Medical Diplomacy

My former Governor Tommy Thompson has supported a policy of “medical diplomacy on the campaign trail. I completely support the idea. What it would entail is to look to our nations top medical graduate schools to give us their top students. They would go to third world countries all around the world to build hospitals, provide equipment [...]

Fairness Doctrine

I don’t think there is any way I can ever support this mandate. The idea in itself is great. I would love to have conflicting views on the airwaves. The problem is that regulation quite often has the opposite effect of its intention.
 If a radio station  cannot present a view without presenting an opposite view, it will [...]

Out on Vacation

Alright, well, I’m outta here, at least for a week. I leaving for my 4th of July vacation tomorrow, and I won’t be back until the monday after next. I don’t have a laptop, so I won’t be able to check in – I’m leaving the blog to Josh until I get back – I [...]

Amnesty Bill Dies in Senate

I think we can finally say that the idea of Amnesty for illegal immigrants is dead – at least for now. The final vote was 46-53, the bill needed at least 60 votes to move to a final vote, and it failed. From Yesterday’s vote, which allowed discussion on the amendments, to today’s vote, which [...]

Blair exits

Im sad to see Tony Blair go.
Blair and I might not have the same ideology but he got results. His creation of a central bank stabalized interest rates. Under Blair Britain has full employment, and strong economic growth. It also has good quaility of life. The public services (like the Nstional Health Service) have improved. He [...]

dead from the neck up

About a week or so ago, David Weigel alerted us to Hillary’s meathead idea. I have no problem with investing in education but its these types of programs that I find not worth the cost.

More thoughts on Education

In education, like many other public sector jobs, pay is based on experience. I think the correct model is to base pay on merit. This might make more tenured teachers angry but I believe it would attract teachers looking to go into the profession. I just got done reading French President Sarkozy’s book. His vision [...]

Is Fred Thompson Helping Romney?

To be perfectly honest, Fred Thompson is probably one of the larger thorns in the side of the Romney campaign. That said, I think there is a possibility that Thompson may help Romney in the long term. While Thompson is currently drying up some of the loose support that would otherwise go to Romney, I [...]

Rasmussen Update: Romney up 2%, Thompson Lead Grows

Romney up, McCain up, Thompson down, Giuliani down.
 Yes, Thompson’s lead over the other GOP candidates did increase in this week’s Rasmussen poll, but it wasn’t because he got more support than last week. In fact, both Thompson and Giuliani fell, while Romney and McCain (the two at the bottom of the top tier) each saw [...]

Romney: Don’t Expect As Good a Quarter

Everyone in the political world was supprised last quarter to see how well Romney did with fundraising, rasing more than $20 million to help feed his campaign. This time around, he does not expect to come in first, and says that the numbers should be closer between the top three candidates.
While I am disappointed that [...]