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A flood by the numbers
Numbers are daunting for many of us. For instance, what does 1.5 million cubic feet of water per second really mean? Or 114,000 cfs, for that matter? The former is what the Corps of Engineers sa...
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The "Redevelopment" Hoax
Why are so many people who are opposed to development nevertheless in favor of "redevelopment"? The short answer is that development involves decisions made in the market by large numbers of peopl...
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Nuclear power production in the aftermath of Japan
The voices of doom are already predicting the end for energy derived from nuclear reactors in the aftermath of the Japanese reactor failures. Germany is already signaling a retrenchment from its nu...
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Guest Column: An Attitude of Gratitude December 1, 2010
Thursday of last week, the United States of America celebrated Thanksgiving Day as it does each and every year. Why does our country take a holiday to “Give Thanks”, and to “Whom” and for “What” ar...
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Thomas Sowell
"Brass Oldies" - fallacies refuted long ago
Classic songs from years past are sometimes referred to as "golden oldies." There are political fallacies that have been around for a long time as well. These might be called brass oldies. It certa...
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Louis R. Avallone
An Open Letter To Conservatives...
I hope that you conservatives are happy now. With your sweeping election victories in Congress, and in several key gubernatorial races, I suppose that Republican and “Tea Party” candidates will now...
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Dan Juneau, President La. Assoc. of Business & Industry (LABI)
A time bomb for small business in the health care act
Many small businesses were opposed to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”), because they weren’t convinced that it would protect patients or make health care more afford...
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Thomas Sowell
The Multicultural Cult
Somebody eventually had to say it -- and German chancellor Angela Merkel deserves credit for being the one who had the courage to say it out loud. Multiculturalism has "utterly failed." Multicultu...
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Dan Juneau, President La. Assoc. of Business & Industry (LABI)
Is another "Beer Summit" in order?
Some time ago, President Obama created a ruckus when he accused a Cambridge, Massachusetts police officer of acting stupidly in arresting a college professor who was an acquaintance of the presiden...
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Thomas Sowell
Feingold Versus Johnson
One of a surprising number of old, well-established politicians being challenged in this year's election by some unknown newcomer is Senator Russ Feingold in Wisconsin. In a recent debate between S...
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Louis R. Avallone
The Light At The End of The Tunnel: It’s Still Morning in America
From a telephone survey last week, 64% of voters say the country is heading down the wrong track, which is 3% higher from the week earlier. Not surprisingly, 62% of voters say it would be better if...
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Thomas Sowell
Red Herring Politics: Sensational and Irrelevant Political Distractions...
In an election year, this is the time for an "October surprise"-- some sensational, and usually irrelevant, revelation to distract the voters from serious issues. This year, there are October surpr...
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