By Duane Miller — Conservatives selected a candidate for senator in Texas this week.  What are called “grassroots-conservatives” celebrated the election.  Ted Cruz, a political unknown one year ago, defeated Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, handily.  Dewhurst represented the Republican establishment.  He was an office-holder, had […]

Originally published in Investor’s Business Daily. By Howard Rich — British Prime Minister David Cameron caused an international stir last month when he addressed a meeting of the world’s largest economies in Mexico City. In his remarks, Cameron referenced a specific component of France’s new €7.2 billion tax hike program — […]

By Paul Driessen — The latest justification for extending the industrial wind electricity production tax credit (PTC) is that we need an “all of the above” energy policy. The slogan falls flat, even when it’s expanded to “all of the above and below” — which […]

By Adam Bitely — In a 245-172 vote in the House on July 26, the House passed H.R. 4078, the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act . This legislation, if passed by the Senate and signed by the President, would stop the federal government from imposing many harmful regulations that cripple job creation […]

By Bill Wilson — A year ago, the $2.1 trillion increase in the debt ceiling was accepted — the largest in American history — because of the promise of offsetting spending cuts. A supercommittee was formed to find the cuts, but if it failed, $62 billion of […]

By John Vinci — A controversial Obamacare regulation has been temporarily shelved by a federal district court in Colorado in a blow to one of Obama’s primary regulatory pushes through his Health and Human Services Department. The preliminary injunction granted on July 27th is no small matter […]

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 […]