Independence Institute

A Good Value?: National Education Association Spends $13 Million on Assorted Advocacy Groups 0
- EDUCATION - Blogs, EDUCATION - Labor, EDUCATION - Teachers
- January 19, 2011
Member of a local teachers union in Colorado? Then most likely (unless you belong to the AFT) $166 of your dues this year is going straight to National Education Association headquarters in Washington, D.C. What is some of your money used for — when not funding negative political ads during election season, that is?
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More on China’s High-Speed Rail 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- January 19, 2011
An American blogger in China makes some interesting points about China’s rail system. The country’s existing rail network is currently being used to capacity by freight (mainly coal) and conventional passenger trains. In fact, the number of passenger trains has pushed a lot of coal traffic onto trucks and highways. The high-speed rail network was […]
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Portlandia Is Here 0
- TRANSPORTATION - Miscellaneous
- January 17, 2011
Although it will not premiere on television until January 21, the first episode of Portlandia is on line. Hulu says something about it expiring in three days, but if the video below doesn’t work, you might be able to watch it here or here. Richard Florida claims that, by attracting the “creative class,” cities like […]
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Ritter's "New Energy Economy" Based on Old Fallacies 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Legal
- January 14, 2011
by Ari Armstrong If you think corporate welfare “creates jobs,” you might be an outgoing Colorado governor. As governor, Bill Ritter signed “an unprecedented 57 clean-energy bills into law,” a January 5 release from Colorado State University reviews. Now Ritter will join the university’s Center for the New Energy Economy, drawing a privately funded $300,000
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