On: 07/05/2010 21:16:50 In: Fiscal Responsibility By Kevin Mooney Just as President Reagan channeled Thomas Jefferson on July 3, 1987 to interlink his proposed “Economic Bill of Rights” with the ideals of the founding period, contemporary Americans ought to reinstate the 40th president’s call for constitutional amendments […]

On: 07/27/2010 21:15:25 In: Economy By Rebekah Rast The Seven Dwarfs from the Disney movie wouldn’t be singing “Heigh-Ho” on the way to their job if they were mining in the U.S. In fact, they would probably be out of work altogether. An often overlooked but critical industry […]

On: 07/21/2010 22:23:28 In: Corruption By Bill Wilson What does $39,400 in campaign donations to Charlie Crist’s campaign for Florida’s open Senate seat buy ? How about a $536 million, 72,800 acre land deal by the state of Florida to the U.S. Sugar Corporation, based on an appraisal value of the property taken at the height of the real estate bubble, and […]

On: 07/15/2010 20:24:49 In: Uncategorized Economic Arguments Against Keynesian Proposals Can Balance Out Pro-Spending Coverage By Kevin Mooney “Deficit Hawks” who are ambitious to roll back the Obama Administration’s spending binge could jeopardize job creation and further sink the economy, according to lawmakers, union officials and public policy […]

On: 07/11/2010 23:36:38 In: Economy By Rebekah Rast The government must have a short-term memory. In the late 1970s America was in the midst of an oil crisis. It wasn’t out of the question for cars to be lined up at service stations for hours waiting to fill […]

On: 07/05/2010 21:16:05 In: First Amendment By Michael Swartz Traditionally, newspapers have enjoyed the freedom from restrictions on political speech. A good editorial board will consider all views for publication and exhibit some sort of balance among those they allot space for in the editorial pages. Being […]

On: 07/27/2010 21:14:24 In: Uncategorized U.S. Supreme Court’s Conservatism is Greatly Overstated in Front Page NYT Report By Kevin Mooney Thanks in no small part to President George W. Bush’s successful nominations, the U.S. Supreme Court is perhaps the most conservative in history, a front page report in […]

On: 07/20/2010 23:25:02 In: Big Labor By Kevin Mooney After losing out on “card check” legislation, the Obama Administration is now working aggressively through administrative channels to unravel secret ballot safeguards at the direction of organized labor. The key player here is the National Labor Relations Board […]

On: 07/14/2010 21:47:05 In: Corruption By Rebekah Rast “Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but […]

On: 07/11/2010 23:35:55 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment By Victor Morawski Two main arguments have been used over the past few years to justify the view that offshore drilling, if done at all, should be done farther offshore. The first I call the “Aesthetic Argument.” Simply put, it observes […]