CLASS WAR Envy as political policy spells harm for economy If you were poor in 1979, you were more likely to be wealthy a decade later than you were to still be poor. During the 1980s, the so-called “de...
BUST Climate-based disasters miss their appointment
Climate patterns that refuse to conform to computer models continue to confound the climate change crowd.
In 2005, the United Nations Environ...
Left doesn’t care if taxes cost people jobs Someone once said that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. That may have been true when he said it, but today taxes are mostly the price we pay so that politicians can play Santa Claus an...
CASHING IN Oil spill ‘relief’ spurs municipal shopping sprees
Last year’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico hurt the fishing industry. It harmed the tourism industry. It was even hard on the oil industry.
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White House late to the game once again WASHINGTON — I’m no sports nut but I’ve spent enough time at kids’ soccer games to understand that it’s impossible to score if you’re playing on the wrong side of the field.
Which is why I have ...
Free money a curse on the economy KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The lobby of the Federal Reserve Bank building here contains a money museum where a sign offers visitors “Free Money.” It is an amusing anomaly, considering the views of the man...
DENIAL Democrats won’t face reality of runaway debt
You can’t accuse Democrats of having no plan. They may not have a budget, but they definitely have a plan.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., revealed t...
Ryan’s plan attempts to mend Medicare Republicans want to “end Medicare as we know it.” Cue cat shriek! This “end Medicare as we know it” line — and many like it (“end Medicaid as we know it,” “end carbon-based life as we know it,...
OUTDATED Time to phase out ethanol subsidies At a time when ethanol subsidies should be phased out, the federal government is planning to expand them. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced p...