Here is this week’s episode of “The Week Ahead”.

2011 begins with some more trouble for staffers at Obama’s Organizing for America. The organization, which is a continuation of Obama’s 2008 campaign organization, announced that it was laying folks off to begin the new year. As Dan Foster at National Review by way of Roll Call reports: The Democratic National Committee’s […]

By David Bozeman – One takes scant pleasure in defending the tobacco industry, but the pertinent question, now more than ever, is how much latitude will a freedom-loving people grant its government to tax, regulate, demonize, harass and suck the life out of a sector […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Monday Morning, Here are your morning Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : The Real Death Panel The new majority targets government spending Here comes the new Congress The Best of John Boehner Obama’s War on Energy Big Government Bozo of the Week: The EPA’s Lisa Jackson Personal well-being overshadows income inequality Americans need a new national debate on the Constitution 2010 was a disastrous year domestically The ObamaCare fraud Sneaking Death Panels into ObamaCare

As John Boehner becomes the next Speaker of the House this week, we thought it fitting to look back at some of his best floor speeches from the 111th Congress:

By Frank McCaffrey – The Environmental Protection Agency is growing in power in this nation. As we know, power corrupts. Americans For Limited Government’s Don Todd wants to let one of its administrators know that she’s a Texas-sized Bozo!

By Robert Romano – “Death panels” received renewed interest over the Christmas season in a New York Times piece by Robert Pear, “Obama Returns to End-of-Life Plan That Caused Stir.” The story outlines a new 691-page regulation that to puts into place end-of-life counseling, called “advanced care planning,” via the Medicare […]

On: 01/28/2011 09:15:42 In: Fiscal Responsibility ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured column from RealClearMarkets , Diana Furchgott-Roth makes the case for spending cuts, even if Barack Obama won’t: By Diana Furchtgott-Roth WASHINGTON-President Obama’s State of the Union address demonstrated anew that although he pays lip service to smaller government, less regulation, and […]

On: 01/24/2011 08:59:05 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured story from the Daily Caller’s Matthew Boyle , ALG Communications Director Rick Manning calls for an end to federal restrictions on oil drilling, refining, and coal production: By Matthew Boyle When it comes to President Barack Obama’s “green jobs” push, the administration may be more interested in […]

On: 01/18/2011 08:56:19 In: Economy By Bill Wilson When he wrote the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith warned against the “pretended payment” of sovereign debt, the creation of new money as a means of settling the debt. He wrote, “The raising of the denomination of the coin has […]