The truth about falling wages
The left and “progressives” love to blame wage stagnation on greedy businesses wanting to gobble a larger share of the pie. But it’s actually a product of businesses’ uncertainty about…
The Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act
The Hon. Rob Wittman 2454 Rayburn HOB United States House of Representatives Washington. D.C. 20515 Dear Representative Wittman: On behalf of the members and supporters of Frontiers of Freedom, let me…
Prof. Walter Williams: “The civil rights struggle is won”
On WMAL’s “Mornings on the Mall” radio program (105.9 FM) in Washington, D.C., on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech, George Mason University professor Walter E.…
The Unaffordable Careless Act
Small businesses won’t grow, and more employees will work fewer hours. That’s just for starters. by Karl Rove Harvard (and later Columbia) sociologist Robert K. Merton wrote in 1936 about…
The Obamacare Propaganda Push
by Peter Roff Rather than devote all possible resources to the implementation of the new health care law, which even some prominent Democrats agree is going off the tracks, the…
Obamacare’s Hierarchy of Privilege
No one who favors the law wants to be bound by it. by Mark Steyn On his radio show the other day, Hugh Hewitt caught me by surprise and asked…
Escaping the death spiral of Blue State taxes
Debt-ridden California needs every cent it can squeeze out of its taxpayers. The government unions that control the state through the Democratic Party are the highest paid state government employees…
How the White House is flouting ObamaCare
Democrats strong-armed Obamacare into law three years ago. Now they’re busy flouting it. The mandate that employers provide insurance next year or pay a penalty, as the law requires? Delayed…
Why get off welfare?
By Michael D. Tanner Contrary to stereotypes, there is no evidence that people on welfare are lazy. Indeed, surveys of welfare recipients consistently show their desire for a job. But…
When welfare pays better than work
by Michael Turner Here’s an offer for you: $38,004 per year, tax free. No work required. Apply at your local welfare office. The federal government funds 126 separate programs targeted…
Battle of the Sexes
by John Stossel Women make only 77 cents per each dollar made by males. Outrageous! Sex discrimination! So say advocates of government-enforced “equality.” But they are wrong. Women today are…
What Global Warming? 2012 Data Confirms Earth in Cooling Trend
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently released its “State of the Climate in 2012” report, which states that “worldwide, 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record.” But…
Yet another magical economy tour went about as well as you’d expect
by Ed Morrissey Three weeks ago, Barack Obama launched a cross-country speaking tour to boost his economic policies, a campaign that included an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.…
Businesses and Unions say employee hours cut because of ObamaCare but Whitehouse denies it
NBC News contacted around 20 small businesses and other entities for this report and found that employee hours are being cut to 29 hours because of Obamacare, despite the delay…
Obamacare Will Foster a Part-Time Job Economy
by Richard M. Salsman The “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (aka, “ObamaCare,” enacted in March 2010) is so “affordable” that more than 1200 companies (half the number) and unions…