By Rebekah Rast — Call it an election strategy.  President Obama is sitting on numerous regulations, coming from the Environmental Protect Agency (EPA), Agriculture Department and even those concerning worker safety that will likely have to wait for approval until after the elections. While it’s […]

By David Bozeman — I have a friend.  I’ll call him George.  In all his 51 years he has never voted.  He has never even registered and claims no party affiliation.  When pressed on the matter, he replies that all politicians say what they have […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Tuesday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Cartoon: The plan is working — Branco Toons A centennial appreciation of Milton Friedman — Newsday The man who saved capitalism — Wall Street Journal We still need Milton Friedman today — Thomas Sowell Happy 1ooth Birthday, Milton Friedman! — Reason Celebrating Milton Friedman — Cato Social Security Disability Insurance’s incentive not to work — Washington Post Landowner engages in clean water act; Receives fine from EPA — NetRightDaily Obama’s last hundred days — Wall Street Journal […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Monday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Teachers Unions go to bat for sexual predators — Wall Street Journal When will Washington get serious about red tape? — Las Vegas Review-Journal Good news: Congress expected to do little in time it has left — Washington Examiner Is the U.S. on the verge of a lost decade? — NetRightDaily Romney’s scary world — Reason Tying ObamaCare in knots — NetRightDaily Blowing the whistle on the federal Leviathan — George F. Will Take what you want, and pay for it — Reason Milton Friedman was a moderate? — Cafe […]

By Albert Maslar — A famous Japanese proverbial picture depicts three monkeys, in turn, covering the eyes, ears, and mouth. In 2010, former House Speaker Democrat Nancy Pelosi handed over control of the House to Republican John Boehner by symbolically handing him a much-oversized gavel, […]

It’s time to get the boot off the throats of American job creators:

By Bill Wilson — A July 18 report by the Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon has revealed a critical flaw in the Obamacare law that could ultimately prove to be its undoing. Namely, if states refuse to set up an insurance exchange under the law, the federal government lacks authorization to dispense some $800 billion in subsidies through […]

By Evan B. Kozierachi — Following Chief Justice Roberts’ decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate as a “tax,” there are 23 cases left challenging another mandate from the ACA, which has been dubbed the Health & Human Services (HHS) mandate. The […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Democrats play blackmail with taxes — NetRightDaily Government did not build your business — Reason Success and society — Don Boudreaux Cartoon: If guns cause murders… then blame paper for bad laws — Warren Toons Futile remedies for mass shootings — Reason Rep. Conyers and Obama admin. attempt ‘midnight regulations’ on the Internet — NetRightDaily Millions more may wind up without insurance as ObamaCare plays out — O.C. Register Zeal for legislating has turned us all into criminals — John Stossel Bloomberg: Cops should strike until guns are gone — United Liberty How big government infrastructure projects go wrong — Cato […]

NRD Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared at Forbes.com . By Bill Wilson — Several mainstream media outlets are reporting that Congressional Democrats are making explicit threats.  Unless Republicans cave-in to their demands to increase taxes on higher income families and small businesses, the Democrats will block all […]