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Monthly Archives: October 2013
A Key Moment for Future Investment in the United States
By George Allen & Blanche Lincoln Washington isn’t known for getting things done quickly, but the wrangling over the Keystone XL pipeline is taking this reputation to an extreme. Now in its fifth year, the approval process is ensnared in bureaucracy … Continue reading
Has College Enrollment Peaked?
The number of Americans enrolled in four-year colleges has increased fairly steadily since 1970 but it took a dive between 2011 and 2012. Nationally, according to the September 2013 edition of American Consumers Newsletter, enrollment at four-year colleges plunged by … Continue reading
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How Activists Pick Your Pocket
According to the Capital Research Center, an education and research organization in Washington, D.C., activists are now using a process known as “sue-and-settle” to obtain policies favorable to their missions. First, activists sue government agencies such as the Environmental Protection … Continue reading
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Availability-Pay Concessions vs. Toll Concessions
The popularity of long-term highway projects procured as availability-payment concessions, rather than traditional toll concessions, has been increasing over the last year. At the ninth annual InfraAmericas US P3 Infrastructure Forum in New York in June, several speakers noted the … Continue reading
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The Media’s Over the Top Bias in the Virginia Governor’s Race
Even casual purveyors of the news readily concede there is liberal media bias. But the spin in this past year’s media coverage of the Virginia Governor’s race has been over the top. From local Virginia papers to the Washington Post; … Continue reading
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