Don’t ‘Do Something’ Americans Are Against
Congress has returned from their spring break to mounting pressure to “do something” about the current financial turmoil. The Hill reports: “Republican senators have spent… Read More
Congress has returned from their spring break to mounting pressure to “do something” about the current financial turmoil. The Hill reports: “Republican senators have spent… Read More
Here’s a preview of the week ahead in Washington. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an2ZGW85Ad0[/youtube] Recent troubles with the financial and housing markets have lead to proposed action by Congress… Read More
Today, an authoritative and diverse group of scholars warned the American people: “If present trends continue, the nation’s deficit will reach unmanageable proportions, other vital… Read More
In their Business section front page puff piece on Free Press policy director Ben Scott, the Washington Post does reports that FP’s “critics” often note… Read More
Following up on yesterday’s post on the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees report, The Heritage Foundation released a chart today looking at how… Read More
John Kay has a great column in the Financial Times today titled: “More Regulation Will Not Prevent Next Crisis.” Kay concludes: Banking supervision should then… Read More
The New York Times has an article out today titled: “A Political Comeback: Supply-Side Economics” that asserts “the big supply-side tax cuts of the 1980s… Read More
The Heritage Foundation’s Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies Ed Meese and Senior Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy James Gattuso issued the… Read More
The Justice Department finally approved the merger between XM and Sirius last night. Now the FCC is the only barrier standing between sports fans and… Read More
The Washington Post solicited plans from each of the remaining presidential campaigns on what each candidate will do, if elected, “to solve the current crisis.”… Read More
The USA Today has a front page story promoting plans by Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to end “a tax break they… Read More
Stephen Moore has a must read article in the Weekly Standard this week detailing not only how public sector unions have bankrupted the city of… Read More
Despite the Fed’s bold and timely moves, the U.S. economy overall has at best entered a period of slow growth, and may be teetering on… Read More
The March 13 report of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets is a good start towards preventing another credit crisis like the one that… Read More
If something does not change fast the city of Vallejo, California will soon declare bankruptcy. The San Francisco Chronicle tags the departure of Mare Island… Read More
The House Judiciary committee’s Antitrust Task Force will be holding a hearing this afternoon on net neutrality regulation of the Internet, focusing on recent actions… Read More
In the Wall Street Journal today American University and the University of Nevada at Reno economics professor Brad Schiller offers a great corrective to those… Read More
As we noted last month, the announced merger between Sirius and XM is now over a year old. While FCC chairman Kevin Martin has hinted… Read More
Since the economy is set to be a key issue in the general election, tax policy will be a major point of departure for the… Read More
With the leading presidential candidates doubling down on their anti-trade promises, it is important that the facts about the benefits of trade are repeated as… Read More
Seeking to capitalize on consumer fears stemming from a recall of Thomas the Tank Engine toys due to trace levels of lead paint, Congress is… Read More
As we have amply demonstrated before, our trade partners are not happy with the latest promises from liberal presidential candidates to unilaterally pull out of… Read More
The Wall Street Journal has a great editorial today comparing the economic policies and fortunes of Ohio and Texas. Ohio currently ranks 47th out of… Read More
With energy demands increasing and legislators pushing for carbon constraining policy, more people are turning their heads to commercial nuclear energy. Although many environmentalists, including… Read More
The Wall Street Journal opined today: Democrats claim the world hates America because President Bush has behaved like a global bully. But we don’t recall… Read More
Like the weather, everyone complains about the red tape Washington puts on American small businesses, but no one does anything about it. Well, almost nobody…. Read More
Liberals have always believed that higher taxes are great for the U.S. economy and both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama promise to raise taxes as… Read More
Last night the American people listened to a lengthy list of promises on how to expand the government’s role in health care. No time was… Read More
Fuel-cell vehicles are a long way off, reports The Washington Times. Cost, fuel availability, and consumer skepticism remain major obstacles. This is yet another reason… Read More
Currently it is just about impossible to listen to both Major League Baseball and National League Football games on your radio. Sirius Satellite Radio has… Read More
