Bruce Bartlett is a former senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis of Dallas, Texas. Before joining the NCPA, he was deputy assistant secretary for economic policy at the U.S. Treasury Department, where he served from September 1988 to January 1993. In 1987 and 1988, Bartlett was a senior policy analyst in the Office of Policy Development at the White House. From 1985 through 1987, he was a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. Between 1976 and 1984, Bartlett held numerous positions on Capitol Hill. In 1976, he served on the staff of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas as a legislative assistant. In 1977, he joined the staff of Rep. Jack Kemp of New York as a special assistant and staff economist. While with Kemp, Bartlett helped draft the famous Kemp-Roth tax bill. Between 1979 and 1980, he worked for Sen. Roger Jepsen of Iowa as chief legislative assistant. In 1981, Bartlett joined the staff of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress as deputy director, becoming executive director in 1983. Bartlett is a prolific author, having published over 900 articles in national publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, as well as many prominent magazines such as Fortune. In 1996, one of his columns inspired Bob Dole's 15 percent tax reduction plan. Bartlett has also written for important academic journals and published four books, including Reaganomics: Supply-Side Economics in Action, published in 1981. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2008 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:01:00 GMT Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ About 12 years ago, I got a call from Tom Bray, then editorial page editor of the Detroit News. I had known him since the early 1980s, when he was an editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal, where I had written... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/07/10/changing_world_of_commentary 8eba8354-0794-4451-b939-6fa6c40d2a2d Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:01:00 GMT One of the things that surprises me so far in the race for the White House is that none of the Republicans is positioning himself clearly as the anti-Bush. I think there is a yearning for such a candidate among the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/07/03/who_is_the_anti-bush aef04b55-b79e-45ff-9420-226cbc7a1435 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:01:00 GMT Many people are worried about global warming today. They fear that the polar ice caps will melt, raising sea levels and creating environmental chaos. Such concerns are not new. The historical record tells us of many... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/06/27/climate_history 7cb5306c-b87d-44d7-a2ab-a7af6e68ba0c Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:01:00 GMT Back during World War II, the Allies were successful in largely cutting off Germany's oil supply. To maintain their war effort, the Germans figured out how to make synthetic oil from coal. Later, the South Africans pe http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/06/19/synfuel_boondoggle 3da395dd-f6d3-448a-8801-15010e76ee82 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:00:01 GMT The immigration bill may be dead for now, but the political forces behind it have not gone away. Those will continue to impact both major political parties for many years to come. The basic force is that Hispanics... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/06/13/immigration_political_dynamics 85746a5e-42a4-4516-9c9a-fc4a18280120 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 04:01:00 GMT One of the things that bothers me about the immigration bill is the view held in the White House and Congress that "something" must be done; the option of doing nothing is not an option. It is my experience that when... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/06/06/immigration_frustration b134742b-9b2b-4284-95b4-3df5ee3350b0 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:01:00 GMT As some readers of this column may know, the first "real" job I ever had was working for Congressman Ron Paul back in 1976. I went to visit him a few months ago and was pleased to see that he had not changed much at all... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/05/29/taking_ron_paul_seriously 44f64f73-e941-4bd5-93ee-67e28a7ee922 Tue, 29 May 2007 20:00:00 GMT As someone who has been highly critical of George W. Bush's repeated violations of conservative principles for some years, last week brought some vindication. His endorsement of an immigration reform bill that is widel http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/05/22/republican_euthanasia c28fc208-f639-42aa-93bd-f42c03bb69a8 Tue, 22 May 2007 04:01:00 GMT It now seems almost certain that Paul Wolfowitz will leave the presidency of the World Bank. It's only a matter of negotiating the terms of his resignation. For those who have not been following this issue,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/05/15/wolfowitz_endgame 0c2043ef-53de-49c3-bd8c-63b5f9084e48 Tue, 15 May 2007 04:01:00 GMT I hadn't planned on writing another column about Hillary Clinton, but the one I wrote last week has been so widely misunderstood that I feel compelled to do so. To recap, I said that no Republican http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/05/08/democrats_and_conservatives 9d1ab852-9a57-4a3e-bbd7-0877176907f7 Tue, 08 May 2007 04:01:00 GMT As each day passes, it becomes increasingly clear that the Democrats will win the White House next year. It's not quite 1932, but it's getting close to a sure thing. All the energy is on their side, they are raisi http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/05/01/conservatives_for_hillary 55b12706-8f61-4183-a8f1-42143b89f82f Tue, 01 May 2007 04:01:11 GMT As is the case every year, the deadline for paying one's federal income taxes on April 15 brought forth many news features on the burden of taxation. This year was no different, with one article by former White House... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/04/25/tax_winners_and_losers 9fce514a-fb31-432f-a8f4-2183d221e9f9 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:01:17 GMT On April 6, I had an article in The New York Times arguing the term "supply-side economics" (SSE) had outlived its usefulness. I wasn't criticizing SSE. On the contrary, I was celebrating its success because its central... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/04/17/blogging_benefits f4c4b7ce-1342-4743-9e85-955a702f4553 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 04:01:00 GMT Just in time for tax filing season, the Tax Foundation and Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation have compiled some useful facts about the federal tax system. Following are a few worth thinking about as taxpayers write... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/04/10/tax_facts 8ca429d0-edcb-43cc-8456-83d98483d155 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:31:48 GMT I recently made a life-changing decision, which, to those under the age of 30, will probably sound ridiculous. I finally decided that I trust the Internet enough to stop subscribing to a number of publications that are... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BruceBartlett/2007/04/03/economics_on_the_internet b728a1d3-e249-405e-a612-d0f861c80201 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:01:00 GMT