Tax day reminds Americans that federal spending and taxes are too high
George Landrith, president of Frontiers of Freedom, made the following statement on tax day, April 15th: Will Rogers once said, “It is a good thing that we do not…
Senate Democrats are blocking an honorary resolution for Lady Thatcher
With Lady Margaret Thatcher’s recent passing, tributes and praise for her leadership are flowing freely from former allies and adversaries alike. This is entirely fitting as she was not only…
Obama Energy Policy Prevents Economic Growth
by U.S. Representative Tom Cole If only President Obama would take his approach to energy production and apply it to the national debt, we’d be down to 2007 levels…
Tribute to Margaret Thatcher (October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013)
Margaret Thatcher was a friend to the United States and the principles of liberty. She rescued the U.K. from economic malaise with economic policies that empowered the individual and harnessed the…
The End of an Illusion: Global Warming
“Global Warming: A theory with this many holes in it would be have been thrown out long ago, if not for the fact that it conveniently serves the political function…
Americans Are Migrating to States with Lower Taxes and Less Regulation
by John Merline Americans are migrating from less-free liberal states to more-free conservative states, where they are doing better economically, according to a new study published Thursday by George…
The Red-State Path to Prosperity
Blue states with high taxes are struggling to compete for businesses and workers. by Arthur B. Laffer and Stephen Moore You can tell a lot about prosperity in America by…
The Electoral College — The Last Round
by Gordon S. Jones My last column on the Electoral College prompted a number of thoughtful responses, so I would like to deal with those, and then make some…
Will U.S. Senate vote to Impose State Taxation of Internet Sales
by Grover Norquist Politicians have fantasies. Not Woody Allen “normal” fantasies about Swedish stewardesses. No. Politicians fantasize about being able to raise taxes on people who cannot vote against…
How Junk Science Distorts What We Read, And The Way We’re Governed
“Research papers attacking plastics are riddled with phrases like ‘may be associated’ or ‘causality not yet established’ but conclusions are drawn and promoted otherwise. Media need headlines, researchers need donor-pleasing…
Fishing and Freedom
Catch Shares Coalition is an initiative of Frontiers of Freedom with the goal of preserving America’s fishing resources. Over-fishing is depleting America’s available supply of fishing stocks – leading to…
U.S. moving backward on missile capability
by Kerri Toloczko One little unfriendly missile, conventional or nuclear, is all it would take to rain death, panic and economic devastation upon the United States. Likely emboldened by…
Sequester Show May Not Have Jumped The Shark, But Its Format Has Changed
“The sequester debate illustrates a central contradiction of progressive economic thought. On the one hand, progressives believe the U.S. economy is so fragile that even the mere threat of cuts…
The truth about the minimum wage
by Gordon Jones In early 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the constitutionality of ObamaCare (né the Affordable Care Act of 2009). One would think that…
Own Our Failure to Uphold the Constitution
“Jefferson aptly wrote that ‘certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their natural rights … yet experience hath shewn, that…