LawNews
Gun Dealers Targeted by Operation Choke Point
Retailers in the gun industry told The Daily Signal’s Kelsey Harkness this week that they’re being discriminated against by payment processors that prohibit the use… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What States Should Do About the EPA’s New Carbon Crusade
Climate change regulations imposed by federal bureaucrats now give state governments a new opportunity to extract money from their citizens. In the interest of protecting… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In Nevada, You Need a License to Teach How to Apply Makeup
LAS VEGAS —Two years ago, the Nevada State Board of Cosmetology fined and shut down two makeup instruction businesses owned by Lissette Waugh and Wendy… Read More
EconomyCommentary
10 Outrageous Examples of Government Regulators Invading Our Lives
As 2014 comes to a close, it is enveloped in red tape. From the breakfast table to the night light, government regulators invaded nearly every… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Private Sector, Not Obama, Created This Recovery
It only took six years, but we’re finally starting to see the U.S. economy kick into gear. This isn’t a story of government-directed growth, but… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How the Laffer Curve Changed America’s Economy
It was 40 years ago this month that two of President Gerald Ford’s top White House advisers, Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld, gathered for a… Read More
Biblical in Scale: Guess How Many Pages It Takes to Print Obama’s Environmental Rules
Americans will find few books that rival the number of pages of regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency since President Obama took office, not… Read More
EconomyCommentary
D.C. Taxicabs Forced to Follow Another Regulation
They don’t get it. Competition, that is. Or what being an entrepreneur means, for that matter. The District of Columbia Taxicab Commission announced it will… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Midterms Don’t Matter to Obama. He Still Controls All the Regulatory Agencies.
The election results were a crushing political blow for the Obama administration, giving Republicans firm control of both houses of Congress for the final two… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Internet Doesn’t Need More Regulation, Mr. President
Like Theodore Roosevelt, Barack Obama knows that the presidency makes an effective bully pulpit — even when you have historically low approval ratings. He showed… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Memo to Elizabeth Warren: Here’s the Right Way to Make Financial Markets Safer
Recently I had the pleasure of testifying at a Senate hearing. The topic was “Improving Financial Institution Supervision: Examining and Addressing Regulatory Capture.” “Regulatory capture” refers… Read More
EnergyCommentary
EPA Proposes Extreme Air Quality Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency just released its proposed new standard on ground-level ozone, which is a component of smog. Every five years, the EPA is… Read More
EconomyNews
In Time for Thanksgiving, Obama White House Serves Up 3,400 Regulations
Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House quietly released word that it has 3,400 regulations in the pipeline for next year. For those who’d like… Read More
EconomyCommentary
FDA’s Final Menu Labeling Rule: Going Way Beyond What’s Required Under Obamacare
Today, the Food and Drug Administration made its final menu labeling rule available and it’s even worse than expected. The mandatory menu labeling requirement comes… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Should Your Tour Guide Have to Pass a Government Exam?
Should guides have to pass a multiple-choice history test, background check and drug screen to be eligible to provide tours in cities? The Supreme Court… Read More
EconomyCommentary
If You Want to Pay More for Internet Access, Obama’s Got Your Back
Ready to pay more for Internet access? Me neither. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what we can expect under the “net neutrality” rules being pushed by President… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Does Washington Want to Hide Science Data From the Public?
When federal bureaucrats drive up costs for American families and businesses through heavy-handed regulation, it shouldn’t be too much to ask for a solid scientific… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What We Need to Do to Make Sure We Don’t Have to Bailout Financial Firms Ever Again
The Republicans will hold a comfortable majority in the U.S. House and, at most, a 55 seat majority in the Senate for the 114th Congress…. Read More
EconomyNews
‘How to Split the Baby’: FCC Chief Diverges from Obama on Internet Plan
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has signaled mixed feelings over President Obama’s support for tougher regulations on Internet providers. Obama said Monday that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Obama Throws FCC Chairman Onto the Fast Lane
President Obama made life a bit more difficult today for Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. In an unusually deep wade into… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Good News: A GOP Congress Usually Correlates with Booming Financial Markets
It was exactly 20 years ago, in November 1994, that Republicans under the maverick leadership of Newt Gingrich and his Contract with America took over… Read More
EconomyNews
Here We Go Again: Uncle Sam Is Back in the Subprime Lending Game
The headline in newspapers one recent weekend read like an April Fool’s joke, but it wasn’t April 1. The Obama administration announced it wants to… Read More
EconomyNews
Facing Bleak Prospects, Va. Millenials Want Government Both to Do More and Get Out of the Way
That much-mentioned, so-called millennial generation in Virginia is facing an uphill economic climb. The average student loan debt of 18- to 35-year-oldspolled by Christopher Newport… Read More
LawNews
This Document Proves Operation Choke Point Exists (If You Had Any Doubt)
A House committee today released a letter showing government regulators pressuring an Ohio bank to terminate all relationships with payday lenders. “[W]e have generally found… Read More
LawNews
Republican Lawmakers Demand Answers From Justice Department on Operation Choke Point
Thirty members of Congress demanded today that the Department of Justice launch an “immediate investigation” into the agency’s own Operation Choke Point and those involved… Read More
Energy News
Senator: Emails Reveal EPA, Green Group in ‘Beyond Cozy’ Relationship
Republican lawmakers say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enjoys a “beyond cozy” relationship with a liberal environmental action group that seeks to reshape national energy policies… Read More
EconomyNews
Convenience Stores Burning Over Cigar Crackdown
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn.—These days, where there’s smoke—or smokes—there’s fire. This time the conflagration started when local governments began raising prices on small stogies and cigarillos… Read More
LawCommentary
How Operation Choke Point Hurt My Ammo Business
My business is a victim of Operation Choke Point—a government program run by the U.S. Department of Justice—which shuts down businesses it doesn’t like by cutting… Read More
LawNews
Government Should Target ‘Bad Guys,’ Not Entire Industries, Trade Group Says
A group representing businesses that speed monetary transactions between consumers has taken a legal stand against Operation Choke Point, the secretive Obama administration effort to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Real Story on How the Obama Recovery Is Working Out
In President Obama’s speech on the economy Thursday, he walked a tightrope between taking credit for economic progress and admitting that Americans see a weak,… Read More
