Our Cabinet suffers from a serious paradox. It is hard to find leaders for important departments such as Defense or the Treasury. If they know enough about key issues such as Wall Street finance or defense procurement to be effective…
The GOP should consider cap and trade
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is entirely correct when she asserts that cap-and-trade programs proposed to limit greenhouse gas emissions will have the effect of a tax. Requiring entities that emit CO2 and other such gasses to buy emissions permits will raise…
Both Obama administration and tax protestors are dangerously cynical and delusional
The most harmful lies are the ones we tell ourselves. Our country will be in trouble until both its citizens and its leaders stop engaging in willful self-delusion. Count both the Obama administration and the tax-protesting Tea Party crowd among…
Government needs to catch up to the times
Among Governor Pawlenty’s ideas to deal with Minnesota’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit is a proposal to consolidate the state’s county human services departments into 15 regional operations. His interest in improving the cost effectiveness of government deserves support. Circumstances change and…