Author Archives: Dana Houle

The problem isn’t just that Texas laws and regulations are state of the art for, say, 1897: West Fertilizer fell under the purview of at least seven state or federal regulatory agencies, each with its own objectives. None had primary … Continue reading →

Over the last few days there’s been an interesting back-and-forth between Erik Loomis and Matt Ygeslias about holding international corporations to some common set of labor standards in all countries they operate. Erik’s most recent post calls Ygeslias’ crude “creative … Continue reading →

Scott LeMieux does most of the hard work here, so I won’t go through a point-by-point rebuttal of this post by Matt Yglesias. But there’s a big point Scott didn’t address. Yglesias’ post is argued entirely from the perspective of … Continue reading →

Well, maybe he’s a Democrat, but I probably would be a more legitimate spokesman for Kentucky Democrats. So would you. Jacob Conway is his name, and he’s no “Democratic official.” He’s just some dude. Some dude who was first called … Continue reading →

  Oh, if that were only true. I believe Weigel was referring to politicians and running for office, and of course too many politicians are motivated more by personal gain than public good. But the problem isn’t only with those … Continue reading →

Beware anything simple, because it will probably be too simplistic. Having said that, let me propose a simple explanation of a broad subject. It’s occurred to me that there’s a concise yet fairly comprehensive description of the differing priorities of ardent … Continue reading →

Yesterday John Podhoretz admonished his fellow conservatives to “get serious” about Barack Obama. “Obama is very possibly a world-historical political figure,” wrote Podhoretz. He’s not, he explained, a nice guy in over his head. And he’s not “the reverse-negative image of that delusion…a … Continue reading →

Columbia Journalism Review has a good piece on a very weak link in convincing the American public–the only public in a highly developed country still in need of convincing–that the earth’s climate is changing because of human activity: TV weathermen. … Continue reading →

Such certainty: With respect to Nate Cohn, I prefer to assess the race with a bit more emphasis on stuff like this: In political analysis it is important to not relevant precedents & apt comparisons. But it is also important … Continue reading →

Richard Florida is the great proselytizer of the creative class: [The creative class is] a fast-growing, highly educated, and well-paid segment of the workforce on whose efforts corporate profits and economic growth increasingly depend. Members of the creative class do a wide … Continue reading →