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Heretical Ideas Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dave Schuler continues his excellent series on the important issues with this post, which is right on the money: I believe that government should get out of the subsidies business. Subsidizing energy production whether it’s oil, water power, or ethanol for use as a fuel is distorting. If it were economical to be doing those things, [...]
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Heretical Ideas Blog (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
And “Issues Week” continues over at The Glittering Eye, where Dave Schuler has posted an excellent discussion of why health care costs keep rising. His reason? Pretty much the cartel that controls medicine: At root there are two reasons that salaries in health care are as high as they are. The first is that [...]
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Nation-Building (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Dave Schuler has a great post on fiscal policy that summarizes the economic picture for the United States and raises some questions about what priorities need to be. I noticed that one of the graphs makes an important point that many people do not seem to appreciate - Social Security is just fine. Look at the flatness of the Social Security line: Overall, I agree that earmarks and other discretionary...
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The Kentucky Democrat (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Coming Soon : CS/SHH!: Is that in hopes of a "Deadpool" spin-off film? Schuler Donner: I hope so. I really hope so. He's so good at it. CS/SHH!: Are there any comic book storylines in particular that the movie is drawing from? Schuler Donner: There's an "X-Men: Origins" that some of it is pulled from, and then it's sort of an amalgamation of some of them. But "X-Men: Origins" sort of...
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Heretical Ideas Blog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Dave Schuler is continuing his excellent series on the current issues facing our country with his take on Economic Policy. One thing that he mentions is the fact that manufacturing is leaving the country, something I’ve started to be a bit concerned about, too. I’m old-fashioned enough to be concerned about so much manufacturing leaving [...]
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Heretical Ideas Blog (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Dave Schuler continues his “issues week” with his take on our current fiscal situation. I largely agree with his bottom line: We need to suit our wants to our means. For me this means we’re going to need to increase taxes a little, recognizing that will result in less economic growth than we otherwise might [...]
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Outside the Beltway (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Over the years Dave Schuler has worked as a martial arts instructor, a handyman, a musician, a cook, and a translator. He's owned his own company for the last thirty years and has a post-graduate degree in his field. He comes from a family of politicians, teachers, and vaudeville entertainers. All-in-all a pretty good preparation for blogging. He has contributed to OTB since November 2006 but...
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Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Producer Lauren Schuler Donner shares interesting tidbits about the forthcoming 'X-Men' spin-off as well as about one of the characters, Deadpool.
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Heretical Ideas Blog (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Dave Schuler over at the Glittering Eye has deemed this week to be one where online pundits actually talk about ideas and issues rather than who the candidates hung out with 15 years ago. He’s kicking it off today with a look at foreign policy issues. Give it a looksee–it’s a great discussion [...]
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
"Crews are optimistic, but keeping in mind the dry weather conditions, there are no guarantees," said Capt. Nick Schuler, a spokesman for the state Department of Forestry and Fire. "We expect continued hot and dry weather but no wind until Sunday evening. Hopefully this will be out by then."
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Outside the Beltway (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Over the weekend, Dave Schuler closed his post “Winning in Afghanistan” with three very good questions: What are our strategic objectives in Afghanistan? What tactics will effect those objectives? What are the logistical requirements of implementing the objectives? Today in New Atlanticist, my former graduate advisor, Don Snow, gives an extensive response with “Are We...
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Heretical Ideas (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
This is the third article in our “issues week” series being written in conjunction with Dave Schuler’s series at . The first article in the series, on Foreign Affairs, can be found . The second article, on Fiscal Policy, can be found . The third article, on Economic Policy, can be found . Image Credit: Before the war in Iraq, the rising costs of oil, and the financial crisis, health care used...
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Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... fronts moved west and northeast through brush toward Camp Pendleton's golf course, said Capt. Nick Schuler, a California Department of Forestry and Fire spokesman.The fire was not threatening any buildings on the base, though the golf course was evacuated as a safety precaution, said Marine Cpl. Priscilla Vitale, a base spokeswoman.Vitale said it was not immediately known how the fire started...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... and burned uncontrolled, aided by winds as it moved toward the base's golf course, said Capt. Nick Schuler, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire.The fire was not threatening any buildings, but the golf course was evacuated as a precaution, said Marine Cpl. Priscilla Vitale, a base spokeswoman.It was not immediately known how the fire started or whether training...
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PoliGazette (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Dave Schuler will kick off a grand project that focuses completely on the issues. He announced the project in a blogpost earlier today at this blog Glittering Eye. He decided to launch the project because he was fed up with the political debate; it’s all mud, all slogans all the time. There’s no serious discussion about [...]
