Daily Caller
Regulators Should Regulate Economy, Not Intervene In It
Just as surely as summer is followed by autumn, it seems that these days every proposed corporate merger is followed by antitrust complaints —…
Daily Caller
Republicans, Employers Cry Foul on New Labor Dept., NLRB Rules
Republicans and employers across the country are calling foul in what is seen as a double whammy from the Obama administration this week. The…
Daily Caller
Liberate ATMs and Credit Unions to Jumpstart Jobs
“ATMs don’t destroy jobs,” tweeted Davd Burge of the Iowahawk blog in response to Obama’s now-infamous “Today Show” explanation of unemployment. “Politicians who…
Daily Caller
There’s No ‘Average’ Cancer Patient
On June 28, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a hearing to decide the fate of Avastin, a drug taken by thousands…
Daily Caller
Bachmann and the ‘20,000 Millionaires’ Myth
“Michele Bachmann would knock 20,000 millionaires off tax rolls.” So reads the glaring headline on a blog post by Howard Gleckman of the…
Daily Caller
Overdrawn at the Ideas ATM
President Obama recently blamed today’s high unemployment on… automation. Yes, you heard at right. He singled out automatic teller machines (ATMs), which he…
Daily Caller
The Exceptional Children Of Skilled Immigrants
Much of the debate over increasing legal immigration and work visas, such as the H-1B visa for highly skilled workers, has centered on the…
Daily Caller
What the Boeing Company Teaches about Right to Work
Boeing celebrated the completion of its final assembly plant for the Dreamliner 787 aircraft in North Charleston, South Carolina, today. Boeing’s $1-billion investment…
Daily Caller
GOP’s ‘Durbin Dozen’ Keeps Dodd-Frank Price Controls
Anywhere but the Senate, getting 54 votes out of 100 is a victory. And Wednesday, a bipartisan group of 54 Senators responded to concerns from…
Daily Caller
Let’s Face the Truth: The Stimulus and Bailouts Failed
You’d think last Friday’s terrible jobs numbers would cause honest elected officials to admit that their economic policies have failed. They would tell the American…
Daily Caller
To Stimulate Economy, End Predatory Abuse Of Antitrust
Among numerous steps needed to stimulate a double-dipping economy, one is to make antitrust not pay anymore. AT&T’s $39 billion merger with T-Mobile (a…
Daily Caller
Nobody for Commerce Secretary
In choosing John Bryson as his nominee to be the next U.S. secretary of commerce, President Obama has chosen a perfect representative of our new…
Daily Caller
Obama’s Funny Auto-Jobs Math
‘The auto industry has added 113,000 jobs over the past two years.” So proclaimed President Obama in his speech Friday at the Chrysler-Fiat…
Daily Caller
Deregulation Now!
Today’s much weaker than expected employment numbers show that the president’s agenda of more regulation and increased spending has undoubtedly failed. However much…
Daily Caller
Real Beneficiaries of the ‘Stimulus’
It was depressing but not surprising to read that tax cheats received $24 billion in stimulus money (“Stimulus recipients found to be tax cheats,” Page…
Daily Caller
Immigration Reform Can Jumpstart Economy
Jeffrey is a talented electrical engineering PhD student at CalTech. He already holds three patents. One of his inventions may cure glaucoma. It is…
PJ Media
The Price of Beauty: Chemicals in My Cosmetics?
