by Jane Richey | Dec 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
For the Democrats, the policy imperative now is the consolidation and defense of the liberal welfare state, and especially its defense from the consequences of its own fiscal collapse. With Obamacare enacted, they are basically done building. They might dream of...
by Jane Richey | Dec 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Ronald Reagan, who was then a movie actor, delivered one of the greatest and most prophetic speeches of the 20th century, when he appeared before the Orange County Press Club on July 28, 1961. Vital Speeches of the Day later published the full text under the headline,...
by Jane Richey | Dec 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The chief lobbyist for a biofuels trade group defended a higher-blend ethanol fuel Monday as safe for car engines made in the model year 2001 or later. AAA last week raised concerns automakers would void warranties for consumers who fill up their tanks with E15, a...
by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
No matter how much the economy might contract as it free falls down the fiscal cliff, this much is true: We now have proof that the U.S. economy is totally — totally — dependent on federal government spending. The sequestration piece of the cliff calls for...
by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
President Obama’s plan for the Outer Continental Shelf does not include any new oil and gas leases in the Atlantic Ocean over the next five years, but it does include windmills. The Interior Department wants to lease nearly 278,000 acres off the coasts of Rhode...
by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Attorneys general in New York and nine other states have written to U.S. Senate leaders urging them to stop legislation that would allow licensed gun owners to carry concealed firearms across state lines. Letters sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and...
