Links

It's funny the reports wind lobbyists can gin up.

• Health care: Sandro Contenta on Canada's dirty secret, John Stossel on the destructive influence of the health insurance tax deduction, and some real health care reform taking place without the involvement of any politicians.

• Academic literature has shown that efforts to foster green energy ends up destroying more jobs than it creates. To counter this and other such literature, the Obama Administration produced a study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory which -- surprise -- found the opposite. New twist: a FOIA request discovers the new study was put together by George Soros and wind industry lobbyists! More here.

• Jonah Goldberg calls big business "simply vampiric."

• Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute gives six reasons to downsize government.

• Diana Furchtgott-Roth reports on Washington's "high road" to robbery.