Free Trade Twist: China No Longer Cheapest Labor
As wages in China rise with economic growth, some companies are beginning to look elsewhere for what was once China’s selling point: cheap labor. It… Read More
VIDEO: Dr. Ben Carson Speaks Truth to Power at National Prayer Breakfast
Yesterday, world-renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson presented the keynote address at the 61st Annual National Prayer Breakfast. With President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden,… Read More
EnergyNews
Free-Market Opportunities Propel North Dakota to Top Job Creator
North Dakota led the nation in job creation in 2012, according to a new report released by Gallup. The state has an unemployment rate of… Read More
U.S. Beating China in Race for Clean Skies
A cloud of photochemical smog from China drifted into Japan this week. The story highlights the fact that air pollution in China is getting worse—despite… Read More
Upstate South Carolina: A Case Study in Free Trade Benefits
Greenville, South Carolina, is the ninth-fastest growing city in the United States, according to CNN Money. Two of the main contributors to this rapid growth… Read More
The So-Called Gun Show Loophole: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
There is a lot of misinformation circulating about background checks for gun ownership. Under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act—which created the National Instant Criminal… Read More
Boy Scouts Stand Strong, Delay Potential Policy Reversal
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced on Wednesday that it will postpone deciding whether to reverse its long-standing membership policy regarding open homosexuality. The… Read More
Jesse Jackson Jr. Facing “Significant Jail Time”
Jesse Jackson Jr. is facing “significant jail time” in his pending plea deal over a Justice Department investigation of the misuse of his federal campaign… Read More
EconomyNews
Sending a Message: USPS Sinks Saturday Service
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) caused an uproar yesterday when it announced that it would be ending Saturday delivery of letter mail this August, saving… Read More
Benghazi: A Tale of Two Senate Hearings
Today’s hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee about the September 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, was bizarrely divided. One line of questions drew… Read More
Ethanol Mandate Leads to Violence, Social Unrest
The conversion of corn to ethanol has contributed to a doubling in global food prices since 2005, according to a report by the New England… Read More
Tales of the Red Tape #39: Swapping Wealth Creation for Regulatory Claptrap
Not many people know the meaning of “swap” (as in a financial hedge, not flea market). Only the most sophisticated investors actually understand the complexities… Read More
Border Security as a Political Football
In the increasingly politicized environment surrounding President Obama’s attempt to pass comprehensive immigration reform, border security again became the focus. In an attempt to take… Read More
VIDEO: Gov. Rick Snyder’s Customer-Service Approach to Government
Michigan has added 14,000 new small-business jobs to become the sixth fastest growing economy in the nation, and even automakers are starting to hire again…. Read More
Sequestration: Flournoy Fails to Convince
Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy makes an unpersuasive case that there is a right way to apply the ongoing cuts to… Read More
Iran: Rand Paul’s Containment Strategy
Senator Rand Paul (R–KY) yesterday gave a thought-provoking speech on foreign policy at The Heritage Foundation in which he argued that “a more restrained foreign… Read More
Reagan’s Legacy: “The Sacred Value of Human Life”
Yesterday we celebrated Ronald Reagan’s 102nd birthday. A little-known fact about President Reagan is that he is the only sitting president to have ever published… Read More
Obamacare Hassle: A 127-Million-Hour Paperwork Burden
Three House committees have added up the total hours of burden that Obamacare’s regulations will cost Americans: over 127 million hours per year of paperwork…. Read More
Senate Cybersecurity Report Twists the Facts, Falsely Claims the Support of Businesses
Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee issued a report to their chairman, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D–WV), claiming that most businesses supported an approach to cybersecurity… Read More
S&P Suit: No New Laws Were Needed for 2008 Collapse
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) civil suit against credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) shows that laws that existed well before the financial crash… Read More
VIDEO: Rand Paul on the Rise of Islamic Radicalism
How can American foreign policy meet the challenge of radical Islam? By adopting the principles America used to win the cold war, said Senator Rand… Read More
Trade Deficit Doesn’t Matter – Trade Freedom Does
On February 8, the government will release data on imports and exports for 2012. This annual release often ignites a misguided debate about trade deficits…. Read More
Union Head Convicted, Showing Need for Union Transparency
Last week, the government convicted Tyrone Freeman, president of SEIU Local 6434 in Los Angeles, of 14 counts of illegally diverting union dues into his… Read More
Visa Waiver Program Expansion Should Advance on its Own
On Monday, Congressmen Mike Quigley (D–IL) and Aaron Schock (R–IL), along with Senator Mark Kirk (R–IL) and more than 15 other cosponsors, reintroduced the Visa… Read More
5 Bipartisan Health Care Reform Options
Addressing our nation’s overspending problem cannot be done without reforming entitlements, especially Medicare and Medicaid. As Washington remains clearly divided over how to get it… Read More
National Marriage Week: An Antidote to Child Poverty
Today is the start of National Marriage Week, a weeklong campaign to “strengthen marriage, reduce divorce, and promote marriage prior to childbearing.” Although marriage benefits… Read More
Chinese Hackers Target U.S. Newspapers
For more than four months, hackers based in the People’s Republic of China have been attacking The New York Times, the paper reported last week…. Read More
Reagan’s Legacy: Economic Freedom
In his January speech, the President spoke eloquently: “One of the greatest contributions the United States can make to the world is to promote freedom… Read More
What’s Up with That North Korea Video?
Is North Korea threatening to bomb the United States? That’s the question on people’s minds after that country released a strange video depicting a fiery… Read More
Happy Birthday, President Reagan! Happy Birthday, Comprehensive Missile Defense Program!
The person most responsible for reviving the missile defense program in the face of the Cold War policy of mutually assured destruction, President Ronald Reagan,… Read More
