EPA Quietly Signs Off on State Carbon Taxes
The agency didn’t mention it in the new climate rules, but the plan would allow states to place a levy on greenhouse gases. by Ben Geman EPA’s big new draft…
Why impose a 1908 “First Sale” Rule on a Modern and Evolving Internet-based Marketplace?
“Copyright law has historically protected the right of the creator to exclusively distribute their work. This is important because it gives creators the ability to profit from their creation which…
Cap and Trade: Hammering the Poor … Again
by Diana Furchtgott-Roth President Obama has called inequality “the defining challenge of our time.” But on June 2 he will announce new “cap-and-trade” environmental regulations that will make the poor…
Economy Looking Sick … Again
by Megan McArdle Last month, when the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that gross domestic product had grown at a lead-footed rate of 0.1 percent in the first quarter, economic…
What Obama’s Many Messes Really Mean
Dems blame . . . big government? by S.E. Cupp Another week, another scandal. From Fast and Furious at the ATF to the Pigford fraud at the Department of Agriculture,…
The Copyright Alert System is Working
George Landrith, President of Frontiers of Freedom, made the following statement on May 28, 2014 about the Copyright Alert System: “The Copyright Alert System (CAS) is a voluntary initiative between…
The VA is Socialist Health Care Paradise
by Rich Lowry For the left, the Department of Veterans Affairs is how health care is ideally supposed to work. No insurance companies, no private doctors, no competition — just…
More Problems and Arguments Lie Ahead with ObamaCare
Those who want to leave ObamaCare as it is are outnumbered more than 5 to 1 by those who want to repeal or change it. by James Taranto President Obama…
There Is No Better Predictor of Obamacare Than the Veteran Affairs System
The VA offers precisely what Obamacare offers: not a guarantee of treatment in time of need, but a guarantee of a place in line for treatment at a time of…
The Value of Space to the Warfighter: Command and Control and Space Situational Awareness
by Peter Huessy The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies sponsored this educational seminar, titled “The Value of Space to the Warfighter: Command and Control (C2) and Space Situational Awareness (SSA).”…
The Emerging Junta
The IRS’s illegal actions — and its efforts at cover-up — undermine the foundations of our government. by Kevin D. Williamson I will confess to a little despair over the…
Federal Tax Revenues Set Record Through April
by Terence P. Jeffrey Federal tax revenues continue to run at a record pace in fiscal 2014, as the federal government’s total receipts for the fiscal year closed April at $1,735,030,000,000,…
The Media Ignore IRS Scandal
by Paul L. Caron The timeline of the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups reveals nothing less than a scandal. It is a scandal that blew into public view…
The Heavy Hand of the IRS
by George F. Will Earnest moralists lament Americans’ distrust of government. What really is regrettable is that government does much to earn distrust, as Terry Dehko, 70, and his daughter…
The IRS’s Behavior Taxes Credulity
by George F. Will What’s been said of confession — that it is good for one’s soul but bad for one’s reputation — can also be true of testifying to…