Today’s quote of the day comes from the always wise, Steve Horwitz : “The federal budget is not a reflection of our moral priorities as a country (as if such a thing even makes sense), it is a reflection of what garners votes for the members of […]

By Rebekah Rast — The nearly five million visitors to the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona each year stare in awe at the canyon’s long 277 river miles that can be up to 18 miles wide and about a mile deep . However, even amidst this beauty, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is focused on the haze in the national park and says it is coming from a very important electricity source in the area. The Navajo Generating Station (NGS), a […]

By Robert Romano — The “new normal” — a Ship of State lost at sea in economically turbulent waters — will not be undone merely with a changing of the guard. So proclaims one of the principal authors of the hypothesis that after the financial crisis the […]

Mitt Romney is fighting back against Obama’s ‘ War on Coal .’ In a campaign stop in Ohio today, Romney is highlighting the steps that the Obama administration has taken to cripple the coal industry : In a morning appearance outside an eastern Ohio mine after his campaign bus rolls into the state, the Republican presidential candidate plans to discuss a long-simmering coal country […]

Joe Biden has no shame and no morals…:

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Tuesday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Republican Keynesians come out of the woodwork to oppose sequestration — Dan Mitchell Federal gov’t loses at least $25 billion on auto bailouts… — NetRightDaily Cartoon: Obama’s Transparency — Branco Toons How Obama is robbing the suburbs to pay for the cities — Forbes Paul Ryan: Don’t believe the hype — Cato Obama’s backdoor attack on fracking — Washington Examiner Michele Obama scolds U.S. gold medal Olympian for eating an egg McMuffin — Newsbusters Union leadership opposes bill that increases their members’ pay — Daily Caller There’s no BBQ clause in the Constitution — […]

By Kevin Mooney — Just a few hours after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling upholding Obamacare, top officials in Rhode Island made some revealing comments about how they intend to use their health benefit exchange system. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Steven […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Monday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Congress isn’t gridlocked–it’s just irresponsible — Reason Romney-Ryan ticket puts entitlement crisis at center of campaign — Michael Barone How much does it matter that Paul Ryan is on the ticket? — Cato Are Ryan’s budget plans really that radical? — Reason Cut Big Business’s corporate welfare — Cato A question of context — George F. Will Europe’s circular bailout — NetRightDaily Obama co-opts free market rhetoric to boost ObamaCare — Washington Examiner Obamanomics: A legacy of wasteful spending — Cato Romney’s statements on global warming allow for greater scientific skepticism — NetRightDaily The revenge of Richard Nixon: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau spreads its tentacles — […]

By Kevin Mooney — Gov. Mitt Romney has been talking a good game on energy policy. He will approve the Keystone XL Pipeline on his first day in office, and opposes the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) through the Clean […]

PAUL RYAN. NBC 4 in Washington D.C. reports that Paul Ryan has been chosen by Romney to be his running mate. Romney will officially announce his pick at 9 A.M. in Norfolks, VA later this morning.