December, 2011
Readers’ views
To the editor: If you are thinking about adding a puppy to the family, you should be aware that responsible, loving breeders never sell to pet stores. Wholesale dog dealers sell to pet stores. Many online breeders are nothing more than large-scale commerical breeders, commonly known as puppy mills that sell online to evade federal [...]
Pesticide use rises in SJ, statewide
Pesticide use rose nearly 11 percent in San Joaquin County in 2010, a reflection of the end of Californias drought, state pesticide and local farm officials said. Much of the increase was due to additional applications of sulfur dust, a material applied during wet weather to discourage powdery mildew and other fungal diseases. San Joaquin [...]
County makes way for wind energy
LEXINGTON–Towering wind turbines are a sign of the times in Nebraska as residents look to alternative sources for energy. The Dawson County commissioners approved new zoning regulations during their regular bimonthly meeting on Dec. 20, which make way for wind energy. During a public hearing on the updated regulations, zoning administrator Pam Holbrook told commissioners [...]
Bonded Zone Regulation Prevents Smuggling
Bonded Zone Regulation Prevents Smuggling Friday, 30 December, 2011 | 20:30 WIB TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The government has asserted that the regulation on bonded zones is intended to prevent smuggled goods from entering domestic market. “Bonded zones should be export-oriented. However, many businesspeople in the bonded zones release their products in the local market—25 to 75 [...]
Republican Nonsense on Regulation
A persistent GOP line of attack against President Obama is that hes inflicted an intolerable regulatory burden on American businesses. Mitt Romney, for instance, has been telling campaign crowds that the Obama administration has issued four times as much regulation as past presidents. This claim is false. According to Bloomberg news, the Obama administration has [...]
GOP Rivals’ Deregulation Push: Repeal ObamaCare
The 2008 Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, supported a cap-and-trade regulatory scheme to address global warming. Four years later, all the GOP candidates eschew such an idea, reflecting a sea change among Republicans on regulation. Many conservatives blame the weak economy in part on the Obama administrations regulatory agenda. All of the GOP candidates [...]
New Republic: Why Obama Doesn’t Need To Choose
Enlarge Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton tour a building and speak about job creation and energy efficiency Dec. 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton tour a building and speak about job creation and energy efficiency Dec. 2, 2011 in [...]
It’s not government regulation that’s hurting business, George Will
By Tom Beaman So columnist George Will once again blames Big, Bad Government for quashing the efforts of CKE Restaurants (owner of Carls Jr. and Hardees) to create thousands and thousands of minimum-wage jobs (Strangulation by regulation: Fast-food exec says government thwarts job creation, Dec. 4). He touts the Carls Jr. record of minority hiring [...]
Christopher DeMuth Joins Hudson Institute as a Distinguished Fellow
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2011 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Hudson Institute, the future-oriented policy research organization based in Washington, is pleased to announce that Christopher DeMuth will be joining Hudson on January 2, 2012, as a Distinguished Fellow. DeMuth, currently the DC Searle Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), will pursue research on government regulation, [...]
FCC says Internet freedom under threat
Federal Communications Commissioner (FCC) Robert McDowell says Internet freedom is under threat by emerging global powers seeking a salient increase in government regulation. ?The proponents of Internet freedom and prosperity have been asleep at the switch. Or maybe I should say asleep at the router, McDowell recently told the Washington Times. ?? Thus far, those [...]