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When Government Fails, Blame the Private Sector – OpenMarket.org Taxpayers are now in the process of bailing out the “Government-Sponsored Enterprises” — the mortgage giants… Read More
Long Before Midnight, Regulatory Stepping Down – Shopfloor.org The memo in question came from Chief of Staff Bolten on May 9th (a copy is here),… Read More
Drilling and Defense Spending are the two big issues this week in Washington. For years, Congress has banned oil and natural gas drilling on most… Read More
That Windfall Tax and Fuel Poverty – Adam Smith Institute The Compass folks are really rather upset that even Gordon Brown ( yes, even!) has… Read More
EnergyTomorrow Radio – Got Shale? Jane Van Ryan talks with Tony Dammer from the U.S. Department of Energy about America’s oil shale deposits… Time to… Read More
Education Tax Credits: Most Popular Choice Policy – Cato-at-Liberty The Friedman Foundation has just published the latest state poll – Maryland – in their very… Read More
Gee, It’s a Bummer When You Cope with High Gas Prices So Well – Government Bytes Peder Jensen, a “transportation expert” for the EU’s European… Read More
Heritage’s Sally McNamara discusses the concerns for the West now that Russia invaded Georgia. In the video she highlights three main reasons why we need… Read More
Report from St. Paul: On Floods, Charity and Conventions – Shopfloor.org With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on New Orleans, the entire tenor of the 2008… Read More
Nancy’s War on Science – FRC Blog By the time Nancy Pelosi digs herself out of the hole her abortion comments have gotten her into,… Read More
Safe Search Tools & Portals for Kids: The List Keeps Growing – The Technology Liberation Front Over at Ars, Ben Kuchera has a review of… Read More
The Green Bait-and-Switch – Adam Smith Institute In the US many environmentalists are getting infected with the NIMBY-virus* as they realize the unpleasant consequences of… Read More
How Transparent is Your Local Government Website? – Government Bytes Sunshine Review is working on the My Government Website Project for “people from all around… Read More
Joe Biden’s So-So Record on Trade – Cato-at-Liberty During his long tenure in the Senate, Joe Biden of Delaware has compiled a mixed record on… Read More
Whose Business Is It Anyway? – Townhall.com “Stossel is a pig.” “Wait and see how he is going to react when he [gets] fired by… Read More
Dem Lawmaker Kicked Out of Capitol – The Club For Growth Democratic leaders in the California legislature kicked Assemblywoman Nicole Parra out of the Capitol… Read More
Federal Regulations Helped Spawn Mortgage Crisis – OpenMarket.org Federal “affordable housing” and “diversity” mandates helped spawn the mortgage crisis. Additional evidence comes from a Washington… Read More
Now Safely Asserted: Card Check Eliminates the Secret Ballot – Shopfloor.org The DFL Party in Minnesota, feigning outrage that someone would express disagreement with their… Read More
U.S. Corporate Tax Rate 50% Higher than Economic Competitors – The Tax Foundation Washington, DC, August 13, 2008 – Tax Foundation President Scott Hodge this… Read More
Republican Energy Protest Starts Picking up Steam – FRC Blog Returned to the House floor yesterday to watch the Republican “speech-in” demanding a vote from… Read More
Economic Consequences of Russia’s Invasion of Georgia – Shopfloor.org Looking at U.S. trade data, we’re a little suprised to see that even with its energy… Read More
Federal Worker Pay Blasts Off – Cato-at-Liberty Newly released data show that federal employee wages and benefits continue a rapid ascent above and beyond private… Read More
Broadband Fear-Mongering… Again – OpenMarket.org Back in June, I reported on a bandwidth scare – a report suggesting that the US is lagging in broadband… Read More
Dumb Ballot Idea – The Club For Growth A proposal has been submitted to California’s attorney general for consideration on the 2010 ballot (at the… Read More
Timothy Carney: Novak, the master muckraker – Examiner.com WASHINGTON – The hardest-working man I have ever known has retired. Privileged to call him my boss… Read More
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgZSddWJ0X0[/youtube] 15 Republican Senators went on camera to ask Sen. Reid to act now on high gas prices. They’re sending a strong message that while… Read More
Are the Uninsured Free-Riding? – Cato-at-Liberty Should government require people to purchase health insurance? My answer is no. Here are three reasons… So, How Fared… Read More
Los Angeles Wants to do What? – Michelle Malkin The missing word in this story is “illegal.” But only the deaf, dumb, and blind can’t… Read More
Obama Now Backs Tapping Into Oil Reserve – Washington Times LANSING, Mich. | Sen. Barack Obama put his effort to pursue energy voters into overdrive… Read More
Here is what’s happening this week in Washington: Sixteen months ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the surge in Iraq “is not accomplishing anything.”… Read More
