Colorado
Temperamental Journey
Ohio Vs. Virginia: A False Choice?
Colorado Doubles Down on ‘Bottom Up’
Earlier this week we highlighted Colorado’s interesting “Colorado Blueprint” experiment in “bottom up” economic development planning. And last week we noted the initiative in our economic agenda for the state of Nevada. Now it turns out there are intriguing new developments. READ MORE >>
‘Bottom Up’ Economic Development Gains Traction
States across the nation are increasingly recognizing the crucial role that regions and metropolitan areas play in their economies. Just last week, Nevada leaders nodded their heads a lot during the release of a big report there about how states should “aid and abet” regional efforts to develop smart sector and cluster strategies to boost growth. READ MORE >>
Day Care Quality, the Great Unknown
The End Of Obama's Charlotte Strategy?
The Two Year Window
The Turnaround Men
Guess Chris Christie's Weight!
Michael Kinsley, my friend and former boss at the New Republic and Slate, has a Bloomberg column today arguing that Chris Christie's fatness is a legitimate issue in judging his fitness (no pun intended) to be president. READ MORE >>
A Radical New Ploy to Destroy Roe v. Wade—Which Just Might Work
2011 has been a banner year for abortion opponents. Thus far, 87 state laws restricting abortion have been enacted, the most in any year since Roe v. Wade and more than double the previous high. But one rogue wing of the pro-life movement sees no reason to celebrate: the budding “personhood movement,” which wants to turn abortion into homicide by methodically amending state constitutions to define conception as the beginning of a person’s life. READ MORE >>