Nation
A Tribute To Ted Kennedy: Doc ZeroDean: No Tort Reform -- Trial Lawyers Scare Us: Morrissey
USS West Virginia: Olds, Endicott, Costin & Kennedy: Cassandra
Technology and Politics: McCain
What really happened in the Franken-Coleman recount: Morrissey
Landrieu Leans "No" As Long as There's a Public Option: SIGIS
Rogers on ObamaCare: Moonbattery
A Communist in the White House? 1992 vs. 2009: PJM (Radosh)
Health Care "Reform" Question of the Day: TigerHawk
Economy
Wage initiative stymies labor nominee: TimesFed: if we were to reveal our secrets... KA-BOOM!: Denninger
Let's talk about your gold-plated, tax-paid compensation, Mr. Waxman: Tapscott
China Tears Up America’s Credit Cards: New Ledger
An Obituary That Shouldn't Be Overlooked: Powers
Detroit Unemployment Hits Record 28.9%: BlogProf
Media
Surprise: ABC won't air anti-ObamaCare ad: Hot AirRemember Dancing On Reagan's Grave?: LegalIns
NEA conference call directs artists to push Administration's agenda: Volokh
It's Me and You: Tackett
Detroit News Survey on Kennedy: Whoops!: BlogProf
You Started It, No You Did: Riehl
White House Sued Over Free Speech: Newsmax
Journalist bias put to good use; a challenge to both parties: MYODBP
Beck to Michelle: Obama building massive civilian national security force?: Hot Air
Climate & Energy
Business Gets Busy: BlairSpencer: NOAA’s official sea surface temperature in error: Watts
That was a pretty safe prediction: Secular
World
Report: U.S. to Scrap E. Europe Missile Shield Bases: DefenseNewsAmerica’s Influence Declining In Middle East: PJM (Puder)
A high-risk, no-reward war on the CIA: Examiner
Russia Deploys Unproven Missile Defense Systems: Secular
Venezuela Orders Mitsubishi To Reopen Plant: Manufacturing
Letter Details Kennedy Offer To USSR: S&L
SciTech
The iPhone ad you'll never see: Crackberry (Language warning)Tech Support Cheat Sheet: XKCD
Publishers Are Killing Web Advertising’s Potential With Misguided Pricing: Paid Content
Cornucopia
The 5 Ballsiest Lies Ever Passed off as Journalism: Cracked (NSFW)"The last time liberals decided an industry was so important that the government needed to step in and contain costs was when they set their sights on the oil industry. Liberals in both the U.S. and Canada -- presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter and Canadian P.M. Pierre Trudeau -- imposed price controls on oil.
As night leads to day, price controls led to reduced oil production, which led to oil shortages, skyrocketing prices for gasoline, rationing schemes and long angry lines at gas stations.
You may recall this era as 'the Carter years.'
Then, the white knight Ronald Reagan became president and immediately deregulated oil prices. The magic of the free market -- aka the "profit motive" -- produced surges in oil exploration and development, causing prices to plummet. Prices collapsed and remained low for the next 20 years, helping to fuel the greatest economic expansion in our nation's history.
You may recall this era as 'the Reagan years.' -- Ann Coulter
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