By David Rothbard and Craig Rucker — The eighteenth Conference of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP-18) has ended. It was the latest chapter in the interminable negotiations over wealth redistribution and control of energy use and economic growth – in the name of preventing […]

By Paul Driessen — Congress and the White House are struggling to find even one subsidy or entitlement program that they are willing to cut. But the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) insists that the 2.2-cents per kilowatt-hour Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind electricity […]

By Rick Manning — Our nation faces a national conversation about violence and what to do about it.  The events in Newtown, Connecticut are seared across our national consciousness, and it would be hard to find anyone who is sentient who doesn’t go into this Christmas with […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — The implementation of ObamaCare assumed that the states would do the work of setting up individual state exchanges to provide a clearinghouse of health insurance information for the public, and provide the mechanism that […]

By Rebekah Rast — A 52 percent tax rate. This might just be a new tax rate for some if Congress and President Obama don’t reach a deal before 2013. On Nov. 6, Californians approved of Proposition 30, a massive tax hike on the state’s […]

By Rick Manning — Taxpayers are footing the bill for thirty five union officials at the U.S. Department of Transportation, which spent $4.8 million dollars in union salaries in 2012, paying an average salary of $138,175 per year according to a report released by Americans for Limited Government today . The National Air Traffic Controllers Association accounted for […]

By Mary Kay Barton — As the Batavia Daily News observed recently, Invenergy is eagerly waiting for this “Lame Duck” Congress to extend the decades-old federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) for industrial wind facilities. Meanwhile, thousands of local tax- and rate-paying citizens are eagerly awaiting the expiration – […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at TheHill.com . By Rick Manning — I have a confession. I was born and raised in California. I was educated in the state, and attended the University of Southern California. I have spent decades defending the state against the charge […]

HB 4003 has passed the Michigan House with a 58-51 vote. After some procedural maneuvering, the bill will should head to Governor Snyder’s desk for his signature within the next 24 hours. From TheHill.com : Snyder’s signature will make Michigan, which has long been a stronghold […]

By Paul Driessen — In Walt Disney’s 1940 animated film “Pinocchio,” woodcarver Geppetto dreams that his wooden marionette will turn into a real boy. Geppetto’s hopes are immortalized in the song “When You Wish Upon a Star,” which begins: “When you wish upon a star/ […]