On: 05/25/2010 23:27:23 In: First Amendment By Chris Slavens Cinco de Mayo is a minor holiday in Mexico, first marketed to Americans by Corona (yes, the beer company) in the 1980s for the express purpose of selling, well, beer. That it has been turned into a celebration […]

On: 05/19/2010 22:42:38 In: Hard Left By Rick Manning Sometimes it really hurts to be right. But based upon the record, you didn’t have to be Carnac the Magnificent or Miss Cleo to predict the future if Cass Sunstein was confirmed for the post of Administrator of the Office of Information and […]

On: 05/13/2010 22:35:38 In: Monetary Policy By Bill Wilson The U.S. could be committing as much as $254 billion to the European bailout via the Federal Reserve ($200 billion) and the International Monetary Fund ($54 billion), reports CNBC . That money will in part be used to provide liquidity to the […]

On: 05/10/2010 06:44:40 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment By Michael Swartz The Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico drew limited headlines upon its occurrence, with the biggest news at the time being the 11 workers missing after the rig’s explosion and fire. It wasn’t until the discovery […]

On: 05/04/2010 06:40:33 In: Economy By Robert Romano Does the Dodd bill contain Big Brother provisions? One of the lessons of this session of Congress is that details matter. Last week, as the Senate began presenting its legislation to take over the financial sector, it became clear that […]

On: 05/31/2010 22:59:51 In: Hard Left By Robert Romano Apparently, Barack Obama learned nothing from Rod Blagojevich’s attempted sale of his own Illinois Senate seat. Perhaps this is just the Chicago way. First, there was no offer at all, according to the Obama Administration, which denied that Joe Sestak’s charge that he had been offered a “high-ranking” presidential appointment in exchange for withdrawing from […]

On: 05/25/2010 02:44:46 In: Economy By Robert Romano The threat of a double-dip recession is real, but it should not be cause for more government “stimulus,” deficit-spending, bailouts, and low-interest monetary easing. The primary reason for the current market downturn is unacceptably high levels of sovereign debt and […]

On: 05/19/2010 22:41:31 In: Economy By Robert Romano Yesterday, after the Dodd financial takeover bill failed to achieve the 60 votes necessary to end debate, Senator Dick Durbin appeared on the floor to impugn the motives of Republicans. “It’s not surprising that the Republicans are reluctant to be a part of Wall Street reform… We’re trying to change the way Wall Street does business so we never […]

On: 05/13/2010 22:35:03 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment

On: 05/07/2010 12:05:49 In: Economy ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured video from Americans for Limited Government produced by Andrius Vaitekunas, if it is not amended, the Dodd financial takeover bill poses a serious threat to the financial privacy of every American and every company […]