False Sense of (Energy) Security

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  August 18th at 01:17 PM  | 

Superficially, it would seem that the nation is successfully pursuing the Obama Administration’s stated energy goals of “increasing domestic oil production” and “reducing our dependence on foreign oil.” Domestic oil production has increased, but in spite of and not because of Administration policies. And while our overall oil import demand has declined, our imports from the Persian Gulf states, and Saudi Arabia in particular, have | Read More »

Deconstructing the American Dream

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  July 22nd at 07:20 AM  | 

I sat down this morning to write about teachers and bridges, about motivation and inspiration. Upon rereading the President’s Roanoke remarks, however, my focus shifted away from my planned topic of entrepreneurial outrage (“You didn’t build that!”). Reading deeper, a more alarming theme emerged: Now, we don’t need more top-down economics.  I’ve got a different view.  I believe that the way you grow the economy | Read More »