The Oil

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 25th at 04:43 PM  | 

This is one of the best sentences written about government lately. I was led to believe that a powerful and active federal government would be good for society at large, but unfortunately the federal government’s ability to be powerful and active is not as pronounced as its ability to be large, meddlesome when its help is not wanted, and slothful when its help is actually | Read More »

The Gulf Oil Spill is Barack Obama’s Katrina and Halliburton All Rolled Into One

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  May 5th at 10:44 PM  | 

There was the delayed response. There was the worrying about the image. There was the lack of resources. No, I’m not talking about Hurricane Katrina, but the Obama Administration’s handling of the British Petroleum oil spill. But it gets better. It is not only like Bush’s Katrina, but like Halliburton too. Turns out Barack Obama has gotten more money from British Petroleum than any other | Read More »