To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Tuesday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Time to end government sponsorship of sporting events — NetRightDaily Let them eat hope — Washington Examiner The Libor scandal: The Geithner connection — Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Caught in a green crossfire — NetRightDaily DISCLOSE Act’s lead sponsor: We need campaign finance reform to protect incumbents — United Liberty Obama shows he’s clueless about small business — Washington Examiner Chevy Volt costs taxpayers hundreds of thousands per car — NewsBusters Law of the Sea treaty dead — Washington Times Why NOT make Olympic uniforms in China? — Cato The return of SOPA — United […]

By Adam Bitely — If you’ve watched a NASCAR race you have probably noticed the National Guard sponsoring Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s racecars. But did you know that the National Guard has spent over $136 million sponsoring Earnhardt alone since 2008 ? At a time when government spending is a divisive issue in Washington D.C., […]

By David Bozeman “Higher taxes have discouraged public consumption of whiskey and tobacco. Now it’s sugar’s turn.”    — Lead editorial, AARP Bulletin, June 2012 It is time we started calling liberal Democratic policymakers what they are.  We all too frequently lament the ever-reaching ‘nanny state,’ […]

By Kevin Mooney — Polls show that Gov. Mitt Romney could be competitive against President Obama in Pennsylvania, a must win state for Democrats. So, it should come as no surprise to learn that a coalition of left-wing attorneys have filed a “motor voter” suit against state officials […]

By Paul Driessen — President Obama has waged war on fossil fuels for three and a half years – and American consumers and families are caught in the green energy crossfire. They are getting hit with higher energy prices, dismal employment prospects and a floundering […]

By Robert Romano — The U.S. and other developed economies are rapidly aging, and are bound to place an increased burden on taxpayers in coming years, new forecasts by the International Monetary Fund show . According to the estimates, by 2050 there will be approximately 75 seniors and children — i.e. dependents — for every […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Another failed ‘War on Drugs’ — NetRightDaily Is outsourcing so bad? — L.A. Times Outsourcing for dummies (including the willfully ignorant) — Cato Cartoon: Step in the right direction — Warren Toons 55% think ObamaCare is a tax hike — Quinnipiac Obama is actually out-raising Romney by $125 million — Washington Examiner Debt has increased $64,000 per taxpayer under Obama — CNS News Minimum wage laws are costly for the unemployed — Jeff Jacoby Spending & Saving — Don Boudreaux Obama offers change corporations can believe in — […]

By Kevin Mooney — Here, in a nutshell, is what several astute commentators on the right, including George Will , Charles Krauthammer , and others have told readers in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare : Associate Justice John Roberts would have ruled to strike down the federal health […]

By Howard Rich — Last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding “Obamacare” and its insidious individual mandate brought home the reality of government-run health care for many Americans. Yet while the  expanded taxing authority  granted to the federal government under Justice John Roberts’ ruling is indeed unprecedented, “Obamacare” […]

The House has voted again to repeal ObamaCare. The repeal measure passed 244-185. On the same vote in January of 2011 (on a nearly identical measure), the vote was 245-189 . This effort will go nowhere though as the Senate won’t pick it up. Read more on the difficulty of repealing ObamaCare.