“We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can.”
“We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting,” an angry Park Service ranger said. “It’s a cheap way to deal with the situation.” That’s an…
It’s the Law and Most Americans Oppose It
More than three and a half years after the Democrats passed Obamacare into law, the overhaul’s exchanges — its East German–like government marketplaces — finally, sort of, open for business.…
ObamaCare: Worse is the new normal
Mid-20th-century assumptions of generational progress no longer obtain. A few years ago, after the publication of my book America Alone, an exasperated reader wrote to advise me to lighten up,…
Coalition Letter to Gov. Walker on Casino Gambling
September 20, 2013 Governor Scott Walker P.O. Box 7863 Madison, WI 53707-7863 Dear Governor Walker: We are writing to thank you for putting forward family and job friendly criteria…
ObamaCare: It’s unsustainable; better to scrap it and start anew
Confirming the disconnect between the empty-promise pretenses on which ObamaCare was sold and its real-world effects in practice is a new report from Medicare actuaries that says health spending in…
Weakness matters
Projecting weakness ultimately ties the hands of the weak leader and pushes him into small thinking and reflexive action. I usually stay away from using current polls to gauge how…
With A Little Creative Thinking, Detroit Can Again Thrive
by Kerri Toloczko House flipping is trendy for American real estate investors, and a spectator sport for those addicted to shows like “Flip This House.” Although Detroit ‘s extreme fiscal…
Stubborn and Selfish on Healthcare
The majority of Americans don’t want the flawed ObamaCare, so why is the president pushing it? So the Republican-controlled House of Representatives — with the help of a couple of…
Coalition Letter Opposing the Renewable Fuel Standard
September 26, 2013 Re: Renewable Fuel Standard “Reforms” Dear Senator & Representative: It has come to our attention that Congress is considering legislation this fall to reform the Renewable Fuel…
Now They Tell Us: ObamaCare Has Huge Hidden Costs
Healthcare: Just days before ObamaCare officially launches, the Newspaper of Record discovers that those allegedly low premiums liberals brag about won’t come cheap. At least, not if you want to…
Shockingly Wasteful
The Environmental Protection Agency’s recently announced decision to, in effect, ban the construction of traditional coal-fired power plants in the United States is a non-solution to a hypothetical problem, enacted…
Americans Are Right To Oppose ObamaCare
The Continued Blame Game: Everybody who dislikes ObamaCare is being duped by GOP propaganda, says President Obama. That must include all those unions calling it a disaster, and all those…
The Family, the Pursuit of Happiness, and Tax Reform
Remarks by Senator Mike Lee to the American Enterprise Institute on September 17, 2013: I am here today because I believe the public policy status quo in Washington – and…
Economic Malpractice
It’s amazing how little President Obama has learned about economics in his four and a half years in the White House. Growth, incentives, tax reform, tax increases, private investment, the…
Obamacare Is Going to Come Tumbling Down
The only question is precisely when … by Peter Roff The Republicans are at loggerheads over the issue of health care. Some, believing the party’s commitment to “repeal and replace”…