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A 1,700 acre mixed-use development campus outside of Austin, TX, dubbed "Wildhorse Ranch," sits in limbo as promised economic development remains unrealized.

Richard Clarke tells a conference of lefty bloggers that we should worry over the junta of military intelligence and private defense contractors running this country's homeland security apparatus:

A couple of years ago the University of Chicago lost its exclusive no bid contracts for two famous national labs when the Energy Department decided to open the bidding process to private companies.  Did U. of C.

You have to wonder sometimes whether these populist demagogues in Washington are stupid or just intentionally trying to screw things up. They are so angry with private companies that are making profits, American companies, that they are willing to do something that would increase the price of gas, thus making it harder on the little [...]

The number of deals that governments globally are working with private companies to take control of and profits from public infrastructure has tripled from last year to this year.

In October 2005 I wrote a post asking for a higher gas tax; I wanted taxes to create $5 gas. The idea (and by no means was it my idea) was that a higher gas tax would accomplish 3 things:

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The best response to the LED bill dispute comes from MJB over at the City Paper's comment board accompanying their story today:

The last five days have been very productive at 5009 Stillwood Drive.

Over at Hullabaloo, dday gets to the meat of this FISA madness:

That's all this is about. The telecoms don't want the amnesty. The overriding goal is to shut down these lawsuits and, most important, eliminate the discovery phase so that the full extent of Administration lawbreaking is permanently hidden. This is about burying the evidence, as every single action by the White Hou