What has Obamanomics brought us?
by Bruce McQuain As much as the president would like to blame our economic ills on the other party, or George Bush or, well, just about anyone, the fact is…
The Case for Stopping ObamaCare Has Never Been Stronger
Health Overhaul: Republicans are fighting over a government shutdown when they should be telling a receptive public that if ObamaCare takes effect, the result will be massive taxpayer fraud and…
The Internet Is Not the Wild West
by Peter Roff In late July, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet held a hearing to examine the role played by copyright law…
NLRB is stacked against workers and job growth
After a row over filibusters, the “nuclear option” and other procedural puzzles, the U.S. Senate recently found political compromise and approved seven of President Barack Obama’s political appointees. But behind…
Detroit: The insanity cannot go on forever
by Charles Krauthammer If there’s an iron rule in economics, it is Stein’s Law (named after Herb, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers): “If something cannot go on…
Big Government: Strangling Life
by John Stossel There are now 175,000 pages’ worth of federal laws. Local governments add more. I’m not so cynical that I think politicians pass laws just to control us.…
How DOJ abuses antitrust law and harms consumers
by Mark Hendrickson This month, Federal District Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple Inc. was guilty of collusion and of fixing the price of e-books. The gist of the case is…
Buyer’s Remorse from ObamaCare Backers?
by Seth Mandel One of the key selling points for ObamaCare was President Obama’s repeated promise that if you like your current health insurance plan, you can keep it. This…
Socialism’s Theme Park and Government Run Amok
The fundamental transformation of Detroit is complete, as socialism’s theme park succumbs to government run amok, a reminder that government isn’t the solution to our problems but their cause. The…
A Jobless Recovery Is a Phony Recovery
More people have left the workforce than got a new job during the recovery—by a factor of nearly three. by Mortimer Zuckerman In recent months, Americans have heard reports out…
Court rules against unconstitutional recess appointments … again
A third federal appeals court ruled that President Obama’s recess appointments of three National Labor Relations Board members was unconstitutional. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals joined federal appeals…
Obama’s Coal Regs Will Harm Working Families
by Jason Stverak President Obama’s call for the EPA to impose new regulations on coal-fired power plants was a giveaway to the environmental lobby at the expense of the American…
The EPA wants government to control how cold your beer can be
Regulation: No longer the stuff of science fiction, a little-noticed change in energy-efficiency requirements for appliances could lead to government controlling the power used in your home and how you set…
Obamacare was simply bad legislating
by Timothy P. Carney President Obama’s signature legislative achievement was simply a bad bit of legislating. The administration’s decision to postpone the employer health insurance mandate is just the latest…
Jobs numbers still aren’t working
by Terry Keenan The most recent jobs report had a “robust” 195,000 new positions created last month as the unemployment rate held steady at 7.6 percent. Hallelujah! Unfortunately, the problem…