How Organized Labor Bankrupted an Entire City
If something does not change fast the city of Vallejo, California will soon declare bankruptcy. The San Francisco Chronicle tags the departure of Mare Island… Read More
If something does not change fast the city of Vallejo, California will soon declare bankruptcy. The San Francisco Chronicle tags the departure of Mare Island… Read More
The House Judiciary committee’s Antitrust Task Force will be holding a hearing this afternoon on net neutrality regulation of the Internet, focusing on recent actions… Read More
In the Wall Street Journal today American University and the University of Nevada at Reno economics professor Brad Schiller offers a great corrective to those… Read More
As we noted last month, the announced merger between Sirius and XM is now over a year old. While FCC chairman Kevin Martin has hinted… Read More
Since the economy is set to be a key issue in the general election, tax policy will be a major point of departure for the… Read More
With the leading presidential candidates doubling down on their anti-trade promises, it is important that the facts about the benefits of trade are repeated as… Read More
Seeking to capitalize on consumer fears stemming from a recall of Thomas the Tank Engine toys due to trace levels of lead paint, Congress is… Read More
As we have amply demonstrated before, our trade partners are not happy with the latest promises from liberal presidential candidates to unilaterally pull out of… Read More
The Wall Street Journal has a great editorial today comparing the economic policies and fortunes of Ohio and Texas. Ohio currently ranks 47th out of… Read More
With energy demands increasing and legislators pushing for carbon constraining policy, more people are turning their heads to commercial nuclear energy. Although many environmentalists, including… Read More
The Wall Street Journal opined today: Democrats claim the world hates America because President Bush has behaved like a global bully. But we don’t recall… Read More
Like the weather, everyone complains about the red tape Washington puts on American small businesses, but no one does anything about it. Well, almost nobody…. Read More
Liberals have always believed that higher taxes are great for the U.S. economy and both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama promise to raise taxes as… Read More
Last night the American people listened to a lengthy list of promises on how to expand the government’s role in health care. No time was… Read More
Fuel-cell vehicles are a long way off, reports The Washington Times. Cost, fuel availability, and consumer skepticism remain major obstacles. This is yet another reason… Read More
Currently it is just about impossible to listen to both Major League Baseball and National League Football games on your radio. Sirius Satellite Radio has… Read More
Responding to legislation from the White House that attempts to corral rising spending in Medicare, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) told The Washington Post: “The administration… Read More
Moments ago, President Bush fulfilled his legal obligation under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) by submitting a Medicare cost containment proposal to Capitol… Read More
USA Today’s Dennis Cauchon wrote an insightful front-page story today showing that the cost of government benefits for seniors reached $27,289 per senior in 2007…. Read More
There is good and bad in President Bush’s fiscal 2009 budget when it comes to Medicaid. First the good: The President’s budget proposal takes modest… Read More
Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) introduced a CPAC panel titled “Reforming Entitlements Without Raising Taxes” with the following anecdote (this is a very rough transcript): When… Read More
This month’s Facing Up theme is the eligibility of the baby-boom generation for Social Security benefits, which is just beginning. Fortuitously, your correspondent’s father is… Read More
Responding to a question on the possibility Congress will tackle entitlements this year OMB Director Jim Nussle highlighted the work if former Comptroller General of… Read More
The Bureau of Labor and Statistics came out with their unemployment numbers today (warning pdf) and there were some surprises. While the number of jobs… Read More
Heritage Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Rae Hederman reacts to the Senate’s recently passed stimulus package: In a period of a sluggish economy, it’s disappointing that… Read More
We agree with Glenn Reynolds that this is a “striking graphic” from Larry Kudlow’s show on the perhaps not so coincidental relationship between government pork… Read More
Only 19 days after credit rating service Moody’s announced the United States was at risk of losing its top-notch triple-A credit rating due to soaring… Read More
President Bush got the government’s response to the housing crisis half right. The administration’s voluntary HOPE NOW program is the way to go, while his… Read More
In his final State of the Union address, the President not only raised the politically contentious issue of making tangible progress on advancing pending free… Read More
According to eWeek’s Roy Mark, the word “Internet” has never appeared in a State of the Union address by George W. Bush. Nor has the… Read More
