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Green Wheels: The Fisker Fiasco
What was the government thinking? President Obama's Energy Department handed out a $529 million loan to Fisker Automotive, a sexy startup headed by a dashing Dane that sought to put a $104,000 plug-in hybrid car on the market. It looked too good to be...
Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Barack Obama, Hybrid Vehicles, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Column: Signs of grown-ups in charge
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. President Barack Obama used a recess...Tags: U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, Layoffs and Downsizing, U.S. Congress, The Washington Post
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Tell us again, Mr. Obama, what's so bad about the sequester?
Maryland students have some questions for President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin regarding sequester cuts. Why is it bad government policy to reduce the national debt by $1.2 trillion that students will have to repay in their adult years? Why...Tags: National Government, Politics, Barack Obama, United States Naval Academy, Government
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Commentary: Government is reason for high tuition, not solution
This is in response to the Feb. 21 letter to the H.B. Independent ("Affordability is essential to higher education") in which two well-meaning Cal State Long Beach students suggest President Barack Obama intervene to lower college costs. In the...Tags: National Government, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, California State University, Long Beach, Politics
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From the Right: Let Americans star making America better
If you were one of the 33 million Americans that watched at least part of the State of the Union address, you were unlikely to have been surprised at what you heard. The speech was all that we have come to expect of this president. More flowery words,...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Robin Hood, Science and Technology
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Energy Secretary Chu to step down
WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu said he is leaving the Obama administration, ending a tenure marked by active development of alternative energy that won plaudits from environmentalists and drew attacks from conservatives, especially after the...
Tags: Bill Ritter, Stanford University, Washington, DC, Politics, Companies and Corporations
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Column: Why we're near the cliff
If you have worked hard for five decades, made pots of money and now want to squander it all in Las Vegas on wine, women and baccarat, go ahead. If, however, you harbor the anti-social desire — stigmatized as such by America’s judgmental tax...Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Social Security, The Washington Post, U.S. Congress
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SolarCity slashes IPO share price, boosts size of offering
SolarCity Corp. expanded the size of its highly anticipated initial public offering but knocked down the share price in what analysts said was a bid to boost investor demand. The San Mateo company said in a Wednesday filing with the Securities and...
Tags: Financing and Stock Offerings, Initial Public Offerings, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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11/24
Two ways to stimulate the economy: Give government our tax dollars to spend its way — on bridges, unions, Solyndra — or let us keep those tax dollars and spend them the way we want. Did the first work? Having been raised in communism makes...Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Obama finally talks climate change; green industry wants more
In celebrating his reelection Tuesday night, President Obama finally touched on a topic that he and Republican rival Mitt Romney rarely broached during the campaign: Climate change. During his acceptance speech, Obama make a strong play to win over the...
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Standards, Global Warming, Politics, Conservation
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Obama has failed the nation
I grew up in a Democratic home. My Dad was always very aware of what was happening in government. We have copies of letters Dad wrote to the politicians of his day and the responses he received. Dad kept a chart on the fridge of all the local, state and...Tags: Breastfeeding, Nuclear Security Summit (2010), Abortion, George W. Bush, Human Interest
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Letters to the Editor: Oct. 31
Candidate’s behavior was ‘unseemly’ To the editor: After attending the NAACP candidate forum at the Clarion Hotel here in Jefferson County, W.Va., I was appalled at the behavior of Stephen Skinner, delegate candidate for the 67th...Tags: Deportation, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, NAACP, Valerie Jarrett
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