By Rebekah Rast — If you ever ran a lemonade stand as a child you were aware of the basic market principles of supply and demand. If your lemonade was sold at too high a price, you likely didn’t get much business, or if you […]

By Paul Driessen — Every American manufacturing company gets tax deductions that help it create jobs and strengthen our economy — whether it produces newspapers, furniture, cars or fuel. Eliminating those deductions would increase unemployment and further slow our nation’s desperately needed economic recovery. Yet […]

The Senate voted 73-27 today, killing a major tax break that benefits the ethanol industry. The bipartisan group of lawmakers that opposed the incentive called the tax break needless. Many on the right and left opposed the measure for various reasons, but we opposed the […]

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here ! Good Friday morning, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely : Is a third depression on the way? Will ‘Obamalaise’ create another downturn? The choice to default on the debt is Geithner’s Pawlenty: I was for ethanol subsidies before I was against them… Let the miners get back to work Pensions threaten to bankrupt Illinois… Boudreaux: Stop the bad guys Economic stagnation explained Chris Christie pulls NJ out of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative! Taxpayers are still on the hook for the bailouts… Taxpayers losing money on GM bailout Good News: There will be no recess appointments from Obama over the Memorial Day recess… George Will wonders why liberals aren’t clamoring for Obama’s impeachment The difference between military spending and defense spending

By Victor Morawski – Praise has come recently to newly-announced Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty for having the boldness to take on King Corn in Iowa when he officially revealed his decision to run. Said the Wall Street Journal , “Pawlenty has passed an early test of fortitude” by departing […]

By Paul Driessen – President Obama frequently says Americans “need to end our $4 billion in annual taxpayer subsidies to oil companies.” The latest Democrat bill would have repealed some $2 billion of what Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) and others call “subsidies” and “special tax […]

By Bill Wilson – When the Republican establishment is spending much of its time deflecting criticism and denying that the current field of candidates running for president is weak, rest assured, it is weak. A recent AP poll of Republicans found that 45 percent were dissatisfied with […]

By Howard Rich – The unspooling of former U.S. Speaker Newt Gingrich’s presidential ambitions came fast and furious this week in the wake of his assault on U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposals. After previously offering his support for the Ryan plan — which aims […]

By Paul Driessen – President Obama’s speeches sum up his views on oil, natural gas and energy prices in just 44 words. “We have less than 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves. We’re running out of places to drill. We’re running out of oil. […]

By Paul Driessen – As Britain suffered through its coldest December in a century, families were forced to choose between keeping homes warm and feeding their children nourishing meals — thanks to climate policies that have forced extensive reliance on wind power and deliberately driven […]