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Joanne Butler is a senior economics fellow at the Caesar Rodney Institute of Delaware. You can email her at joanne-butler@comcast.net.
It’s graduation season but something’s changed. There seem to be fewer of those dopey ‘life’s lessons by famous people’ gift books on offer than in years past – and that’s fine with me. Every year, I’d see that predictable crop at the booksellers – smallish tomes with bright covers, lots of white space on each [...]
The scene-stealer in last week’s Supreme Court hearings on Obamacare has been how the folks who fashioned the White House’s legal arguments (and their chums) were totally gobsmacked by the Court’s questions on the constitutionality of the individual mandate. After watching a parade of obviously literate people with a ‘Martians are landing’ look on their [...]
While our presidential candidates grandly speak of transforming America, I have a more prosaic question: Who will pay attention to the small stuff? No, not silly small stuff, such as President Jimmy Carter fussing over the White House tennis court schedule, but stuff like … collecting a billion dollars in unpaid federal taxes owed by [...]
A current hot popular history book, Destiny of the Republic, has the most unlikely of subjects – President Garfield. Yes, James A. Garfield – remember him? If you don’t, it’s understandable; he was one in a parade of now-obscure late 19th century presidents … such as Rutherford B. Hayes and Chester Arthur. But author Candice [...]
This article was originally published in The Daily Caller. As Governor Chris Christie prepared for his speech Tuesday at the Reagan Library, some conservatives hoped (despite Christie’s repeated denials) that he would use the occasion to jump into the presidential race. If those conservatives bothered to look at Christie’s biography, they would realize [...]
For me, September 11, 2001 was a day of terror, stupidity, and kindness. It was as if an action movie had come to life, but nobody was following a script. I was working at the U.S. House of Representatives that morning, in one of the House office buildings next to the Capitol. Meanwhile, Steve, [...]
One of the hazards of being an economist is the tendency to constantly make economic observations. Take the Borders Going-Out-of-Business sale, for instance. By observing what’s on the shelves now – about a month after the sale began – I’ve confirmed my suspicion that outside the D.C. Beltway, political books don’t sell terribly well. [...]
Speaker Boehner’s struggles to get a debt ceiling bill passed put this question in my mind: Will he bring the cheese doodles to Rep. Ron Paul’s upcoming retirement party? Seriously – when the dust settles, what will Boehner do about those on the right who opposed his efforts to avoid default? Let’s take Rep. Jim [...]
Was I the only one underwhelmed by Brett Baier’s interviews for Fox News of ‘typical’ Iowa voters? http://video.foxnews.com/v/1032979027001 He interviewed three people – and two of them just happen to be dependent on government funding. If that’s typical of Iowa’s population, then Republican presidential candidates will have tough sledding in the Iowa caucuses if they [...]
Here’s something to ponder now that you’ve burned loads of fuel waiting at Delaware’s I-95 toll plaza over Memorial Day weekend: getting traffic through the state efficiently is so important to Governor Jack Markell that he’s just nominated an political operative with little or no management experience as our transportation secretary. Some say his choice [...]
Organization: Girls On The Run Delaware
Girls on the Run® is a 501(c)3 positive youth development program which combines an interactive curriculum and running to inspire self-respect and healthy lifestyles in pre-teen girls. Our core curriculum addresses many aspects of girls’ development – their physical, emotional, mental and social well-being. Lessons provide girls with the tools to make positive decisions and to avoid risky adolescent behaviors.
Girls on the Run will be hosting their Spring 5k Saturday, May 19th, 2012 at the Wilmington Riverfront. Registration opens at 7am and the race starts at 8:30am.
