Parents Can’t Pack Lunches in Obama’s Chicagoland
Hey kids, say goodbye to your lunch boxes! In one Chicago-area school, packing a lunch is now banned. Apparently, mother and father don’t know best…. Read More
Hey kids, say goodbye to your lunch boxes! In one Chicago-area school, packing a lunch is now banned. Apparently, mother and father don’t know best…. Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is suffering policy schizophrenia. On the one hand, it has ordered automakers to increase fuel efficiency to save the planet… Read More
The Washington Post on February 10 ran an op-ed by Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius asserting that the new health reform… Read More
While there is much in today’s address by President Obama to the US Chamber of Commerce to unpack, one issue that deserves response were his… Read More
Lest anyone tell you that the phase-out of (non-toxic) incandescent light bulbs will be hassle-free (other than hugely expensive), herewith is the directive from the… Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been ordered to issue job-killing regulations that the agency and industry both agree are faulty and unfeasible. The EPA’s… Read More
In fiscal year 2010, the first full fiscal year under the Obama Administration, the federal government issued 43 major new regulations. According to the Administration’s… Read More
There’s a new regulatory skeptic in town, and his name is Barack Obama. At least that’s the image the President tried to paint today in… Read More
At a time when the economy is slow, you might think government officials would be happy to see new businesses start up. Arlington County Virginia,… Read More
When unemployment is reaching heights we have not seen in years, and cities are on the brink of bankruptcy, what is the Obama administration focused… Read More
Legislation to vastly expand the regulatory powers of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to advance in the Senate last week as proponents had… Read More
President Obama wants to see the U.S. lead the world in the number of college graduates by 2020. But new regulations being proposed by the… Read More
How much does federal regulation cost Americans each year? The question is not an easy one. While the revenues and expenditures of the government are… Read More
It seemed so simple: To reduce energy use, Americans must abandon the old-fashioned incandescent light bulb in favor of new energy-efficient lighting. Congress even passed… Read More
Using the classic Washington fib that “It’s paid for,” Congress is spending an extra $26-billion to bail out state governments (who already got the lions’… Read More
If you only listened to President Obama, you wouldn’t even know an oil spill is occurring in the Gulf. He hasn’t spoken publicly about the… Read More
There might be 14,000 things to be happy about, but there is one less reason in Santa Clara County, California: the government there voted to… Read More
You may not realize it but government regulations affect each American every day. As the Environmental Protection Agency cheerfully notes in their pro-regulation video contest… Read More
The United States is experiencing tough economic times and high levels of unemployment, leading to a dramatic increase in the number of young people taking… Read More
For Earth Day’s 40th anniversary, President Obama and the White House released a video praising Americans for our environmental awareness, and urging us to get… Read More
Americans are endlessly paying taxes–on their income, on their property, on almost anything they purchase. But the heavy burden that the U.S. government places on… Read More
Red tape – rules, regulations, restrictions and mandates imposed on America – rose alarmingly in 2009, mirroring the overall decline in economic freedom in the… Read More
The President asserted during a major speech in January: “One of the greatest contributions the United States can make to the world is to promote… Read More
Yesterday, as if he knew the results of the Massachusetts Senate race, retiring Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) ruled out the possibility of the Senate considering… Read More
We need to transform to a new, clean energy economy but we can’t build solar panels in the Mojave Desert if California Senator Diane Feinstein… Read More
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has set the stage for a major vote Monday morning at 1:00 AM – one that would require the… Read More
Supposedly, trends start in California and then spread to the rest of the country, a notion that seems to be confirmed by the latest economic… Read More
Make a list of the things you think government does really well. Almost everyone can agree it is pitifully short. Why, then, would we want… Read More
Liberals love to claim the Bush administration has broadly weakened regulations at the behest of corporate interests. And the media lap up these claims. Problem… 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
