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More government-mandated waste — biofuels
Richard Rahn has an excellent column on the waste of resources entailed in the government’s mandate that we produce certain quantities of biofuels, ethanol in particular. This is just one…
Ethanol fuel
type of biofuel containing ethanol
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Borders identifies four questions to apply to every public policy dispute
Max Borders‘ latest Ideas Matter update offers a useful set of questions you can use to critique harmful, counterproductive public policies. Say you’re by the water cooler or at a…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Coburn talks taxes
John Hood offered his thoughts this week about government “revenue increases” conservatives can support. A Bloomberg Businessweek interview with Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn covers similar territory. You’re opposed to some…
Elections & Public Integrity
Murdock: Romney doesn’t know who he is
Deroy Murdock‘s latest column posted at Human Events documents the political split personality that plagues former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney: “Government under President Obama has grown…
Energy
Gee, when you put it that way, it really does sound like a friggin’ terrible idea
Headline in the New York Times today: “Rush to Use Crops as Fuel Raises Food Prices and Hunger Fears.” NYT reports: Each year, an ever larger portion of the world’s…
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Re: Question for Al Gore
Here is what Cato’s Roger Pilon answered Politico’s question about the claim that this winter’s blizzards and cold support the global warming hypothesis (excuse me — consensus!): A scientific hypothesis…
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Obama: OPEC’s cartel enforcer
The per barrel price of oil is over $90 and headed north. And as is being reported in the Wall St. Journal the global oil cartel known as the Organization…
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Wind Turbines as Crucifixes
View in browser. The newsletter highlights relevant analysis done by the JLF and other think tanks as well as items in the news. 1. Thursday evening: Americans for Prosperity NC…
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New Carolina Journal Online exclusive
The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Don Carrington’s report on the federal sentencing of two men in a bribery scheme involving ethanol plant environmental permits.
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Depend upon it, whatever happens with gasoline prices, it’s always bad news
Over the past month, the fluctuating price of gasoline has provided a good example of Jacob Sullum’s observation that economic conventional wisdom tends to find the negative side of anything…
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Today’s Carolina Journal Online features
Today’s Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Don Carrington’s report on the latest indictments connected to the Agri-Ethanol bribery scandal. John Hood’s Daily Journal busts myths surrounding misuse of the word…
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Two new indictments in Agri-Ethanol scandal
From the U.S. Attorney’s office: RALEIGH – United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that a Federal Grand Jury returned a sealed Criminal Indictment on October 1, 2008, charging DAVID…