12.19.2011

By Howard Rich — Barack Obama literally can’t stop talking about the American middle class. During his unofficial 2012 campaign kickoff speech in Kansas earlier this month, he used the term “middle class” eighteen times as he derided those of us who still believe in […]
12.19.2011

By Rick Manning — The incandescent light bulb has a new lease on life as Congress is delaying implementation of the impending January 1, 2012 ban on the sale of traditional 100 watt light bulbs until October 1 of this upcoming year. Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson , whose group has led the charge against banning […]
12.19.2011

By Bill Wilson — According to former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich , employment needs to grow by at least 90,000 a month just to keep up with the growth of the population. But, since the fall of 2008 , the civilian labor force has actually shrunk from 154.7 million to 153.8 million , a contraction of about 900,000. It’s not that fertility […]
12.16.2011

By Robert Romano — Since being introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, the so-called “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) has drawn strong opposition from Internet companies large and small, as well as civil libertarians and grassroots organizations. One of the major criticisms is that the legislation would give the government […]
12.16.2011

By Rebekah Rast — If you ever ran a lemonade stand as a child you were aware of the basic market principles of supply and demand. If your lemonade was sold at too high a price, you likely didn’t get much business, or if you […]
12.16.2011

As part of the spending agreement reached by Congress to keep the government’s lights on (pun intended) and the doors open, the Federal ban on incandescent light bulbs has been suspended for the time being. This means that you will still be able to purchase […]
12.15.2011

Live Voting Below With the Iowa caucuses just a few weeks away, we thought it would be fun to host the 2012 GOP Nomination Elimination Match. This tournament will feature all 7 GOP Presidential candidates facing off in an 8 seed tournament with “None of […]
12.15.2011

Rep. Lamar Smith is attacking opponents of a free and open Internet by calling them liars. Just look at this press release from the official House Judiciary Committee website : Chairman Smith responded today to a letter that appeared in several newspapers from founders of Internet companies like Google, Twitter, and eBay regarding criticisms of the Stop Online […]