Morning Bell: After Obamacare
For the past two years, America has witnessed headline after headline reporting on flaws in President Barack Obama’s health care law. And as America learns… Read More
Articles by Mike Brownfield
Morning Bell: Dysfunctional Washington
Within one year of being elected, Governor Scott Walker (R) reformed the state’s public sector pension system, eliminated a $3.6 billion budget deficit without raising… Read More
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Morning Bell: A Historic Win for Reform in Wisconsin
The state of Wisconsin has once again lived up to its billing as a Midwestern incubator of Big Ideas. In yesterday’s case, when voters resoundingly… Read More
Morning Bell: Unemployment Rises Again
For those hoping for good economic news out of Washington today, they’re in for a terrible disappointment. According to the latest jobs report from the… Read More
Morning Bell: How Radical Were Wisconsin’s Reforms?
One year ago, the state of Wisconsin adopted sweeping reforms that curbed collective bargaining rights among government workers, brought the state’s pension system into line,… Read More
Morning Bell: The White House Defends Public Equity
Up is down, left is right, good is bad, and day is night. If you wander inside the Washington, D.C., beltway, you’ll enter a bizarro… Read More
Morning Bell: Pictures of America’s Medicare Mess
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama sat down with world leaders at the G8 summit and bragged about his track record of supposed good governance… Read More
Morning Bell: Believe it. Obama’s A Big Spender.
There are some things that are so apparent that they’re not even worth mentioning. What goes up must come down. The earth is round. President… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Blockbuster Secrets
Deep in the cover of night in the town of Abbottabad, Pakistan, a team of Navy SEALs descended from helicopters, breached the compound of terrorist… Read More
Morning Bell: Catholic Institutions Sue to Stop Obamacare’s Religious Liberty Violation
Three years ago, the University of Notre Dame invited President Barack Obama to deliver a commencement address and conferred on him an honorary law degree…. Read More
Morning Bell: The Danger of Article 82 and Obama’s Latest Treaty
Back in 1982, President Ronald Reagan decided not to sign a treaty known as “Law of the Sea” (LOST), a United Nations convention that would… Read More
Obama’s Ironic European Lecture
Europe is in bad shape, there’s no doubt about it. The sovereign debt crisis continues to roil the continent, Greece may leave the euro, Spain… Read More
Five Good Reasons to Prevent Taxmageddon
On January 1, 2013, the American people will be hit with the biggest tax hike in history. It’s known as “Taxmageddon,” and it will bring… Read More
Morning Bell: A Force for Liberty from China to Cuba
On Saturday night, blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in Newark, N.J., after escaping seven years of persecution in China. With the sweet land of… Read More
Morning Bell: America’s Antique Air Force
America’s flying fortress, the Cold War-era B-52 bomber, has been in service for the last 50 years, running missions in Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, Afghanistan and… Read More
Morning Bell: A Glimmer of Hope for the American Dream
Yesterday in the Senate, America bore witness to the glaringly obvious division in Washington, as stark as the contrast between high noon in the desert… Read More
Morning Bell: Don’t Fear the Free Market
The lingering headline on the front pages this week is that JP Morgan Chase suffered a massive loss on a hedging strategy, costing them $2… Read More
California’s High-Speed Spending Spree
The State of California keeps sinking into a deeper hole of debt, with reports showing that the state’s budget shortfall is projected to be $16 billion,… Read More
Facebook Billionaire Flees America for Lower-Taxed Shores
Facebook’s much-vaunted initial public offering is on the horizon and promises to shower a few lucky individuals with millions if not billions of dollars. One… Read More
Morning Bell: Stopping the Largest Tax Hike in History
The largest tax hike in history is due to strike the United States on January 1, 2013. Known as “Taxmageddon,” it would impose $494 billion… Read More
Morning Bell: Would You Take an SUV into Combat?
Should our fighting men and women be forced to drive unarmed SUVs into war zones, with speed as their only defense against rocket and car… Read More
Morning Bell: Will Congress Defend Our Military?
It’s one thing to talk a good game about cutting spending, but it’s quite another thing to actually do something about it. This week, the… Read More
Do You Need A Permission Slip to Work in Your State?
For some professions, it makes a lot of sense to have some high standards before you’re allowed to work — doctors, pharmacists, pilots, you get… Read More
Morning Bell: Socialism Rises Again
Last weekend, the people of France took a sharp turn to the left, and the rest of Europe may be on the brink of rebuking… Read More
Infographic: Americans Fleeing the Job Market
On Friday, Americans woke up to the news that the labor market in April 2012 continued its plodding path of mediocrity. A mere 115,000 jobs… Read More
Morning Bell: A Better Life for Julia
Her name is “Julia,” and if you haven’t seen her, she’s a colorful cartoon character invented by the Obama campaign to help spread the message… Read More
Washington Post: EPA “Earning A Reputation for Abuse”
It hasn’t been a good week for the Environmental Protection Agency, and today’s Washington Post editorial page didn’t make it any better. On Monday, EPA… Read More
Morning Bell: Weak Economy Disappoints Again
Every day, America waits for a brighter future to arrive — the promise of change that President Barack Obama made in 2009 when he set a benchmark… Read More
Morning Bell: Is the Postal Service Doomed?
If you ran a business with $25 billion in losses over the last five years, $20 billion in annual losses projected in the coming years,… Read More
In Pictures: Defense Spending Plummets under Obama’s Budget
Last night, President Obama visited Afghanistan and stood on the shoulders of the U.S. military to trumpet his foreign policy. But that military is being… Read More