I am not a morning person, but every day a host of personal care products — from toothpaste to mascara — help me transform…
PJ Media
Unsportsmanlike Conduct On The NFL Players Union
Today, only 7 percent of private sector workers belong to a union. Union membership has plummeted as unionized companies have become less competitive, in…
Investor's Business Daily
Reform Sarbox To Galvanize High-Tech IPOs
Silicon Valley is teeming with budding startups whose user bases and valuations are skyrocketing. As these companies seek breathing room to grow, they will…
The American Spectator
Unionization Via Regulation
Are unions desperate? When it comes to reviving their fortunes in the private sector, it certainly seems that way. Union leaders, unable to reverse…
The American Spectator
If You Care About Immigration, You Should Care About the STAPLE Act
President Obama’s immigration speech last week suffered from political schizophrenia. Early on he bragged of his administration’s efforts to stop undocumented immigration, but later…
The American Spectator
Falsely Accused Teachers and Students Will Be Harmed by New Education Department Policy
The Washington Post had a sad story on May 14 about a school teacher falsely accused of sexual misconduct by a student with a…
The American Spectator
Feds’ Online Poker Shutdown Assaults Internet Freedom
On April 15, a day now known as “Black Friday”, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) effectively shut down three major online poker websites by…
The American Spectator
When Washington Fails a Cost-Benefit Test
Today I’m pretending I’m a bureaucrat, and I’ve decided you shouldn’t do backflips on a pogo stick. Also, nousing a pogo…
American Spectator
Congressional Economics
The House of Representatives is not exactly a bastion of economic knowledge. But it can be a goldmine for economic educators if they know where…
American Spectator
Oregon’s Anti-BPA Packaging Legislation May Jeopardize Public Health
The Oregon Senate recently voted in favor of SB 695, which would ban BPA use for children’s food containers, baby bottles and sippy cups…
The Washington Times
State Cartel Looking to Hike Internet Taxes
A handful of U.S. senators are teeing up legislation to capture more tax revenue on Internet purchases. Certainly there are valid (and some not so…
The Washington Times
Under Obama, Running Out of Money Is a Success
Only in Washington would running out of money and prematurely limiting a program be considered a success. This Friday (May 6,) Obamacare’s first handout program…
Daily Caller
Free Trade Agreements Don’t Kill Jobs
The U.S. is slowly working towards free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. After years of wrangling, they might even pass this…
Daily Caller
The Washington Post’s Junky Rant Against Princess Catherine’s Entrepreneurial Family
On the eve of the royal wedding, The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed I wrote celebrating the entrepreneurship of Kate Middleton’s parents and…
Daily Caller
Ten Thousand Commandments: How Much Regulation Is Enough?
President Barack Obama’s recent federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2012 sought $3.729 trillion in discretionary, entitlement and interest spending. For reference, George W. Bush…
Real Clear Markets
The NLRB Overreaches – Once Again
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has gone lawsuit crazy. With the U.S. House of Representatives now under Republican control, the Board is now…
Real Clear Markets
Maryland’s BPA Ban Exposes Children to Greater Risks than the Chemical Itself
Dumb ideas are often infectious — especially in the world of politics. Lawmakers in several states, for example, are considering legislation similar to a foolhardy…
Real Clear Markets
The Entrepreneurs’ Princess
From across the pond, I have watched with interest the debate and speculation on the significance of Prince William’s wedding to longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton.
Real Clear Markets
DOJ’s Poker Shutdown: Holding on to Americans’ Money
While the American online poker community is still reeling from the federal government’s recent crackdown on online gambling websites, it’s worth considering the significance of…
Real Clear Markets
The Political Principal/Agent Problem
If business is to address its conflicts with an expanding government, it must ensure that its external relations departments are well managed. To do…
Real Clear Markets
The Unhappy Anniversary Of Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law
Just as supporters of Arizona’s anti-immigration law (SB 1070) were set to celebrate its first anniversary on April 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals blocked…
Investors' Business Daily
Regulation Cuts Must Be Part Of Serious Reform
Spending reform is all the rage in Washington, with both parties offering proposals to rein in the deficit. President Obama has proposed a mix…
Investors' Business Daily
Obama’s Generic Proposal Is No Prescription for Health Savings
President Obama has been taking shots at the pharmaceutical industry since announcing his deficit reduction plan in a speech last Wednesday (April 13). Despite relying…
Investors' Business Daily
Union Retreat May Mean no More Slush Funds
The news that the Firefighters’ union is going to stop spending money at the Federal level to defend its privileges at state and local level is…
Investors' Business Daily
Obama’s $5 Billion Giveaway
Instead of giving campaign-style speeches about raising taxes and increasing the debt limit, President Obama should be focusing on cutting needless programs that do nothing…
The Sacramento Bee
Regulation: The Hidden Tax
Appeared: The Sacramento Bee, …
The Sacramento Bee
Obama Axes the Right to Play Internet Poker
Last week, while many people reported their income to the Internal Revenue Service, others suddenly found their source of income shut off. On a day…
The Sacramento Bee
Online Poker Shutdown — What’s Really Behind the Department of Justice’s Decision?
