A Better Way
When the Obama administration admitted last month that it was studying a request by Texas governor Rick Perry to send National Guard troops to the Mexican ...
Right Kind of Bailout
The Obama administration promises action on dealing with the nation’s housing and foreclosure crisis. Most recently, Obama has assured Americans that the relief will go only to honest borrowers who ...
The Ultimate Anti-Stimulus Plan
President Obama and his advisers insist that they place national economic recovery over every other policy objective. However, when it comes to labor policy, they support measures that economic history ...
Presenting the Next Vice President
Ladies and gentlemen…introducing the next vice president of the United States: Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Although he is not yet appearing on media shortlists for likely Republican running mates, Governor Pawlenty ...
Countdown to a Whopper Tax Increase
Only 1,295 shopping days left until a massive tax increase hits America. That’s right: Unless congressional Republicans aggressively focus on extending expiring tax cuts, taxpayers will soon enough be facing ...
A Taxing Time for the Bush Legacy
There’s a twin threat coming on taxes this spring. Just recently, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson declared that “everything should be on the table” in regard to discussions about Social Security. ...
The Sanford Alternative
Sometimes people understand an event in its local context, but do not fully appreciate how it can resonate on a broader scale. This applies to politicians, too.
For example, when Ronald ...
Want Low Taxes? Watch the Spending
This year, as state legislatures convene, people should tune out the rhetoric of balanced budgets and instead look to the actual spending behavior of politicians in office — and to ...
Bipartisanship Must Not Equal Tax Hikes
The first female Speaker of the House is already working to increase our taxes. According to Nancy Pelosi’s “100 hour promise,” the Democrats will introduce and pass legislation that will ...
When It’s Not the Economy, Stupid
‘Victory has a thousand fathers,” the saying goes, and in close elections everyone can come up with a reason why a particular politician lost — turnout, local issues, character, poor ...