Jordan Weissmann Thinks Economics Is a Gimmick
Jordan Weissmann of Slate writes that using modern economic methods in budgetary analysis is a “trick…gimmick…fantasy…miraculous…flight of fancy…picking a number out of a hat.” Weissmann’s… Read More
SecurityNews
Report: U.S. Releases 1 in 3 Illegal Immigrants Convicted of Crimes
Federal immigration officials last year charged only one of every four “deportable” illegal immigrants and released more than a third of those convicted of crimes,… Read More
Economic Freedom: America’s Entrepreneurial Pulse at Risk
April 15, better known as Tax Day, is approaching again. The “Yes, We Can” Administration, which has squandered billions of hard-working Americans’ tax dollars every… Read More
Ryan Budget: Some Smart Reforms, but Education Spending Continues Apace
The budget presented by House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R–Wis.) provides a topline function 500 (spending on education, training, employment, and social services) budget… Read More
9 Crazy Ways the Left Tried to Make Obamacare Cool
Did you sign up for Obamacare? If not, it wasn’t because it was uncool, right? The administration and its partner advocacy groups focused their marketing… Read More
Civil Asset Forfeiture: The Biggest Little Racket in Nevada
It was highway robbery, but they called it civil asset forfeiture. On the last day of his 2,400-mile drive to start a new life on… Read More
In Peru, Trade—Not Aid—Works Best
Peru Bosques, a $38 million project included in the Peru Trade Promotion Authority that was meant to help the Peruvian government write a new forestry… Read More
The Joke’s on Us
It really writes itself: Obamacare as the ultimate April Fools’ Day punchline. Which of these is your favorite? Share them with your friends. Tweet this… Read More
AFL-CIO Stages Protest Outside Heritage for Higher Minimum Wage
About 30 protesters, chanting “You can’t survive on $7.25” and “Poverty wages have got to go,” marched today in support of a higher minimum wage… Read More
Boy Wonders: How Do You Solve Math Problem with Essay?
A second-grader in San Jose, Calif., knew how to find the difference on his math homework, but struggled to come up with answers for a… Read More
Who Creates Jobs—and Why?
If you want to protect spending in Washington, call it “job creation.” That’s the flip side of yesterday’s quip by Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at… Read More
Five Myths About Extreme Weather and Global Warming
There is broad (though not unanimous) agreement, even among skeptic scientists, that the earth has warmed moderately over the past 60 years and that some… Read More
Exclusive: Home-Care Mom Questions Union’s ‘Fine Print’ Dues Drive
Linda Dobbs was confused. Because she had been paying union dues each month for 15 months, Dobbs thought she already was a card-carrying union member…. Read More
LawNews
Texas Abortion Case Heading for Supreme Court
A 3-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit has upheld H.B. 2, Texas’s abortion law made famous by state senator Wendy Davis’s eleven-hour filibuster last summer…. Read More
Md. Looks to Scrap $125.5 Million Obamacare Website, Start Over
As states and the federal government push for enrollment in Obamacare ahead of today’s midnight deadline, Maryland is poised for a do-over of its health… Read More
WATCH: Cleveland Clinic CEO Says Obamacare More Expensive for Many Enrollees Than Previous Insurance
According to a medical center CEO, Obamacare coverage is costing many Americans more than their former health care insurance policies did. In a Fox News… Read More
Obamacare ‘Glitch’ on Deadline Day
If you rushed to HealthCare.gov this morning, you might have found the site unavailable or been placed in a queue, reports said. “An administration spokesman… Read More
UPDATED | Where You Can Buy Health Insurance After Today
UPDATE (April 2): We wrote on March 31 (below) that Americans would still be able to buy health insurance in the individual market—outside Obamacare’s exchanges—after… Read More
The EPA May Be About to Destroy Wisconsin’s Economic Recovery
Wisconsin’s economy has been on the upswing, but Washington’s proposed greenhouse gas regulations could change all that. The Environmental Protection Agency’s prospective crackdown on new… Read More
Housing Finance: Fannie–Freddie 2.0
Josh Rosner, who in Reckless Endangerment (2011) exposed the cronyism of Fannie Mae and warned of a meltdown of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) as far… Read More
SocietyNews
Support the Green Family on #HobbyLobbyDay, March 29
Saturday, March 29, is Hobby Lobby Appreciation day—an opportunity for Americans to support the Green family and their arts-and-crafts chain’s fight to preserve religious freedom… Read More
From Your Microwave to Your Car, Government Leaves Nothing Untouched
How many government rules do we need? According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), federal regulators issued more than 2,000 new rules in 2013—doing such… Read More
SecurityNews
Russia’s Nuclear Doctrine Versus Obama’s “Nuclear Zero”
There is a stark discrepancy between the nuclear doctrines of the United States and Russia, according to a recent discussion hosted by the George C…. Read More
Public Opinion Plunges Amid Ballyhooed Obamacare ‘Surge’
As the White House continues its victory lap after claiming to enroll more than 6 million Americans in the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges, a… Read More
Blacklisted: Kevin Sorbo on Being Shunned by Hollywood for His Beliefs
Kevin Sorbo, star of the film “God’s Not Dead,” ranked fifth at the U.S. box office, says he knows he’s on a blacklist in liberal Hollywood… Read More
Don’t Wait to Cut U.S.-EU Tariffs
The United States and the European Union (EU) are currently negotiating a proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). A recent survey by the Atlantic… Read More
NLRB Goes Deep: Why College Football Might Never Be the Same
Talk about a Hail Mary. Students who play football at Northwestern University can form a union, according to a surprising, much-noted ruling by a regional… Read More
Cruz’s Energy Bill a Win for Economy, Taxpayers, and Free Markets
Over the past few years, energy production has been one of the bright spots in the American economy. The U. S. is now the world’s… Read More
3 Things That Don’t Make Sense in Putin’s World
Russia’s Vladimir Putin took part of a country. So what kind of world does that mean we’re living in? It’s a world where we can’t… Read More
Exclusive: Days After Supreme Court Challenge, Hobby Lobby President Speaks Out [VIDEO]
NEW ORLEANS — Hobby Lobby President Steve Green set the record straight about his company’s fight against the government over the controversial Obamacare mandate. In… Read More