April 15, which is usually Tax Day, is also a day when many Americans voice annoyance toward their government as they file their onerously confusing…
Statesman
Texas Lawmakers Should Reject a Tax on Satellite TV
No one likes new taxes especially ones that don't make sense. Unfortunately, politicians never seem to learn this simple lesson. Lawmakers in Austin are…
Center of the American Experiment
Eisenhower’s Second Farewell Warning
President Dwight Eisenhower’s 1961 Farewell Address includes one of the most quoted phrases in political rhetoric. He warned “against the acquisition of influence, whether sought…
Center of the American Experiment
Lower the Drinking Age for Everyone
Alaska state representative Bob Lynn (R., Anchorage) is asking the long overdue question: Why do we consider 18-year-olds old enough to join the military, to…
Center of the American Experiment
The Midnight Ride of Standard & Poor’s
Three cheers for Standard & Poor’s (S&P). On Monday, the rating agency issued a critical warning that America’s debt burden is growing too great. By…
Center of the American Experiment
Education Department Financial Aid Rules May Backfire on Students
The Education Department tried to restrict the use of financial aid by for-profit colleges by barring them from getting more than 90 percent of their…
The American Spectator
How Regulations Add to the Cost of Government
As many of us rush to finish filling out our tax returns, we should remember that what we pay out in taxes — and how…
Washington Examiner
Regulations are Politicians’ (and Lobbyists’) Best Friends
The annual ritual of calculating taxes and rushing to file is upon us today. And it is hardly news that the ever-increasing complexity of the…
Washington Examiner
There Is No ‘Regulation Day’ to Remind Us How Much They Cost
Every year we are reminded how much money the government filches from us on Tax Day. However, there is no equivalent ‘Regulation Day’ to remind…
Washington Examiner
Obama’s Budget Could Triple Tax Rates
In his deficit reduction “vision” speech on Wednesday, President Obama tried to distinguish his plan from that of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan by…
Washington Examiner
The Obama Tax Hike Machete
In his deficit reduction “vision” speech on Wednesday, President Obama tried to distinguish his plan from that of House Budget Committee…
Washington Examiner
Why Does Capitalism Enjoy So Little Support From Politicians?
As government grows, businesses try to adapt, often by opening government affairs offices in Washington. Yet the regulatory burden continues to increase as public attitudes…
Washington Examiner
Democrats Fight Over Power, not Economics (Letter to the Editor)
Re: “EPA’s days as ‘rogue’ agency are numbered” & “Democrats will yield on everything but abortion,” April 11 Congressional Democrats’ approach to their pet projects…
Washington Examiner
Why Can’t Obama and Congress See That Our Poor Immigration Policies Punish American Companies Who Want to Hire Skilled Immigrants?
