Did the Stimulus Ship Jobs to China? In dozens of key races around the country this election cycle, Republicans are hammering Democratic incumbents with this message: Billions of dollars were spent to create jobs in China. "Is Baron Hill running for Congress in Indiana or China?" asks one typical ad being run by the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC). "Baron Hill supported the $800 billion failed stimulus package that created renewable energy jobs in China." Another ad says West Virginia Democrat Nick Rahall's ...

China's Global Shopping Spree Think of it as a tale of two countries. When it comes to procuring the resources that make industrial societies run, China is now the shopaholic of planet Earth, while the United States is staying at home. Hard-hit by the global recession, the United States has experienced a marked decline in the consumption of oil and other key industrial materials. Not so China. With the recession  crippling effects expected to linger in the U.S. for many years, ...

It’s not the broad accepted wisdom that create trouble; it’s the specifics. That’s the lesson surrounding  to President Obama’s incentive plan thus far. Already, the head of state has seen some snags on Capitol Hill as Republicans flex their muscles, labeling of the stimulus plan as pork. And in Patchwork Nation’s 11 communities, we are earshot some skepticism on a category of . Some of our communities that lean left are upset that Mr. Obama’s priorities are suitable. Some of our more ...