by Jane Richey | Oct 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
From the Derrick — written by Judith Etzel: A coalition of shallow oil and gas producers is taking on state government in an effort its members insist is focused on saving the stripper well industry in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Independent Petroleum...
by Jane Richey | Oct 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The actions of one small business may have only a local impact. But when the actions are repeated by thousands of firms across the economy, the consequences can be very large. That is why the recent cautious tone among small-business owners merits attention. Of...
by Jane Richey | Oct 8, 2012 | Free Markets, Politics
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared that the Obama administration’s “Reset” in relations with Russia “cannot last forever,” and must be followed by a closer relationship, according to a Reuters news report. Lavrov, however, is...
by Jane Richey | Oct 8, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
President Obama touted it in 2010 as evidence “manufacturing jobs are coming back to the United States,” but two years later, a Michigan hybrid battery plant built with $150 million in taxpayer funds is putting workers on furlough before a single battery has...
by Jane Richey | Sep 20, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Twenty years ago, when Democrats tried to oust an incumbent Republican president from office, they questioned his economic stewardship. Vice presidential candidate Al Gore famously bellowed: “Everything that ought to be down is up, and everything that should be up is...
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...
