by Jane Richey | Sep 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Chairman Ben Bernanke sent a clear message Friday that the Federal Reserve will do more to “help” the still-struggling U.S. economy. His remarks seemed to leave two questions: What exactly will the Fed do? And when? It’s no longer a matter of “if.” It’s going to...
by Jane Richey | Sep 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
Most Americans realize that Labor Day is about celebrating workers, not union bosses. But that won’t stop Big Labor’s apologists from seizing the spotlight to demand more power. Fact is, modern unions are built on the legal privileges of compulsion and...
by Jane Richey | Aug 30, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Thelma Taormina keeps a pistol at her Houston-area home to protect against intruders. But one of the last times she used it, she said, was to run off a persistent utility company worker who was trying to replace her old electricity meter with a new digital unit. “This...
by Jane Richey | Aug 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
While Americans continue to be disappointed by dismal jobs reports and a high unemployment rate, one of the few recent bright spots in the U.S. economy has been energy production, particularly the shale oil and shale gas revolution. In fact, the Yale Graduates Energy...
by Jane Richey | Aug 29, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Small businesses are getting a lot of focus from politicians, because they are a key engine of job creation—which has stalled in the U.S. economy. A Republican National Convention theme of “We Built It” continued the political debate over the economy yesterday. A...
by Jane Richey | Aug 29, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Two venerable American gun manufacturers — Remington and Colt — could head for the West their weapons helped win if New York and Connecticut force them to implement microstamping technology. Microstamping, or ballistic imprinting, is a patented process that uses laser...
