by Jane Richey | Jul 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Matthew Franck has defended Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion thusly: I am more convinced than ever that Roberts has a fully plausible case that can be defended on principled grounds. That is not the same as an endorsement of its merits. … But I do think...
by Jane Richey | Jul 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Three years and eight months later, as unemployment has exceeded 8 percent for 41 straight months, Obama seems incapable of keeping this promise. With the worst employment figures since at least 1948, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ started measuring them, Obama...
by Jane Richey | Jul 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering adding on a “green fee” on each new MetroCard to encourage riders to recycle their cards. The proposal for the $1 surcharge was contained in the agency’s preliminary budget for next year. The aim is to reduce...
by Jane Richey | Jul 29, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The NHS is Britain’s government-run health care system. It acts as a single-payer system which originated with the nationalization of thousands of Britain’s hospitals. According to Heritage Foundation’s Robin Harris, this “centralized, single-payer health...
by Jane Richey | Jul 28, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Department of Transportation has fined popular airfare search website Travelocity for violating its rules for advertising airline tickets prices. The DOT said Travelocity had not included fuel surcharges on international flights when it offered passengers the...
