James Pethokoukis Offers Us Reasonable Causes For Cheer
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days (Free subscription) | yesterday
Let us count the ways: He reminds us that the conventional wisdom to the contrary...
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James Pethokoukis Offers Us Reasonable Causes For Cheer
Red State (Free subscription) | yesterday
Let us count the ways: He reminds us that the conventional wisdom to the contrary notwithstanding, the world really isn't going to Hell in a handbasket for Americans . A nice reminder in the midst of an election year when candidates appear to be falling all over themselves to claim otherwise. Relatedly, be sure once again to see this , which serves as a nice palate cleanser after digesting the unappetizing...
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The L Word
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
By Patrick Appel James Pethokoukis cites a study by Macroeconomic Advisers: The Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC (MA) Presidential election model predicts that Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama will win 54.8 percent of the two-party popular vote and Republican presidential candidate...
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The Housing Push
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
By Patrick Appel James Pethokoukis explains why government housing promotion is a bad idea, while Megan is perturbed by the housing bill.
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We Agree on the Important Things
Uncertain Principles (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Via Will Wilkinson , James Pethokoukis at US News considers the state of the economy , and draws the same conclusions I did , for exactly the opposite reasons: My theory is that the amazing resilience of the American economy through this slowdown--as well as the lack of a bad recession in a generation--is indirect proof that the 25-year economic expansion that started in 1982 made us...
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Stratospheric proposal
Suitable For Mixed Company (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
James Pethokoukis , writing at the Capital Commerce column at U.S. News & World Report, has a July 18, 2008, column under the headline, Dissecting Al Gore's $5 Trillion Energy Plan , which begins: In a speech yesterday here in Washington, Al Gore challenged the United States to "produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun, and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10...
