Environment/Energy · Politics · Regulation
No one wants to send a species to extinction, but when a chicken that can be hunted and cooked for dinner is proposed as an endangered species, one has to[...]
In the first bit of good news for those opposing the ever more tyrannical Obama administration, a 3-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling of the[...]
Environment/Energy · Liberty · Regulation
Companies everywhere extol their sustainable development programs and goals. Sustainability drives UN programs like Agenda 21, EU and US green energy initiatives, and myriad manufacturing, agricultural, forestry and other efforts.[...]
Can the President make “recess appointments,” which do not require Senate confirmation, when the Senate is not in recess? No President in American history had ever tried to do that before. But[...]
Environment/Energy · Regulation
The continuing drought is wreaking havoc on the ability of the Mississippi River to function as one of our nation’s primary commercial arteries. If water levels continue to fall, as[...]
Environment/Energy · Regulation
Deregulation of the electric industry has proven effective in many states at creating greater competition and lowering prices for consumers. Nowhere is this more true than in Texas. Texas has[...]
Economics · Health Care · Politics · Regulation · Taxes
In 1994, lawyer Philip K. Howard wrote a book called “The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America.” He was right, and the book got a ton of favorable[...]
Economics · FIRE · Liberty · Politics · Regulation
Sean Gabb of the Libertarian Alliance in the UK has produced an excellent essay dismantling the British government’s announced plans to cap the interest rates on personal loans. “Loan sharking” strikes[...]
Health Care · Liberty · Politics · Regulation
[First published at Real Clear Politics.] Hobby Lobby, the mega craft store, has lost the first round of their case against the government over the contraception mandate, and will be fined $1.3[...]
Economics · FIRE · Politics · Regulation
A close look at the most recent statement from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke after the formal announcement of QE3 a few weeks ago, plus articles and blogs in reaction[...]
Environment/Energy · Politics · Regulation
Americans were repeatedly warned that they should expect an aggressive EPA regulatory agenda against fossil fuels if President Obama was re-elected – an agenda that would drive up the cost[...]
Environment/Energy · Politics · Regulation · Science
Climate activists are planning a demonstration this Sunday in Washington D.C. to apply fresh pressure on the President to reject the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, according to Ben Geman who[...]
Environment/Energy · Regulation
One of the most tightly-regulated industries in the United States today is uranium mining. In fact, if next year’s Virginia General Assembly decides to lift its current moratorium, a total[...]
Environment/Energy · Regulation
As I noted in this recent blog post, global temperatures stopped rising in 1997. I haven’t seen much reporting of this in the American media — there’s an election coming up[...]
FIRE · Health Care · Regulation · Taxes
Surprise, surprise: The IRS has testified before Congress that the small business tax credits in Obamacare are so complex, they are essentially useless for most employers. Makes one wonder if[...]
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