Energion Roundtable Week 9 Informed Voters
This week’s Energion Roundtable question with Bob Cornwall, Arthur Sido, Allan R. Bevere, Joel Watts, and myself is: An informed electorate is important in sustaining a democracy. We’ve just completed a presidential and vice-presidential debate, and will see two more presidential debates. I’ve just read some factchecking from the vice-presidential debate which suggested that accuracy […]
Read More..>>Fear vs. Reality
There is no question that the country is in a mess. The first rule of holes states that when you are in one stop digging, but this is a lesson that many on the left, particular the more radical environmentalists, have failed to learn. Granted, radical environmentalists did not get us into this current mess. […]
Read More..>>Why Obama Failed
There was a lot of discussion over, and distortion of, Rush Limbaugh’s statement at the beginning of President Obama’s term that “I hope he fails.” Fast forward to today and it is hard to find anything that is going right. The economy is trying to bounce back but is weighted down by so much uncertainty […]
Read More..>>Did Prop 187 Destroy the Republican Party?
Jeb Bush and Ken Mehlman in the Wall Street Journal argue that Prop 187 destroyed the Republican party in California. As someone who was active in California politics at the time, I think their analysis ignores several key factors, the most important being the internal struggle that existed in the party at the time, and […]
Read More..>>Does Social Security Need to be Fixed?
Democrats are saying that there is no problem with Social Security and that Bush proposal is merely and attempt to destroy the system. To some extent the Democrats are correct on the first part. Social Security is not a problem today, however it will be a huge problem in the future. The Wall Street Journal […]
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