by Jane Richey | Dec 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General says it will investigate whether EPA officials — including Administrator Lisa Jackson — used alias email accounts to conduct official government business, thereby shielding those...
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Recent decisions by the Obama Administration concerning the health care exchanges and Medicaid expansion underscore what a risky proposition the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is for the states. Congress presumed in PPACA (Obamacare) that the...
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
A state mandate that requires electric providers to use more renewable and alternative sources in coming years will drive up the cost of electricity for all Pennsylvanians by $16 billion over the next eight years, according to a new study. Worse, the costs will fall...
by Jane Richey | Dec 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
One of the tragic legacies of the Great Society is the violence inflicted upon the family as an institution. Through a series actions, calculated or not, the family has been devalued as the bedrock of civil society and replaced with the government acting in loco...
by Jane Richey | Dec 17, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
One of the key features of Obamacare is the establishment in each state of a health insurance “exchange” (now known by the abbreviation HIX) where customers would be able to purchase insurance policies eligible for federal subsidies. Much to the surprise of the...
by Jane Richey | Dec 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Fairness is a value judgment. In the fight over taxing the rich, those with good values are losing the judgment. They are losing because they have failed to name, and defend, the moral right which ought to define fairness toward all taxpayers: the right to own and to...