On April 1, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) began accepting petitions for H-1B visas for 2012. H-1Bs are temporary employer-sponsored work visas for highly…
Washington Examiner
A Tale of Two Bridges
What do you do if you lose 25 percent of your population in a decade, bringing your city to a 100-year low, and…
The Mercury News
An Alternative to California Proposal to Tax E-Commerce
Painful awards shows aren’t the only odious things stirring in California these days. State lawmakers want to collect sales taxes on Californians’ purchases from…
The Mercury News
Still Burning Witches at the FCC
It seems that things are never quite perfect enough these days for the Federal Communications Commission to elect to leave competitive communications markets alone. When…
The Mercury News
Obama Administration Covers Up Union Welfare Program
The Obama administration is more than a year late in releasing an important report on federal government union costs. Clauses within collective bargaining agreements require…
The Mercury News
Dodd-Frank Durbin Amendment Shifts Costs to Consumers
In my last column, I blasted 17 Republican senators who voted last year for Dodd-Frank’s Durbin Amendment, which puts below-cost price controls on what credit…
The Mercury News
Wisconsin Supreme Court: A Referendum that Wasn’t
Big labor attempted to turn yesterday’s election for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court into a referendum on Governor Scott Walker’s budget policies, but,…
The Mercury News
Solis’ Pro-Union Bias
Speaking to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., Labor Secretary Hilda Solis admitted she was biased toward unions. Unions only account…
Breitbart
Senate to Vote on EPA’s Power Grab: Does the Rule of Law Still Matter?
The Senate will, one presumes, finally vote either this week or next to block EPA from imposing President Obama’s ‘other way to skin the cat’…
The American Spectator
The Truth About Krugman: More Inconvenient Than Ever
Such a peach, today’s column – “The Truth, Still Inconvenient” – by Paul Krugman, economist and former consultant to the company that created the…
The American Spectator
Fee Change Won’t Help Consumers, Banks (Letter to the Editor)
The editorial “Side-swiped” (March 24) defends U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s amendment that put price controls on what banks and credit unions can charge retailers for…
The American Spectator
Unionization Through Regulation
Changing election rules to favor one side is something we usually associate with dictatorships. Yet a U.S. federal agency did just that recently, as…
The American Spectator
Innovation Arrested By The Law Of Unintended Consequences
Wrong-headed regulation often has unintended consequences. A good example is governments’ approach to “genetically engineered” crops. In only 15 years, modern genetic engineering technology —…
The American Spectator
The Class Action Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart is as Meritless as it is Massive
As a lawyer who used to bring class-action discrimination lawsuits for a living, I am puzzled by press sympathy for the massive, meritless class-action lawsuit…
The American Spectator
Antitrust In the Airwaves?
For a moment there I was thrilled that AT&T and T-Mobile were merging, thinking how great it’ll be to finally get reception this coming Easter…
The American Spectator
Is Obama Pro-Immigration?
A persistent myth about President Obama is that he is pro-immigration. Obama’s rhetoric may be pro-immigration, but his actions reveal that he is the most…
The American Spectator
This Saturday Celebrate, Don’t Lament, Human Achievement
Human beings must exploit the environment. It is how we survive—and thrive. We don’t have claws or fur. We don’t live in trees or burrow…
The American Spectator
Three Lessons From Japan’s Nuclear Crisis
Japan’s stricken nuclear power plant at Fukushima is at last approaching stable, if still serious, condition. The struggles the Japanese have faced there, on top…
The American Spectator
Frankenfish Fatuity
I’ll say one thing for the most recent New York Times‘ rant about genetically engineered food: They got the headline — “Frankenfish Phobia”…
The American Spectator
EPA’s Greenhouse Power Grab: Baucus’s Revenge, Democracy’s Peril
Last week, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) introduced an amendment to S. 493, a bill reauthorizing small business research and technology programs. Baucus’s amendment would essentially codify…
The American Spectator
We Must Have Real Accountability From Our Overseers (Letter to the Editor)
The CFPB’s lack of checks and balances violates the constitutional separation of powers. It has a single head who can’t be fired even if voters…
The American Spectator
Washington Invents an Anti-Bullying Law
There’s no federal law against bullying or homophobia. So the Department of Education recently decided to invent one. On October 26, it sent a “Dear…
The American Spectator
Voluntary Nutritional Labeling on Alcohol Is the Best Recipe
Last month, I discussed the negative impacts that a nutritional label mandate would have on small producers of alcohol beverages, such as craft brewers. Another side…
The American Spectator
GOP Lawmakers Seek Labor Reform in Michigan
While most of the nation focused on the Wisconsin government union fight in recent weeks, Michigan has been pushing major labor reforms in both the…
Breitbart
The Truth About Obama and Nuclear Power
We have established that Obama’s war on coal assumed a massive, crash program of 100 new nuclear reactors — for optics purposes, keeping the cost of…
New York Times
The Problem With Mandates
Why can't Senator Rand Paul and others be more like Europeans, so much better — we're told — at accepting '"encouragement" from the state? But…
The Wall Street Journal
How Washington Ruined Your Washing Machine
It might not have been the most stylish, but for decades the top-loading laundry machine was the most affordable and dependable. Now it’s ruined—and Americans…
American Spectator
Are Text Messages an Antitrust Issue?
