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Rioting Hits a Sanctuary City
Heather Mac Donald National Review Online, 9-08-10
The Los Angeles Police Department’s sanctuary policy is officially intended to foster trust between illegal aliens and the LAPD–in particular, to ensure
that illegal aliens cooperate with the police in reporting crime.
Obama Gets Tax Cuts Right
Diana Furchtgott-Roth RealClearMarkets.com, 9-09-10
The times they are a'changin, as Bob Dylan sang in 1964, the year Congress passed the Kennedy tax cuts.
The Commerce Debacle at Ground Zero
Steven Malanga RealClearMarkets.com, 9-08-10
Plans to build a Muslim community center near the site of the former World Trade Centers have stoked a nationwide controversy and brought Ground Zero
back into the national spotlight again in recent weeks.
School Vouchers Make a Great Recession-era Program
Marcus Winters Washington Examiner, 9-08-10
Barring a sudden economic U-turn, last year's stimulus and this year’s additional $10 billion education bail-out will only delay painful state budget cuts.
Imperfect, But Useful
Marcus Winters New York Times's Room for Debate, 9-06-10
As a statistical tool, “value-added” assessment is not a perfect measure of teacher quality. Indeed, there will never be a perfect measure of teacher quality.
The Life-Changing Lottery
Marcus A. Winters City Journal, Summer 2010
Please, please, please,” whispered the boy sitting to my left in the crowded auditorium, clenching his fists.
What Social Science Does -- and Doesn't -- Know
Jim Manzi Dallas Morning News, 9-03-10
In early 2009, the United States was engaged in an intense public debate over a proposed $800 billion stimulus bill designed to boost economic activity
through government borrowing and spending.
New York's Pioneer Zones
James Panero City Journal, Summer 2010
Imagine government officials sweeping through your building one night, rounding up you and your neighbors, and tossing you out on the street.
More Wreckage from Ginsburg's 'Neutral' Ruling
Charlotte Allen MindingTheCampus.com, 9-07-10
When the Supreme Court ruled in June that public universities could deny official recognition to a Christian student group that barred openly gay
people as members because homosexual acts are considered sinful by many Christian churches, some commentators hoped that the 5-4 ruling would be construed
as a narrow one that permitted but did not require campuses to enforce their anti-bias policies in ways that interfered with religious belief.
Where Columbia Beats Harvard
James Piereson Wall Street Journal, 9-03-10
In their football rivalry that dates back to 1877, Harvard holds a commanding advantage over Columbia, the Crimson leading 53 to 14. Yet in a contest
between their undergraduate curricula, Columbia has more than held its own.
How Healthy Is New York City's Economy?
Nicole Gelinas NYT Room For Debate, 8-31-10
New York is not experiencing recovery. Rather, it’s biding its time during a suspension of reality, courtesy of Congress, the Federal Reserve, and
Presidents Obama and Bush. But a day of reckoning delayed is not a day of reckoning avoided.
Another Labor Day, Little Labor Cheer
Diana Furchtgott-Roth RealClearMarkets.com, 9-02-10
Another Labor Day is about to arrive, and once again, organized labor in the United States has little to cheer about.
Eurocrash
Nicole Gelinas City Journal, Summer 2010
Germany, France, and 14 other European nations have spent a decade ensconced in monetary union. But Europe might have been better off if its nations
had continued to compete on currency.
Litigating Over The Environment Makes Big Bucks For Trial Lawyers
James R. Copland Washington Examiner, 9-01-10
America's litigation industry--the aggressive class action and mass tort lawyers who we at the Manhattan Institute have dubbed Trial Lawyers,
Inc.--are always seeking new products to expand their bottom line.
How Corrupt Is the Muni-Bond Business?
Steven Malanga RealClearMarkets.com, 9-01-10
When the Securities and Exchange Commission charged New Jersey with fraud last month for failing to disclose certain fiscal dealings to bond buyers,
observers were quick to note that this might be the first of several actions from the agency, which has established a new, 30-person unit to pursue
corruption in municipal finance.
It's a Good Time to Index Taxes On Capital
Josh Barro RealClearMarkets.com, 8-31-10
The Modeled Behavior blog has been taking nominations for the 4% Club, which it describes as "An elite group of economists, pundits, and politicians" who
want the Federal Reserve to raise its inflation target from 2%.
Wind Energy Gets Huge Subsidies. So Where Are The CO2 Reductions?
Robert Bryce Energy Tribune, 8-27-10 (This story is an extended version of an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on 8-24-10)
Over the last few years, the wind industry has achieved remarkable growth largely due to the industry’s claim that using more wind energy will
result in major reductions in carbon dioxide emissions
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Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada (D-Bronx), spent $880,201 on his legislative office operations and staff in the most recent six-month period
reported by the Legislature -- nearly $273,000 more than former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R-Brunswick) spent during a comparable period in
2008.
