For the fifth year in a row, CEOs rated Texas as the #1 state in which to do business and California as the worst, according to a Chief Executive magazine survey. North Carolina maintained its #2 rank, while Tennessee rose two positions to the #3 spot. Virginia was up three slots from last year to [...]
Texas Top State for Business, California Worst
May 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Wyoming Senators Says Lack of Oversight Undermines Transparency and Sound Science
March 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments
No, it’s not the most exciting topic, but it is important. Today, U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released a report detailing the Subcommittee’s lack of oversight on a number of key Administration activities that undermine transparency and sound science. Among the findings of the report are the following: In 2009, the Senate Environment and Public [...]
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Yellowstone Quake Swarm Making News Again
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments
The annual “Yellowstone is shaking and might erupt” news reports have surfaced, prompting me to ponder how the Obama Administration might respond to a natural disaster with its epicenter at the national park. The New York Times, among others, reported today that more than 100 mostly-tiny earthquakes a day, on average, have rattled a remote [...]
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Will Yellowstone Eruption Be Obama’s Katrina?
January 7th, 2009 · 8 Comments
With earthquake swarms rattling Yellowstone National Park, seismologists speculating about whether a mega-eruption is imminent and Wyoming residents raising tough questions about the danger of such an event in local newspapers, I can’t help but wonder why Barack Obama hasn’t told the American people how he’s going to save us from the carnage sure to [...]
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Video Outlines Obama’s Rhetoric vs. His Record
October 26th, 2008 · No Comments
Tonight, with less than ten days to go before election day, William J. “Bill” Federer sent me an e-mail. It included a link to a video, Barack Obama: Rhetoric vs. Record, featuring Foster Friess, a successful businessman and Army veteran living in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Because I hold Federer in such high esteem as a [...]
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