Frontiers of Freedom Joins Coalition of Free Market Organizations Opposing APEX Act’s Price-Setting Over Aluminum Reference Prices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Frontiers of Freedom recently joined 16 other free-market organizations to oppose The Aluminum Pricing Examination (APEX) Act. The APEX Act would grant the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission expansive authority over…
The Fallacies Underlying the Warren Social Security Plan
Elizabeth Warren, U.S. senator from Massachusetts and candidate for president, recently released a Social Security plan that would exacerbate many of the program’s existing problems while also creating several new…
Healthcare Reform Must Not Empower Big Government – It Must Harness the Innovation, Quality and Price Competition of the Marketplace
Before the passage of ObamaCare, we were told that it would solve all the problems with high costs and accessibility of healthcare. We were repeatedly told that Americans would save…
BETO O’ROURKE NEEDS TO THINK BEFORE HE SPEAKS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. IN AMERICA, WE DON’T TAX CHURCHES INTO SUBMISSION | OPINION
Former Congressman Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke isn’t exactly setting the world on fire with his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. In an Emerson College poll of Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa conducted…
We Are All Ukrainians
Ironies pile up. Both participants in the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky are outsiders whose fame catapulted them to high office. Foreign policy experts…
Sen. Rand Paul: If socialists can’t find a crisis, they’ll create one
Most socialist governments rise up claiming to be the solution to a widespread economic disaster, such as peasants starving while corrupt leaders wage pointless wars. However, today’s socialists have to overcome…
Trump’s withdraw from Syria presents Russia a double edged sword
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board released an Op-Ed warning that the Trump Administration had committed a grave mistake pulling US forces from Northeast Syrian last week.…
Obamacare for illegal immigrants may cost taxpayers $23 billion a year, study shows
Taxpayers could have to shell out nearly $23 billion a year to provide Obamacare coverage to illegal immigrants, according to a new analysis being released Thursday that puts a high…
Attack on Saudi Arabia Proves Need for Layered Defensive System
Just last week, Houthi rebels in Yemen, who are closely aligned with Iran, claimed credit for a drone attack on Saudi oil processing facilities. News changes fast — a surprising…
Best Way To Lower Seniors’ Drug Costs? Reverse Obama Rule-Changes
One of the problems in health care today is that it turns Oscar Wilde’s quip on its head: In the United States, everyone knows the value of health care, but nobody knows…
ATR Leads Coalition Opposed to Pelosi’s 95% Drug Tax
ATR today released a coalition letter signed by 70 groups and activists in opposition to the Pelosi drug pricing proposal to create a 95 percent tax on pharmaceutical manufacturers. As noted in…
Buyer Beware of Big Tech on the Doorstep
The video doorbell is by far one of the most ubiquitous smart home devices. In 2018 alone, consumers spent more than $530 million on a total of 3.4 million units, putting…
You Don’t Need To Be A Scientist To Be Legitimately Skeptical Of Climate Alarmism
I am not a scientist. I have no scientific background beyond what I’ve picked up from reading things written by and about actual scientists. So I am, therefore, in no…
Mischief or Misfud? Barr Calls Reveal Ongoing Investigation, Not Incrimination
Below is my column in the Hill newspaper on the allegations that Attorney General Bill Barr is now somehow “implicated” in the Ukraine controversy because he spoke with counterparts in…
The Curious Case of the Incurious Press
Back in the old days, it was understood that reporters were supposed to hunt down stories and seek out hidden truths. There was even a name for it. A good…