
by Blair Latoff Event is live now, read the report here or here. Three quotes: Tom Donohue - "As the driver of economic innovation, business must be deeply involved in educational innovation...

by Blair Latoff Kevin Ferris writes in the Philly Inquirer: "That is the true genius of America, a faith ... that we can say what we think, write what we think ... that we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution. ..." - State Sen...

by Tom Collamore Watching the news coverage of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has caused me to reminisce a bit. I had the privilege of working for President George H.W...

by Bruce Josten With the passage of H.R. 3962, the health care bill, the House missed a significant opportunity to advance reasonable and meaningful health reform that fundamentally changes how the health care system operates and changes the overall upward trajectory in spending...

by Bruce Josten On Tuesday I sent a letter to Senators Boxer and Inhofe on climate change which reminded: "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce believes climate change is an important issue for this Congress to address...

by Brad Peck In the NY TimesDavid Brooks -- to no surprise -- articulates better the point I was trying to makeyesterday: Independents support the party that seems most likely to establish a frame of stability and order, within which they can lead their lives...

by John Murphy A few folks have expressed the concern that our November 3rd letter to the Senate regarding climate change represented a change in the Chamber's position on carbon tariffs...

by Brad Peck Steve Chapman writing at Reason.com The average American citizen, contrary to myth, is neither very angry, nor very far to the left or the right, nor inclined to treat anyone with different opinions as a mortal enemy...

by Brad Peck From the AP: Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it - not so much to protect their health as his own practice...

byChristopher WenkAs I blogged from Europe last week as part of the Chamber’s Doha Trade Delegation, people in Geneva have been looking for more signals from the Obama Administration on the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. ...

by Mark Esper Today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Victoria Espinel was historic. ...

by Katie Wilson On Forbes a snip from Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames new book: Antibusiness bias has long been rampant at our top universities, where Marx occupies iconic stature, where free-market thinkers are seldom taught--and where careers in nonprofit sectors like academia or the arts are...

by Brad Peck In the Wall Street Journal, Heather Richardson Higgins, of the Independent Women's Forum, muses onthe political ramifications of a new poll by her group concerning women and health care, but let’s just take a look at the numbers from her piece: One key finding is that most women l...

by Gary Litman This week in Washington should become part of the European lore. The Obama Administration’s first US-EU Summit on November 3 took place at the same time as the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel became the first Chancellor to address both chambers of the U.S. Congress in 50 years. ...




















