by Jane Richey | Apr 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson sent a strong message to those critics who warn the natural-gas drilling technique known as “fracking” could cause widespread public health and environmental problems. “I think we have to deal in facts,” Tillerson told Fortune...
by Jane Richey | Apr 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Republicans have a majority in the state House, but they can’t get everything they want. They are being thwarted on passage of some legislation by a handful of other Republicans who are joining with Democrats. The House now has 112 Republicans, which is more...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Sunday — Earth Day — is when the bulb that won a $10 million government contest goes on sale. The bulb is the most energy-efficient yet, lasts about 20 years and is supposed to give off a pleasing, natural-looking light. But what separates it from the pack...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Senate Republicans derailed a Democratic “Buffett rule” bill Monday forcing the nation’s top earners to pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes, using the day before Americans’ taxes are due to defy President Barack Obama on one of his...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Disappointing jobs data is driving fresh speculation over whether the Federal Reserve might take extra moves to boost the economy. If recent reports are an indication that the economy might be losing steam, the central bank could feel compelled to act with another...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Politicians often cloak themselves in the mantle of statesmen from other eras who exemplified virtues that they lack. Barack Obama, like other politicians who sense Americans’ deep appreciation of Ronald Reagan, is out there invoking the Gipper. It’s like...
