Businesses, Residents Plan to Leave New York
By Mary Lou Lang • Washington Free Beacon Several companies are relocating from the Empire State, numerous businesses have announced they are closing shop altogether citing economic reasons, and a…
Large Government out of Place in a Society based on Small Technology
by Michael Barone • Washington Examiner “Twentieth-century technology,” writes economic historian Joel Mokyr in the Manhattan Institute’s excellent City Journal, “was primarily about ‘large’ things.” Large in physical size,…
Big Government Is Bad for the Little Guy
by Kevin D. Williamson I recently had a conversation with an intensely conservative businessman whose first foray into politics was fighting for a tax hike on his business and others…
Holder’s view of the Constitution and the Rule of Law
Attorney General Eric Holder, who has given new meaning to the phrase a law unto himself, was remarkably candid in his testimony before Congress this week. Outrageous, but candid. “There…
Obama’s Disdain For The Constitution
by M. Northrop Buechner Since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, he has changed it five times. Most notably, he suspended the employer mandate last summer. This…
How to Keep the Constitution
by Rep. Justin Amash When I entered Congress, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution, and I have followed through on that promise. The political elites of…
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…
Can the President write his own laws?
by Charles Krauthammer As a reaction to the crack epidemic of the 1980s, many federal drug laws carry strict mandatory sentences. This has stirred unease in Congress and sparked a…
Big Government: Strangling Life
by John Stossel There are now 175,000 pages’ worth of federal laws. Local governments add more. I’m not so cynical that I think politicians pass laws just to control us.…
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…
Be careful what you say …
“It is eerily ironic that only days after Obama told students to reject the voices that warn of government abuses and overreaching, it turns out that the Obama Administration has been systematically abusing…
The “idiot” defense
by Jonah Goldberg Although there’s still a great deal to be learned about the scandals and controversies swirling around the White House like so many ominous dorsal fins in the…
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…
Court rules that the Constitution applies even to Obama
by Lloyd Green Sometimes, Barack Obama acts like the Constitution does not apply to him and the Congress is an imaginary being. Friday, the United States Court of Appeals brought…
Ronald Reagan’s Second Inaugural Address: Human freedom is on the march, and nowhere more so than our own hemisphere
“The American sound . . . is hopeful, big-hearted, idealistic, daring, decent, and fair.” by Scott L. Vanatter One-term presidents rarely are considered our most successful presidents. Getting re-elected is…