RightMichigan.com - http://www.rightmichigan.com/Collaborative Media for the Massesen-usCopyright 2007 - RightMichigan.comTue Nov 24 10:55:01 2009RightMichigan.comRightMichigan.comRightMichigan.comhttp://www.rightmichigan.com/images/logo.jpghttp://www.rightmichigan.com/[News] In the MACKINAC CENTER Sphere Todayhttp://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2009/11/24/8271/4986The latest posts from
the MC, the Mackinac Center blog.
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K-zoo Taxpayers May Ante Up for New Sports Arena — In the midst of the Silverdome debacle, Kalamazoo is considering creating a hotel and restaurant tax to finance a new stadium at a cost of $81.2 million.
Mackinac Videos: What Canadians Want You To Know About Their Health Care System — As America moves closer to a government-controlled health care system, anxious Canadians want to set the record straight about life under their country's "universal" system.
Sunshine on My Shoulders — More schools are embracing transparency by posting their checkbook registers online.
[News] Student Takes on Special Interest, Corruption in Lansinghttp://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2009/11/23/235520/17Developer Gary Granger Threatens to 'Come After' Student Questioning Governor; Student files police report, personal protection order.[News] Health Care Reform: More Government is the Wrong Prescriptionhttp://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2009/11/23/221555/00I've never believed that problems largely created by the government will be remedied by more government. This is certainly true as it relates to health care reform. Unfortunately, more government is exactly what Congress and the Obama administration are prescribing.[News] A Win Win for conservativeshttp://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2009/11/23/211139/73Jay Riemersma announced this morning he's giving away a signed copy of Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, to the 85th online donor of $10 and up.
Then the story got picked up by Politico and the GR Press. Smart play all around.
I'd encourage right Michigan readers to support this strong conservative candidate for Congress, and get a chance at an autographed copy of Going Rogue. Just be sure to let me know if you're number 84...I've still got a few names on my Christmas list that would love this book. You can donate here.
From the Riemersma campaign via email this morning:[News] Too Healthy for Healthcare in Michigan?http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2009/11/23/202128/75An Open Letter from my wife:
There have been two times in my life in which I didn't advocate for the best health care available. The first time was when I was pregnant with my daughter living in a rural area and my physician refused to run a routine ultrasound. [News] Glenn Beck Highlights Mackinac Center's "Overton Window"http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2009/11/23/8564/0373-Joseph G. Lehman
(Cross-posted from the MC, the Mackinac Center blog.)
Yesterday on his Fox television show, Glenn Beck described public policy changes along a spectrum from right to left, dubbing the range of current policies "the Overton Window." He borrowed the term my colleagues and I gave to a theory of change developed by the Mackinac Center's late vice president, Joseph Overton. When Joe died in 2003, I built a presentation around his idea, and I still use it to show how think tanks can shift public policy.
[News] In the MACKINAC CENTER Sphere Todayhttp://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2009/11/23/8365/5299The latest posts from the MC, the Mackinac Center blog.
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Glenn Beck Highlights Mackinac Center's "Overton Window" — Glenn Beck borrowed the theory of change developed by the Mackinac Center's late vice president, Joseph Overton.
"Light Pollution" = Law Pollution — A "dark skies" movement seeks to pass laws to boss people around regarding their choices on lighting up their own property.
MEGA Madness and Big Labor Contradictions — Ironically, the MEGA-SEIU deal was offered in part to address the union's complaint that it is at a disadvantage due to Michigan's "high labor costs" compared to two other states the SEIU was supposedly considering (one of them with a right-to-work law reviled by the union).
A Cut or a Scratch — Are 20j reductions that bad for wealthy school districts?
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