by Jane Richey | Mar 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
A large amount of food sent by the U.N. to the Somali capital during last year’s famine never reached the starving people it was intended for, an Associated Press investigation has found. Some of the World Food Program supplies went to the black market, some to...
by Jane Richey | Mar 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
President Barack Obama and his green energy confederates are determined to scare the public about a declining supply of “fossil fuels.” If we accept the idea that oil is produced by the conversion of organic matter — from plants to dinosaurs —...
by Jane Richey | Mar 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) was established as a safeguard against emergencies such as the cutoff of oil supplies from the Middle East. Even when prices have spiked, previous administrations have been loath to tap the SPR. President George H.W. Bush drew...
by Jane Richey | Mar 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Obama administration has responded to Vladimir Putin’s landslide re-election as president of Russia by doubling down on appeasement. America may never live down the shame, and it will keep on paying through the nose at the gas pump for this folly. What the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Shell Oil Co. has chosen a site near Pittsburgh for a major, multi-billion-dollar petrochemical refinery that could create thousands of construction jobs and provide a huge economic boost to the region. Dan Carlson, Shell’s General Manager of New Business...
by Jane Richey | Mar 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Federal regulations and tax policy can harm small businesses or discourage them from expanding in a bid to avoid the higher regulations and taxes that the government levies on larger firms, according to the Congressional Budget Office. A CBO report published March 12...
