by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The federal government is spending $4 million to help hook up farmers and low-income customers. Currently, fewer than a quarter of the nation’s roughly 7,100 farmers markets are set up to use the Electronic Benefit Transfer system, or food stamps. But Kathleen...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
It’s one thing to talk a good game about cutting spending, but it’s quite another thing to actually do something about it. This week, the House of Representatives has an opportunity to finally set some limits on Washington’s spending spree while also ensuring that the...
by Jane Richey | May 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Indiana grassroots appears to have scored a major victory of the GOP establishment in tonight’s hotly contested senate primary. Richard Mourdock, the State Treasurer heavily backed by various tea parties is the projected winner over career politician Dick Lugar...
by Jane Richey | May 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
What do Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico have in common? They make up the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 6. They also constitute the core of America’s energy production, especially oil. Thus, they needed to be taught a lesson. Who...
by Jane Richey | May 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Many college students are not earning enough to pay back their student loans, because they choose majors that pay too little upon graduation, and 15 percent of college grads are still paying back student loans at age 50, Peter Morici, University of Maryland Economics...
by Jane Richey | May 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Using snazzy graphics and interactive slideshow features, BarackObama.com spins a glowing narrative of imaginary Julia’s life from age 3 to 67. But “Julia” is a pathetic figment of the progressive imagination. She simply cannot function without the...
