Is a Tax Cut Always a Good Thing?
According to Friday’s Washington Post, the Administration is considering a new, short-term tax cut. Should conservatives cheer? As a matter of principle, there are at… Read More
Washington Post Misses on Romney Tax Plan and Step-Up Basis
The debate about former Governor Mitt Romney’s (R-MA) tax plan has reached a fevered pitch. In fact, The Washington Post published two articles (here and… Read More
Washington Post Gives Bill Clinton Two “Pinocchios” in Welfare Fact Check
When Bill Clinton is awarded two out of four “Pinocchios” for legitimatizing President Obama’s gutting of welfare’s work requirements as a pro-work move, maybe there’s… Read More
Author Ed Conard Talks Bain Capital, Economics and Obama’s Record
Edward Conard spent 14 years as a partner at Bain Capital, the most scrutinized company in America. But these days, he’s in the news for… Read More
Lobbyists Continue to Enjoy White House Access
President Obama’s has repeatedly promised to rein in the influence industry’s role in federal policymaking and access to top federal officials. But the president’s actions… Read More
Washington Post: EPA “Earning A Reputation for Abuse”
It hasn’t been a good week for the Environmental Protection Agency, and today’s Washington Post editorial page didn’t make it any better. On Monday, EPA… Read More
George Will Makes a Point on Defense
In a recent comment George Will threw down the gauntlet to conservatives to explain how the White House hasn’t stolen their traditional claim championing a… Read More
Ezra Klein Offers Dubious Statistics in Attacks on ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance’
[Klein responded in a post Wednesday afternoon. See below for our reply.] Ezra Klein, the Washington Post’s liberal political blogger, has been pushing a pair… Read More
Top 10 Reads: June 27, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. Transparency Win? Secret $2.4 Trillion… Read More
DC Teachers’ Union Aims to Muzzle the Messenger
If you don’t like the message, you might as well muzzle the messenger. Or at least that’s the strategy being employed by the Washington Teachers’… Read More
Is Head Start Helping Children Succeed and Does Anyone Care?
If you’ve heard the results of the recent Head Start Impact Study, congratulations. You are one of the few Americans who, no thanks to national… Read More
New CNN Poll: 59% Oppose Obamacare
A new CNN Opinion Research poll, conducted over the weekend as the House debated Obamacare, finds that 59 percent of Americans now stand opposed to… Read More
“China Rising?” The Post Gets It Mostly Right
Something odd happened today at the Washington Post. The editors at the Post wrote a solid editorial on China and, a page later, the esteemed… Read More
The Truth About Chinese Credit
A top story in the Washington Post last Saturday concerned Chinese banks. It was badly misleading, to the point of almost seeming intentional. The article… Read More
WaPo: “Legislative Sausage” Health Care Plan Could Lead to Single-Payer Insurance
Today’s Washington Post editorial page takes a critical look at Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) latest “compromise” health care bill, which it describes as 11th-hour… Read More
In the Green Room: Bill Kristol On the Big Story of Obamacare
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPlzV8BZdlw[/youtube] A poll released today by the Washington Post appears to indicate support for a public option is rising. They claim a 2% bump in the last… Read More
WaPo Poll: Americans Still Oppose Obamacare
The Washington Post published a poll today finding that Americans oppose the Obama administration’s health care plan 48% to 45%. But the headline above, is… Read More
What’s Obama Leaving Out of His Prescription for America?
Ever heard of the phrase “no such thing as a free lunch”? If you’ve taken Economics 101, you likely have. But evidently, this falls on… Read More
In the Green Room: Venezuelan Governors
Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is sitting in a white jeep yards away from the Honduran border, according to the Washington Post just minutes ago…. Read More
Is Holder Already Breaking His DOJ De-Politicization Promise?
Eric Holder, the new Attorney General has the opportunity this week to show whether he really intends to keep his promise of supposedly making sure… Read More
Cato Fights Back
The Cato Institute sought to make clear where they and the world’s smartest economists stand on the Pelosi-Reid-Obama Debt plan by running a full page… Read More
How to Bury Inconvenient News
Washington Post assistant managing editor Eugene Robinson believes that anyone who opposes a federal government bailout of General Motors and Chrysler is a “lunatic.” So… Read More
Joseph Stiglitz Is a ‘Lunatic’
Well, that’s what The Washington Post‘s Eugene Robinson said. He didn’t say that word for word, but he might as well have. This is what… Read More
More Than Roof Missing from House Housing Plan
The Washington Post has a decent editorial today titled “Holes in the Roof” on Rep. Barney Frank’s (D-MA) Housing bailout plan still snaking its way… Read More
The Washington Post Is ‘Hope’less
While CNN reports that Americans are split evenly (49% for, 48% against) on bailing out people who paid to much for real estate, the newsroom… Read More
Cheerleading at the Post
We don’t know exactly when it happened, but at some point The Washington Post dropped all pretense of being an objective news source and became… Read More
