by Jane Richey | Jan 9, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
The Department of Transportation is proposing new regulations that would require hybrid and electric cars to make more noise when their engines are running. The rules are designed to make it easier for pedestrians to hear the quiet automobiles when they are...
by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2013 | Free Markets
“Promised Land,” the anti-fracking film written and produced by Hollywood stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski, was made in part by a production company owned by the government of Arab oil emirate Abu Dhabi – a state in direct competition with American oil and gas...
by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Dan Celia: “We’ve watched Japan do this for 12 years. That’s the problem — nobody really cares about the economy stalling,” he submits. “The worst-case scenario [to most people] is the economy stalls and we have more people on...
by Jane Richey | Jan 5, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
More expense added to our already high grocery bills. This is one of the last bills that was passed during the lame duck session in December 2010 by a Democratic majority who had just lost in the November election: The two rules proposed by the FDA would require food...
by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
A recently renewed wind power credit could face more scrutiny next Congress, as House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Wednesday that the credit is of “serious interest” to his committee. Issa criticized a...
by Jane Richey | Dec 21, 2012 | Free Markets, Politics
As of July 1, North Dakota’s population increased 2.17 percent compared with the previous year. As a whole, the U.S. population rose 0.75 percent during that period. Oil-and-gas drilling in North Dakota’s Bakken shale formation has been a boon for jobs, attracting...
