Category Archives: Policy

ROARR’s Guiding Principles (Part I): Data-Driven Decision-Making Produces Pragmatic Public Policy

Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Since starting this blog almost ten months ago, I intended to post this site’s guiding principles. Yet ten months into this experiment, I still haven’t done so. So without further ado, here is the first of seven principles that embody the philosophies underlying Reflections … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Defense, Education, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Food Security, Healthcare, International Security, Leadership, Mathematics, Media, Peak Oil, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Technology, Writing | Tagged Democrats, Reflections of a Rational Republican, Republicans, ROARR | 12 Comments

How Will Occupy Wall Street End?

Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Commentators have engaged in a great deal of speculation about how they believe the Occupy Wall Street movement will evolve over time. Will it end violently like it did in Oakland? Will it become an enduring movement that forever changes … Continue reading →

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Posted in California, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics, Predictions, Socialism, Taxes | Tagged America, Democrats, Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Polls | 17 Comments

Americans Distrust Government, Disapprove of Congress

Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

A recent New York Times/CBS News poll shows that 89 percent of Americans surveyed distrust government to do the right thing, and that 84 percent disapprove of Congress. Interestingly, only 46 percent disapprove of President Obama’s job performance, a potential … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Media, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Unions | Tagged Decision 2012, Democrats, Jobs, Jobs Bill, Polls, President Obama, Republicans | 11 Comments

Cost per Job in DOE’s Loan Program Qualifies for One-Percent Status

Posted on Saturday, October 22, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

As of today, October 22, 2011, the cost per job created (or saved) from the Department of Energy’s Federal Loan Guarantee Program is $554,217.61 (i.e., $35.9B in federal loan guarantees divided by 64,776 jobs). The most famous of these loan guarantees was the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, California, Clean Energy, Clean Tech, Energy Security, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics, Taxes | Tagged DOE, DOE Federal Loan Guarantee Program, Occupy Wall Street, One-Percenters, OWS, Solyndra | 4 Comments

Occupy Wall Street Theme Song

Posted on Thursday, October 20, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

My precocious 9-year old daughter came up with the idea for this song sung to the tune of the Fraggle Rock theme song. Then, my wife and I ran with it. Enjoy! Protest your cares away Work is for some … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, Humor, Media, Music, Policy, Politics, Socialism, Texas, Unions | Tagged Bankers, Cornel West, Corporations, iPhone, Kanye West, Occupy Wall Street, OWS | Leave a comment

If They Had the Votes, They Wouldn’t Need to Occupy Wall Street

Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

I’ve been meaning to officially congratulate Chris Ladd for becoming a contributor at FrumForum, and wanted to highlight his post today about the Occupy Wall Street Movement. As many of you know, Chris has been a tireless and valuable contributor … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Media, Policy, Politics, Socialism | Tagged Chris Ladd, FrumForum, Occupy Wall Street, Reflections of a Rational Republican | 9 Comments

Ivory Tower Hypocrisy at Occupy Los Angeles: Part II

Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

Yesterday, I pointed out the blatant hypocrisy inherent in the UCLA Department of Education’s faculty statement of solidarity with the Occupy LA movement. Not only does the statement do nothing to reduce “the systematic undermining of equal educational opportunity for all students … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, California, Education, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics, Socialism | Tagged Education, Hypocrisy, Occupussies, Occupy Los Angeles, Rising tuition, UCLA, UCLA Department of Education, UCLA Department of Education's statement of solidarity with Occupy LA | 5 Comments

Ivory Tower Hypocrisy at Occupy Los Angeles

Posted on Sunday, October 16, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“Universities share one characteristic with compulsive gamblers and exiled royalty: there is never enough money to satisfy their desires.” — Derek Bok, a former president of Harvard I found this statement of solidarity with the Occupy Los Angeles movement on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business, California, Education, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Politics, Socialism | Tagged Derek Bok, Education, Harvard, Hypocrisy, Occupussies, Occupy Los Angeles, Rising tuition, UCLA Department of Education, UCLA Department of Education's statement of solidarity with Occupy LA | 18 Comments

Occupy Wall Street: Understanding the Movement

Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

In previous posts about the movement, I poked fun at the seemingly absurd and logically inconsistent demands posted by one member of the movement. I even came up with the sarcastic nickname, “Occupussies” to rival the similarly lewd label of “Teabagger” … Continue reading →

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Posted in Blogging, Finance and Economics, Media, Policy, Taxes | Tagged MoveOn.org, Occupussies, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Tea Party, Teabaggers, The Maddow Blog | 101 Comments

Friday Fight at Occupy Wall Street?

Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 by Sean Patrick Hazlett

“If we stay up all night without sleeping bags we’re going to get sick and we’re going to look crazy on TV…Activist burnout is a real thing. If you can, take one night to sleep at a friend’s house and … Continue reading →