06.28.2012

Does the FDA Safety & Innovation Act provide an effective solution for managing prescription drug shortages?

By Evan B. Kozierachi — Congress has passed the FDA Safety & Innovation Act in response to the recent prescription drug shortages.  The Act’s solution to the shortages includes increasing the FDA’s regulatory power.  Over-zealous regulation and bureaucrats at FDA had been a main cause […]

06.27.2012

Should states automatically collect union dues?

Great post from Drew M over at Ace of Spades , taking on Harold Myerson’s Washington Post op-ed   that advocated automatic collections of union dues by states: Overdue Backlash Against Public Employee Unions Has Liberals Freaking Out One of the great gifts liberals benefited from before the rise of conservatism and conservative alternate media, is that so much of […]

06.27.2012

What ObamaCare Will Mean for Business Owners and Employees if the Law is Upheld

By Kevin Mooney — In just a few hours, business owners will know whether or not they need to confront insurance mandates included as part of President Obama’s health care plan. Under the legislation, employers with more than 50 workers must offer “minimum essential insurance” […]

06.27.2012

Must Reads for June 27

06.27.2012

Pelosi’s Supreme Court hope

By David McFadden — Liberals who are pessimistic about the prospects in the Supreme Court this week for the Abominable Care Act, known as “ACA,” have been preparing the ground by publicizing surveys measuring the unpopularity of the Court. Liberals who are optimistic, such as […]

06.27.2012

Delaying fiscal cliff better than lame duck fix

By Bill Wilson — Congressional leaders are said to be considering a deal that would delay automatic spending cuts and tax increases at the end of the fiscal year through March , and be tied to a continuing resolution that needs to be passed by the end of the fiscal year on Sep. 30. Throw in a temporary extension of the debt ceiling, and that may be […]

06.27.2012

Voucher Applications Roll in Louisiana Despite Legal Challenges from Teachers Unions

By Kevin Mooney — Parents and students who are ambitious to switch out of failing public schools have until June 30 to become part of history. That is the cut-off date for applications to be submitted to the state education department for scholarship funds that […]

06.26.2012

Dodging another UN bullet

By Paul Driessen and Duggan Flanakin — The Future We Want outlined a “common vision” for planetary “sustainable development,” as proclaimed by the “Organizing Partners of the Major Group of NGOs,” to guide the taxpayer-funded Rio+20 summit that ended last week in disarray and acrimony. […]

06.26.2012

Must Reads for June 26

06.26.2012

Worker and taxpayer rights preserved

By David Nace — Despite all the rhetoric and millions of dollars spent by both sides in Wisconsin, the fundamental issue is very simple.  Should workers have the right to voluntarily join a union and pay union dues? The reason that unions were so incensed […]

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