On: 04/07/2010 09:55:08 In: Fiscal Responsibility ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured op-ed from the Los Angeles Times , Schwarzenegger economic advisor David Crane warns of the imminent “$500 billion pension time bomb”: California’s $500-billion pension time bomb The staggering amount of unfunded debt stands to crowd out funding for many popular programs. Reform will take […]

On: 04/28/2010 09:27:40 In: Conservative Movement By Michael Swartz If you consider the tea party movement a political one and support their goals, you’re not alone. A Rasmussen poll taken just before the tax day protests found that 24% of Americans now considered themselves part of the […]

On: 04/22/2010 09:26:58 In: Hard Left By David Nace The Democratic Party has long portrayed itself as the party of Jefferson. This claim is largely the result of a speech made by Thomas Jefferson’s grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, at the 1872 Democratic National Convention and not as […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]