Institute
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS
Will New Congress Seek Reforms to Highway Taxation?
Could the 116th Congress be the perfect storm for mileage-based user fees? With a divided Congress and with the current surface transportation law expiring at the end of September 2020, shoring up the Highway Trust Fund with user fee alternatives to fuel taxes could be a bipartisan affair.
What Do the Midterms Mean for Labor and Employment?
With Democrats now holding a majority, legislation to ease union organizing and limit worker choice is going to be on the agenda. Democrats set the stage in the last session of Congress.
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from Conciliar Post
Just two weeks ago, the US was the site of horrific terror. Two people were murdered in what appears to be a racially motivated shooting in Kentucky; members of a synagogue in Pittsburgh were the victims of what may be the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history; pipe bombs were mailed to prominent critics of Donald Trump. These acts of violence are not blips on the radar and they did not happen in a vacuum. Rather, they are the symptoms of a pernicious fascism that continues to gain ground in the US.
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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
Post-Brexit Britain Must Turn Its Back on Protectionism
The First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, recently denounced the idea of a post-Brexit Britain entering into trade deals with poorer nations. Jones’s main objection lay in the premise that free trade with less developed countries would “undermine Wales’ farming sector.” Jones’s remarks came after meeting International Trade Secretary Liam Fox. Sensibly, Dr. Fox has not been dettered by this warning and remains focused on seeking new post-Brexit trade deals. Comparative advantage is a force that drives worldwide progress, prevents stagnation and allows the poorest nations to develop.
Debunking the Overpopulation Alarmists
Is overpopulation a problem? Are we running out of resources? Where did the concern over population growth and resource depletion come from? "On what principle is it that with nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?"
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from iFIBER One News
Washington divided? Support for formation of 51st state appears to be gaining momentum in 2018
The concept of dividing Washington into two states appears to be gaining momentum according to Washington state legislator Matt Shea of Spokane Valley. Shea, a 4-term incumbent who appears to be winning his re-election bid by a measurable margin, is spearheading the idea of annexing eastern Washington into a separate state known as “Liberty”.
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from Miami Herald
You can’t always get what you want. So said the philosopher Mick Jagger. He said it in 1969, so obviously, he didn’t intend it as a comment on the 2018 midterms. But progressives might be forgiven for thinking otherwise. After all, they wanted Andrew Gillum to become Florida’s first African-American governor. They didn’t get it. They wanted Stacey Abrams of Georgia to become the nation’s first female African-American governor. They didn’t get it, pending a possible runoff. They wanted the inspiring Beto O’Rourke to unseat the depressing Ted Cruz as senator from Texas. They didn’t get it. Most of all, progressives wanted a clear rebuke of the moral abomination that is Donald Trump. They didn’t get that, either. Instead, the midterms went a long way toward proving that Trump’s rise to power and the intolerance that fueled it were no aberration. For the first time in his misbegotten presidency — likely the first time in his misbegotten life — Trump now faces accountability. No more lying and lawbreaking while a bunch of invertebrates calling themselves a Congress look the other way.
from New York Post
Newspaper in New York
Jim Acosta violated one of the oldest rules of journalism
There was a time not long ago when young journalists were taught not to become the story. Apparently, many news organizations have flipped that lesson on its head. But we are witnessing something more insidious here than media trash talk. Plain and simple, we are watching expressions of personal hatred. The conduct of a handful of so-called reporters during President Trump’s news conference was disgraceful beyond measure. This is not journalism, this is narcissism. Naturally, the boorish Jim Acosta of CNN was the instigator. As is his habit, Acosta doesn’t ask questions — he makes accusations and argues. Almost daily, he does it with the press secretary; Wednesday, he did it with the president.
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Jim Acosta violated one of the oldest rules of journalism
There was a time not long ago when young journalists were taught not to become the story. Apparently, many news organizations have flipped that lesson on its head. But we are witnessing something more insidious here than media trash talk. Plain and simple, we are watching expressions of personal hatred. The conduct of a handful of so-called reporters during President Trump’s news conference was disgraceful beyond measure. This is not journalism, this is narcissism. Naturally, the boorish Jim Acosta of CNN was the instigator. As is his habit, Acosta doesn’t ask questions — he makes accusations and argues. Almost daily, he does it with the press secretary; Wednesday, he did it with the president.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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