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Red faces about 'green' jobs
Thursday February 05, 2009 by Ernest Istook -- It's red faces for those claiming government should subsidize "green" jobs for American workers. According to new reports, they're not very well-paying jobs, and many could be exported to overseas workers. Plus, many of the other jobs from the bill would go to illegal immigrants! ...
Barack Obama: Symbolism over substance
Thursday January 29, 2009 by Ernest Istook -- Friendly headlines greeted President Obama when he announced a freeze on White House salaries – at least on those over $100,000 per year. Having embraced symbolism, Obama stopped rather than apply the same freeze to the entire federal government. Yet the average federal ...
Mr. President: End race-based victimhood
Thursday January 22, 2009 by Ernest Istook -- President Barack Obama's inaugural address rightfully denounced "our collective failure to make hard choices." Now he is uniquely positioned to address one of the toughest: race relations. We have allowed affirmative action to transform into reverse discrimination. Obama's u ...
A trillion reasons we're in deep trouble
Thursday January 15, 2009 by Ernest Istook -- My 6-year-old granddaughter Abby bragged recently that she could count to 20. She proceeded to demonstrate, and I praised her. Then she asked how high I can count. I told her that I don't know; I've never tried because it takes too long. Today we talk about numbers so big th ...
Burris mess exposes Senate's own sleaze
Thursday January 08, 2009 by Ernest Istook -- The U. S. Senate's treatment of nominee Roland Burris is a perfect example of how warped our Congress has become. Almost all of Washington comes out smelling bad. Over-posturing as "anti-corruption" and with hubris befitting King George III of old, the Senate's top two leaders ...
Protect the secret ballot
Thursday January 01, 2009 by Ernest Istook -- A few years ago, 16 of Congress' most liberal members wrote Mexico's government, "We understand that the secret ballot is allowed for, but not required, by Mexican labor law. However, we feel that the secret ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure that workers are not intimidated into v ...
Santa forced to evacuate North Pole
Thursday December 25, 2008 by Ernest Istook -- Evacuation operations continue at the North Pole, as Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, their reindeer and an estimated 5,000 elves are being relocated due to global warming to a secure but undisclosed location. The forcible removal began shortly after Santa lifted off from the North Pole Airport o ...
Fuming over the fun tax
Thursday December 18, 2008 by Ernest Istook -- Where do bad ideas come from? The proposed soda tax, "iPod tax" and others announced by New York Gov. David Paterson mark a new low in using the tax code to govern our lives Politicians have long had a fondness for sin taxes – levies on "bad" things like alcohol and tob ...
You call this 'vital infrastructure'?
Thursday December 11, 2008 by Ernest Istook -- Heisman Trophy hopefuls are second-stringers compared to congressmen and senators. Politicians can throw money at problems far better than any quarterback can throw a pigskin – and they both involve pork. Football, though, has more tight ends than Washington has tightwads. ...
Greed: It's not just corporate 'fat cats'
Thursday December 04, 2008 by Ernest Istook -- Greed is good. – Gordon Gecko, the movie "Wall Street" (1987) Condemning corporate greed is smart politics when everyday Americans have financial struggles. No wonder it's back in vogue on Capitol Hill. But today's political denuncia ...
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Ernest Istook is recovering from serving 14 years in Congress and is now a distinguished fellow at The Heritage Foundation.
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