03.31.2010
On: 04/16/2010 09:33:37 In: Economy ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured editorial from the Wall Street Journal , the board lays waste to the premise that more regulation and unlimited bailout powers will prevent the next asset bubble: Too Big Not to Get Right At long last, the financial reform debate is getting serious, which […]
03.31.2010
On: 04/12/2010 10:33:15 In: Stop ACORN! By Kevin Mooney ACORN’s questionable financial transactions and political activity were explored by the New York Times in the months leading up to the 2008 presidential election. But this reporting was abruptly cut off. Now would be a good time to […]
03.31.2010
On: 04/06/2010 09:42:50 In: Fiscal Responsibility By Bill Wilson There’s something to be said about profiting off of the ill fortunes of others. In late January, the U.S. Treasury Department warned Congress that the U.S. was fast approaching the statutory limit on the national debt ceiling, then $12.394 trillion. […]
03.31.2010
On: 04/28/2010 09:26:14 In: Economy ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured column from the National Law Journal , David Oedel and Edward Pinto remind the American people of the unfortunate role played by government in contributing to the credit crisis: Oedel and Pinto: Denationalize housing finance By David Oedel and Edward Pinto Financial firms […]
03.31.2010
On: 04/22/2010 09:24:32 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured oped from the Wall Street Journal , Paul Rubin shows the religious qualities of radical environmentalism: Rubin: Environmentalism as Religion By Paul H. Rubin Many observers have made the point that environmentalism is eerily close to a religious belief system, since it includes […]
03.31.2010
On: 04/15/2010 10:35:10 In: Taxes By Rebekah Rast The TEA Party movement will be in full swing today — all over the nation. From marching through downtown streets to rallying together in front of courthouses, the mission is the same. TEA Partiers don’t approve of where […]
03.31.2010
On: 04/12/2010 10:32:12 In: Health Care By Victor Morawski An inherent hazard for those of us writing commentaries on current events is, of course, that current events change. Like Bob Dylan used to do with his songs, I usually carry an article on which I am working […]
03.31.2010
On: 04/06/2010 09:42:28 In: Health Care ALG Editor’s Note: William Warren’s award-winning cartoons published at GetLiberty.org are a free service of ALG News Bureau. They may be reused and redistributed free of charge.
03.31.2010
On: 04/27/2010 09:18:39 In: Economy Yesterday, Senate Republicans took a firm stand against the government takeover of the nation’s financial sector, as the Senate failed to reach the 60 votes necessary to proceed to the bill proposed by Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT). Even Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) voted against proceeding to the bill, demonstrating bipartisan opposition to its key provisions, provisions that endangered politicians ultimately do […]
03.31.2010
On: 04/21/2010 09:49:47 In: Economy By Bill Wilson Apparently, everyone in the world is worried about rapidly increasing sovereign debt except for Barack Obama and Timothy Geithner. Yesterday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a stark warning that unprecedented deficit-spending throughout the world to cope with the recession […]
