Challenges of Operating a Marine Vessel Service in Today’s Regulatory Climate
Kevin Clark, CEO, Argosy Cruises Read More ›
Challenges of Public-Private Partnerships in Cross-Sound Ferry Operations
Darrell Bryan, CEO, Clipper Navigation, Inc. Read More ›
Importance of Maritime Industry to the State Economy
Peter Philips, Publisher, Philips Publishing Read More ›
Romney and the Real Wealth Gap
The biggest challenge for Mitt Romney isn’t that America hates the rich; it’s that the public hates the undeserving rich, and deeply resents privileged punks and politically connected connivers who never performed constructive service to make their millions. If the GOP contender convinces people that he amassed his fortune through hard work, building businesses and creating jobs, they’ll cheerfully forgive his vast Read More ›
Ferry Roundtable: Welcoming Remarks
Bruce Agnew, Dir., Cascadia Center Read More ›
Organized Labor and the Maritime Industry
Capt. Time Saffle, Regional Representative, International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots Read More ›
Maritime Labor in the Pacific Northwest: A Historical Perspective
David Freiboth, Executive Secretary, King County Labor Council Read More ›
Washington State Ferries: An Overview
David Moseley, Assistant Secretary, Ferries Division, Washington State Department of Transportation Read More ›
Gilder Shames the Pessimists
This article, published by Globes, discusses Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: Thank goodness for George Gilder, the technology guru who years ago predicted what is now happening in the world of telecommunications. He came all the long way from the US to tell us at the “Globes” Israel Business Conference what wonderful developments are taking place here, and how Read More ›
Social Muddle
The adjective that economist Friedrich Hayek famously called a “weasel word” is alive and well in the feel-good phrases social business, social justice and the social gospel. In all three of these phrases, the common weasel word sucks some of the essential meaning out of what it modifies by implying that business, justice, and the Christian Gospel are a-social, or even anti-social, until conjoined Read More ›
It’s easy to bash capitalism, but German film shows different reality
I have observed two recent events that seem to be unrelated. Yet, as I think about them, one has much to do with the other. On one hand, the news lately has been filled with stories about a large number of people congregating on Wall Street in New York City. Some refer to themselves as if they were a coherent group Read More ›
Official says safer Iraq is good investment for Wash.
This article, published by The Seattle University Spectator, discusses a presentation given at Discovery Institute: It was Hamod who kicked off the presentation at the Discovery Institute in Seattle on Wednesday. Currently, the top 10 states that export goods to Iraq are Texas, South Carolina, California, Arkansas, Alabama, Ohio, Louisiana, New York, Oregon and Georgia. The rest of the article Read More ›