Obama’s Health Plan Has Dangerous New Taxes
The health care plan President Obama recently released is mostly a combination of the different plans passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate…. Read More
The health care plan President Obama recently released is mostly a combination of the different plans passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate…. Read More
Let’s wait until the economy recovers a little before we step on it with costly environmental regulations. That was the message from Environmental Protection Agency’s… Read More
In 1996, President Clinton created an outcry in western states with the words: NOW, THEREFORE, I WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of… Read More
On December 25th there was a clear failure to connect the dots that could have prevented Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab from boarding a plane bound for… Read More
School districts and legislatures in Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Virginia are demonstrating a commitment to greater educational opportunities for students and families by challenging… Read More
For the first time in more than a decade, the rate of pregnancies among 18- and 19-year-olds is on the rise. Unwed mothers and children… Read More
The special inspector general for the TARP program, Neil Barofsky, has made a reputation for himself by issuing tough assessments of the troubled federal program… Read More
My Corner post from last Wednesday — pointing out that government “stimulus” spending does not add new purchasing power to the economy because the government must… Read More
Businesses have to deal with nearly unprecedented levels of uncertainty due to Washington’s inability to give them a clear roadmap of what policy changes lay… Read More
Flacking for President Barack Obama’s “new” health care plan, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters assembled for yesterday’s press briefing: “The president posted… Read More
Who said the 111th Congress has never accomplished anything? Today, major parts of the Credit Card Act of 2009 take effect. Enacted last May with… Read More
At least when there was a housing bubble, there were actual houses involved. The next bubble could ostensibly be a carbon dioxide bubble; the newly-created,… Read More
“Vouchers drain money from public schools so that some students can go to private schools.” Somewhere in the vicinity of that declarative sentence – which… Read More
The White House has just issued an 11 page concept paper (PDF) for yet another health care bill that, among other items, includes a proposed… Read More
In the run-up to his proposed health care summit, President Barack Obama this morning unveiled an 11-page outline of his health care proposal. Within the… Read More
The President promised that under health reform taxpayers would not be forced to fund abortion. Not true. The new health care outline posted by the… Read More
At 8:44 p.m. PST Feb. 11, 2010 … for just a second … man made night into day. A short-range ballistic missile launched from a… Read More
While Blackbeard may be long dead, the days of piracy and the threats posed by it did not end in the 17th century. Today, piracy… Read More
In July of last year, the American people were mostly undecided about Obamacare: equal numbers opposed and supported the health care bills that the White… Read More
The following Q&A with The Heritage Foundation’s Ben Lieberman is cross-posted from The Washington Post’s Planet Panel: Q: As the controversy swirling around the IPCC… Read More
Abstinence education is back in the headlines, prompted by a new study that shows such intervention can reduce teen sexual activity in the long term…. Read More
LawNews
The American Founders recognized that federalism is essential to maintaining individual liberty in the United States. The Constitution therefore grants the federal government only certain… Read More
Anthem Blue Cross, the California subsidiary of Wellpoint, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, recently announced steep premium increases for its individual (i.e., not… Read More
There’s a plan out there that will create jobs, collect revenue for state and federal governments and improve the environment. And it won’t come at… Read More
If Vice President Biden’s weekend comments are any indication, the White House isn’t taking Iran’s recent claim to be a nuclear state very seriously. In… Read More
SocietyNews
This week Washington, D.C. became the second U.S. jurisdiction to lose the benefit of Catholic Charities’ adoption and foster care services over the issue of… Read More
The Health Care Nuclear Option, also known as reconciliation, is being considered by liberal politicians to insure that Obamacare makes it to the President’s desk… Read More
President Obama often says that bending the curve in health spending downward is one of the main objectives of his health care reform agenda. There… Read More
In today’s Wall Street Journal, former President Bill Clinton’s pollster Doug Schoen writes: “Sen. Evan Bayh’s stunning decision to retire should serve as more than… Read More
For most of a century, macroeconomists have debated the pros and cons of government “stimulus” policies. Because there is no way to determine how the… Read More
