Fishing and Freedom
Catch Shares Coalition is an initiative of Frontiers of Freedom with the goal of preserving America’s fishing resources. Over-fishing is depleting America’s available supply of fishing stocks – leading to…
The economy, jobs, and energy and carbon taxes
George Landrith, president of Frontiers of Freedom, issued the following statement: The economy is not some theoretical concept or ivory tower idea. A strong economy means that Americans have…
Sequester Show May Not Have Jumped The Shark, But Its Format Has Changed
“The sequester debate illustrates a central contradiction of progressive economic thought. On the one hand, progressives believe the U.S. economy is so fragile that even the mere threat of cuts…
The truth about the minimum wage
by Gordon Jones In early 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the constitutionality of ObamaCare (né the Affordable Care Act of 2009). One would think that…
“Pay-up, or you’ll regret it!”
by George Landrith Dr. Thomas Sowell, the Stanford University based economist, wrote this week that when he was teaching he would ask his students to consider this: “Imagine a government…
The Obamaian Universe
“In the Obamaian universe, the units of the private economy . . . are satellites orbiting the great fixed planet of public spending.” by Daniel Henninger It may be that…
Sequester Madness: The White House has become unhinged
by George Landrith With the sequester deadline looming, there has been a marked uptick in the hyperbole emanating from Washington. Little wonder, a Pew Research poll says that only about…
The True National Debt
“Five estimates of the national debt . . . (1) Treasury debt held by the public: $11.3 trillion, 73% of GDP . . . (2) Gross Federal debt: $16 trillion…
The manufactured crisis of sequester
by George F. Will Even during this desultory economic recovery, one industry thrives — the manufacture of synthetic hysteria. It is, however, inaccurate to accuse the Hysteric in Chief of…
Not a spending problem, but a “paying-for” problem?
Worse, a veiled liberal threat to correct what they deem a “misallocation of wealth.” by Scott L. Vanatter Over the past week liberal House and Senate leaders have spoken openly…
No good reason to say ‘no’ to Keystone: Phony assertions halt process
“All six states along the proposed 2,000-mile route now support the pipeline.” by Paul Driessen Nearly 170 billion barrels of Canadian oil sands fuel could be recovered economically with today’s…
Obama’s Economic Growth Record Is The Worst In 60 Years
0.8% — The Abysmal Rate of Economic Growth under Obama by Jeffrey H. Anderson President Obama’s defense of his economic stewardship has effectively amounted to this: At least we no…
Putting The Truth-o-Meter On Obama’s State Of The Union Energy Claims
“Funneling taxpayer money to support green energy distorts the market and creates a huge amount of economic inefficiency — like a homeowner being pressured to use Uncle Bob for home…
Transcript of Dr. Carson’s recent speech
“Where does it say you have to hurt the guy? He’s just put in a billion in the pot. We don’t need to hurt him. It’s that kind of thinking…