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05.21.2015

Cartoon: Looney Tune Strategy

05.20.2015

Iowa and New Hampshire do the dirty work in picking presidents

By Rick Manning The political party selection process gets a lot of criticism because of the disproportionate impact of the states of New Hampshire and Iowa on both the Republican and Democrat side. After spending a Saturday in Iowa experiencing five different Republican presidential candidates over the […]

05.19.2015

Cartoon: Cut and run

05.18.2015

Time to get Old Hickory off the $20 bill

By Robert Romano Andrew Jackson would be the first to say to take him off the $20 bill. Right on it, the bill says, “Federal Reserve Note,” an institution he would have despised. As President, when the renewal of the Second Bank of the United States’ charter […]

05.15.2015

Fadi Chehade is not the king of the Internet

Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement responding to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) CEO Fadi Chehade’s proclamation that the transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will be complete by the end of 2015: “The arrogance of Fadi Chehade is enormous even by Washington, D.C. standards. While Congress has defunded all NTIA actions […]

05.14.2015

House authorizes NSA mass surveillance program

By Robert Romano On May 13, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly, 338 to 88 , to adopt H.R. 2048 , the so-called “USA Freedom Act,” that promises, in section 501, to include a “Prohibition on bulk collection” by the National Security Agency (NSA). Ahead of the vote, the White House […]

05.14.2015

Cartoon: No fast track hack

05.13.2015

An open letter to Dr. Ben Carson—and all presidential candidates—on energy policies

By Marita Noon Dear Dr. Carson, Congratulations on your decision to run for President of the United States. I was at home writing at the time of your announcement. As a professional speaker and someone who has spent more than thirty years training speakers, I […]

05.13.2015

Not so fast track?

By Robert Romano Senate Democrats blocked legislation on May 12 that would grant trade promotion authority to President Barack Obama to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a commercial treaty between the U.S. and Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. The […]

05.12.2015

Cartoon: The real threat to national security

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