How DOJ abuses antitrust law and harms consumers
by Mark Hendrickson This month, Federal District Judge Denise Cote ruled that Apple Inc. was guilty of collusion and of fixing the price of e-books. The gist of the case is…
Buyer’s Remorse from ObamaCare Backers?
by Seth Mandel One of the key selling points for ObamaCare was President Obama’s repeated promise that if you like your current health insurance plan, you can keep it. This…
Federal Study: Fracking Does Not Pollute Water
CBS News – A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers…
Socialism’s Theme Park and Government Run Amok
The fundamental transformation of Detroit is complete, as socialism’s theme park succumbs to government run amok, a reminder that government isn’t the solution to our problems but their cause. The…
A Jobless Recovery Is a Phony Recovery
More people have left the workforce than got a new job during the recovery—by a factor of nearly three. by Mortimer Zuckerman In recent months, Americans have heard reports out…
IRS official testifies that Obama political appointee’s office involved in targeting conservatives
A veteran IRS worker testified on Thursday that officials from a Washington office led by a political appointee intervened in the screening of Tea Party applications, saying publicly for the…
Journalism Beneath Contempt
by Andrew Klavan The Democratic Party is a machine for inciting grievances in order to consolidate its power. The Republican Party is also just such a machine, but poorly run.…
The IRS scandal started in Washington
We’re starting to understand why Lois Lerner took the Fifth about her role in the IRS targeting of conservative groups. The testimony of at least three more employees in the…
Court rules against unconstitutional recess appointments … again
A third federal appeals court ruled that President Obama’s recess appointments of three National Labor Relations Board members was unconstitutional. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals joined federal appeals…
Obama’s Coal Regs Will Harm Working Families
by Jason Stverak President Obama’s call for the EPA to impose new regulations on coal-fired power plants was a giveaway to the environmental lobby at the expense of the American…
The EPA wants government to control how cold your beer can be
Regulation: No longer the stuff of science fiction, a little-noticed change in energy-efficiency requirements for appliances could lead to government controlling the power used in your home and how you set…
Obamacare was simply bad legislating
by Timothy P. Carney President Obama’s signature legislative achievement was simply a bad bit of legislating. The administration’s decision to postpone the employer health insurance mandate is just the latest…
The Top 5 Lies About Fracking
Explosions, poisons, pollution, cancer, and global warming all considered. by Ronald Bailey Gasland Part II, the sequel to director/activist Josh Fox’s earlier anti-fracking docudrama Gasland, will run on HBO. It…
Climate Change Isn’t World’s Biggest Problem
by Alex B. Berezow It’s particularly trendy among politicians and members of the media to be worried about climate change. When President Obama recently spoke before a crowd in Berlin,…
Jobs numbers still aren’t working
by Terry Keenan The most recent jobs report had a “robust” 195,000 new positions created last month as the unemployment rate held steady at 7.6 percent. Hallelujah! Unfortunately, the problem…