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Natural Gas Development Upsets Conventional Thinking on America’s Energy Future
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Guest Commentary: Obama Mangles Lincoln on the Role of Government
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The Big Debt
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High School Diploma:
You could not bankrupt out of student loans well before the 2005 law. Your stat -
Anonymous:
Peak Oil does not mean that there is no oil left. It means that the easy oil was -
Jessica Choi:
Make sure to include your teachers in the decision-making process! Last ye -
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Interesting article.Nice write up.The requirement of the website is very impor -
sickofdemocrats:
But this is typical of Mr. Obama and most (not all) Democrats. They will say a
Posts Tagged ‘Manhattan Institute’
Commentary: The State Bankruptcy Debate
As states across the country face fiscal crises, discussions have begun about legislation which would permit individual states to declare bankruptcy. Currently, federal law prohibits states from filing for bankruptcy, but a number of prominent policymakers and scholars have proposed changing the rules.
Commentary: What New Orleans Can Learn From Atlanta’s Public Housing Model
As the proposed redevelopment of the Iberville housing projects moves forward incrementally, nascent opposition to transforming the last of New Orleans remaining “Big 4” pre-Katrina projects has begun to swell, as evinced in the piece by Elizabeth Cook of NewOrleansindymedia.org.
Beware of Bank Regulations Curtailing Credit
As Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Manhattan Institute points out, there is widespread hostility towards the financial sector even though: 140 banks failed in 2009 regulators and Congress encouraged banks to make high-risk loans many banks were required by Hank Paulson to take the TARP money in 2008 all but one large bank repaid TARP funds [...]