Libertarian Ed Crane Decides to Act Like a Liberal. Will It Destroy the Cato Institute?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 5th at 04:47 AM  | 

“Suffice it to say, Ed Crane has no legal argument. Instead, he is doing what the left does — resort to trial by media and whine.” A friend of mine asked me last week why I hadn’t written about the Cato Institute lawsuit business with the Koch Brothers. I told him I hadn’t seen it pulsing up anywhere, so why should I give it any | Read More »

On Ethanol, Conservatives Should Stand With Tom Coburn

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  March 29th at 01:44 PM  | 

Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) are out to get rid of the ethanol subsidy. The subsidy was put into the tax code to make it much harder to get rid of. How much harder? Well, according to Grover Norquist, if we get rid of the ethanol subsidy, we are raising taxes. I’ve written before how Grover Norquist gets lots of money from | Read More »