by Louis Woodhill. The July 10 edition of The Wall Street Journal contained an op-ed
by former Texas Senator Phil Gramm entitled, “A GOP Game Plan for Tax
Reform”. Unfortunately, his article could be more accurately named, “A
GOP Game Plan for Losing the Next Two Elections.” Senator Gramm is a great guy who has made important ... MORE
by Ira Stoll. One of the things I have found reassuringly familiar as I move back to New England after an absence of nearly 20 years is the Red Sox baseball team, still battling for the top of the American League’s East division. It’s just the players who are different. The hottest Boston hitter at the moment has been Jose Iglesias, a 23-year-old infielder ... MORE
by Wayne Crews & Ryan Young. Twenty years ago saw the release of the first edition of Ten Thousand Commandments, an annual report that tracks the cost and scope of the federal regulatory state. It’s been a very busy two decades for Washington, with 81,883 new regulations hitting the books during that time. That’s a new regulation ... MORE
Whose interests are immigration laws supposed to serve -- and whose interests do current immigration reform proposals actually serve? In order to have any immigration policy serve any purpose, the border must first be secured. Otherwise American immigration policy exists only on paper, and is mocked by what happens on the ... MORE
by Alfonso Serrano. Driven by a groundswell of public opinion, Colorado and Washington
state last November became the first states in the U.S. to legalize the
recreational use of marijuana. That wave of support, it now seems
clear, has echoed through the U.S. Congress, which Tuesday formally questioned the federal government’s prohibitionist drug policy in ... MORE
Four more states to reform pot laws in 2013. It's been only two months since Washington and Colorado voters
legalized recreational marijuana, but the advocates who raised
millions to pass Amendment 64 and Initiative 502 aren't wasting
time celebrating. In addition to helping craft the rules and
regulations in the Centennial and Evergreen ... MORE
Strangled by red tape. The cost is $1.75 trillion. That’s the price of complying with Washington red tape — and that’s not a misprint. While the federal government has the responsibility to establish reasonable regulations to help protect the American people, federal rule-making is so costly and cumbersome that it actually impedes job creation ... MORE