Text messages are expensive. Most carriers charge customers 20 cents for every text they send. But the tiny messages use up only a fraction…
American Spectator
Cybersecurity Theater vs. The Real Thing
Computer attacks cost mid-to large size businesses $3.8 million annually on average , and generate massive global damage. Some homeland security and cybersecurity specialists even warn…
PJ Media
Why Is NASA Hiding James Hansen’s Ethics Records?
In this “Sunshine Week” — amid revelations that the vow of transparency was not, as George Stephanopoulos famously said about Bill Clinton’s truthiness, one of the…
PJ Media
Liquor Wholesalers’ Appalling Misuse of the Constitution
Liquor wholesalers’ attempts to rationalize federal alcohol legislation would appall James Madison, the father of the Constitution. Wholesalers claim their legislation will protect “states’ rights.”…
PJ Media
As Japan Crisis Unfolds, Energy Secretary Steven Chu Fails Nuclear and Leadership Test
With reactors at the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear plant in danger of a meltdown, the world waits with bated breath for the outcome. Interestingly, physicists, the…
PJ Media
Obama Administration Flouts FOIA Law (Letter to the Editor)
The Examiner was right to criticize the Obama administration for flouting the law by failing to comply with the Freedom of Information Act. The administration also…
PJ Media
Japan’s Nuclear Crisis: Where Is Steven Chu?
Anyone who has done a little reading on the Japan nuclear crisis will know that we’re facing a less dangerous situation than Three Mile Island.
PJ Media
What’s the catch with NOAA’s catch-shares program?
A year ago, Daniel Bubb worked as a fisherman in Gloucester, Mass., operating a fishing business with more than 60 employees. Government intervention has a…
PJ Media
Texas’ Sanctuary City Law a Solution in Search of a Problem
Texas’ proposed anti-immigration law, HB 12, had its first public hearing last week. Introduced by Rep. Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton, HB 12 is supposed to prevent…
PJ Media
What’s the Catch With NOAA’s Catch-Shares Program?
A year ago, Daniel Bubb worked as a fisherman in Gloucester, Mass., operating a fishing business with more than 60 employees. Government intervention has…
PJ Media
All Aboard the Climate Gravy Train
Global-warming alarmists often portray climate scientists as poorly paid academics whose judgment is impervious to the influence of money. This seems strange given…
Daily Caller
Tsunamis are not Stimulus
There is nothing good about a natural disaster. The tsunami that hit Japan today is an unmitigated tragedy. Still, there is a certain optimism…
Daily Caller
Yes, Vivian, Defunding NPR Will Reduce the Deficits
Daily Caller
Federal Government Pushes Massive Mortgage Bailout; Would Rip off Pension Funds, Bank Shareholders
Back before the election, intellectuals with ties to the Obama Administration proposed a trillion-dollar bailout for some (but not all) underwater mortgage borrowers, as a way…
Daily Caller
About the New Tone
Daily Caller
The Truth About Wisconsin
The fundamental issue in Wisconsin — and states considering similar budget cuts — is not whether government employees should contribute more (in Wisconsin’s case, more…
Daily Caller
Are Obamacare’s health-insurance exchange requirements unconstitutional?
Usually, Congress can’t order state governments to do anything – it can only bribe them to do so, using federal grants. If it tries to…