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By Adam Bitely – Efforts are underway in the U.S. Senate to introduce a balanced budget amendment . If adopted, the federal budget would be constitutionally required to be balanced, and the politicians in D.C. would have no choice but to make sure that they pay for all of the nation’s yearly fiscal obligations in the year that […]

By Bill Wilson – This week, House Republicans will be making moves to ramp up U.S. oil production, specifically by voting to lift Barack Obama’s de facto moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.  HR 1229 and 1230 , being presented by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings. […]

By Frank McCaffrey – Craig Becker is an unelected and unconfirmed Obama Administration appointee who is working to force big companies to have unions. ALG Counsel Nathan Mehrens says this is a good person to have in the spotlight.

Update: Unknowingly, a man live-blogged the military operation occurring down the street from him that resulted in Bin Laden’s death … “There goes the neighborhood” he said after he discovered that the shooting that he and his family were hearing was connected to the gun battle which resulted in Osama bin Laden’s death… UPDATE: The body of Bin Laden was buried at sea to […]

By Robert Romano – Answering a question on America’s foreign dependence on oil from a Northern Virginia Community College student at a town hall event on April 19, Barack Obama boldly alleged , “we have actually continually increased U.S. production, so U.S. production is as high as it’s ever been.” It was a claim so false as to be laughable. In fact, in 1970, the U.S. produced 9.6 million barrels of oil a day, the most we ever produced . But today, we only produce 5.5 million a day. And while domestic […]

By Rick Manning – It is somewhat odd that one of President Ronald Reagan’s most often used quotes “Personnel is policy”, isn’t particularly eloquent although its alliteration and brevity make it memorable. Perhaps the three word phrase is remembered because it is succinct and accurate, even more […]

The National Football League is being turned on its head due to labor strife.  Unlike most companies, the NFL needs a labor agreement to make its player draft legal, distribute national television revenues between teams, and set uniform work and hiring rules across the entire […]

Courtesy of Russ Roberts at Cafe Hayek , here is the latest installment of the fight of the century:

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Thursday afternoon, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : EPA imposes will on Florida, costs estimated to top $1.5 billion The coming Bernanke-Obama stagflation NLRB seeks to overturn voter-approved secret ballot laws in Arizona, South Dakota… Union Battles: A window for parental choice How big a problem are public-sector pensions? Economy Slowed By High Prices, Bad Weather [And, Definitely, Not Failed Policies of Barack Obama] Barone: It’s too early for clues on the GOP’s 2012 nominee Online gaming: A question of liberty Now, can we get on to the real debate? Man vs. the state Keynes vs. Hayek: Round 2 The Ben Bernanke variety hour Superman to renounce U.S. citizenship… Protein Wisdom: The 2011 mock NFL draft