An institutional culture that sees the law as an impediment. In accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of trying to regulate “water itself as a pollutant,” Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is not showing an excess of exactitude. But his looseness is rhetorical and harmless. The EPA’s is neither. Last week federal judge ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: The EPA Pushes The Envelope, Again
An institutional culture that sees the law as an impediment. In accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of trying to regulate “water itself as a pollutant,” Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is not showing an excess of exactitude. But his looseness is rhetorical and harmless. The EPA’s is neither. Last week federal judge ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Guns And Freedom
Who is it that seeks to take freedom by force? The right of the people to keep and bear arms is an extension of the natural right to self-defense and a hallmark of personal sovereignty. It is specifically insulated from governmental interference by the Constitution and has historically been the linchpin of resistance to tyranny. And yet, the ... MOREM. Housel: 3 Economic Misconceptions That Need To Die
Regarding goods from China and Middle East oil. At a conference in Philadelphia last October, a Wharton professor noted
that one of the country's biggest economic problems is a tsunami of
misinformation. You can't have a rational debate when facts are so
easily supplanted by overreaching statements, broad generalizations, and ... MORETom McClusky: Fiscal Cliff Deal Penalizes Married Couples
Politicians vote incentive against marriage. When the “marriage penalty” first appeared in the tax code in 1969, most families had only one member working, and the tax provision was designed to give a tax cut to one-income families. Unfortunately, the tax failed to envision the growing number of women in the workforce. Today in most families, ... MORE
Ronald Bailey: The Promised Land Of Fracking
Environmental and economic benefits outweigh the costs. Matt Damon’s new film Promised Land is
stoking the controversy over fracking, the shorthand for natural
gas production using hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.
The film pits a big natural gas production company against
economically stressed farmers in a Pennsylvania ... MORE
3 Troubling Ways TSA Punishes Passengers Who Opt Out
Intimidation, harassment and retaliatory wait time. If you don't want to walk through a poorly tested full-body scanner or have a TSA agent belittle your anatomy before your next flight, then you still have the right to opt out and submit to an "enhanced" pat-down. That's exactly what I did on a recent trip from Orlando to Atlanta. ... MOREBarry Farber: American Exceptionalism? Off The Charts!
Why hide from the facts? More than half of the American population believes the best days of this country are behind us. That might be depressing if America’s best days were less than they truly were. As it stands, it’s about as depressing as Bill Gates crying “Poverty!” if his fortune were to dip from 100 billion dollars down to around, say ... MORE
Sally Pipes: ObamaCare Guarantees Higher Premiums
Health insurance to go up $3,000 + higher. President Obama will deliver a second inaugural address later this month. He’ll no doubt reflect on what he’s done during his first four years in office — and on his signature healthcare law in particular. Let’s reflect with him. During his first campaign for the presidency in 2008, the president promised ... MORE
Richard Fausset: Mexico Considers Legalizing Pot
Bolstered by U.S. ballot wins. Forgive the Mexicans for trying to get this straight: So now the United States, which has spent decades battling Mexican marijuana, is on a legalization bender? The same United States that long viewed cannabis as a menace, funding crop-poisoning programs, tearing up auto bodies at the border, and deploying sniffer dogs, ... MOREAmy Payne: Uproar Over Bloated Sandy Aid Package
Bloated governor decries selfishness. Leaders from New Jersey and New York blew up yesterday after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) postponed a vote on an aid package related to Hurricane Sandy. But the bill is so loaded with pork projects that these officials should consider directing their anger at the Obama Administration, which is ... MOREIra Stoll: Obama's Crony Capitalism
Granting favor to the few. On the Friday before Christmas, President Obama announced that
he was appointing Mohamed A. El-Erian, the CEO of Pacific
Investment Management Company, as the chairman of his Global
Development Council. The announcement didn’t get much attention, but it should. It
exemplifies what’s wrong with Obama’s approach to ... MORE
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