Tag Archives: Rob Portman

How government works

Decades ago, I attended a national roll-out of the new EPA regs. About 500 companies were there. One Chicago based company complained that the new regs would not allow it to discharge Chicago tap water without first treating and filtering … Continue reading

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Declaration on Iran

Hormuz is the largest gateway to oil, controlling access to one fifth of the world’s oil supply When Christopher Columbus (1492) sailed across the Atlantic and Vasco da Gama (1497) sailed around Africa into the Indian Ocean, both explorers held … Continue reading

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China going forward 2012

Why do you think Chinese leaders are so nervous? They know that a billion people out in the hinterlands are watching elite Chinese on television and envying the newly rich from Shanghai and Guangzhou who buy Louis Vuitton luggage for … Continue reading

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Obama AD 2010

To the dismay of his MSM acolytes and Democrats, Barack Obama has proven to be a dud president, so far. In foreign policy and domestic policy, the president has produced no decisive results. Talks between Israelis and Palestinians have not … Continue reading

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