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...
by Jane Richey | Aug 29, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
While all eyes were on the Republican National Convention in Tampa and Hurricane Isaac on the Gulf Coast, the White House was quietly jacking up the price of automobiles and putting future drivers at risk. Yes, the same cast of fable-tellers who falsely accused GOP...
by Jane Richey | Aug 27, 2012 | Free Markets
Palo Alto resident Ed Lee routinely negotiates for his own health care services, everything from the cost of a scan to an urgent-care visit – often securing discounts of 30 to 50 percent off the original charges. Lee, 61, a self-employed public relations expert...
by Jane Richey | Aug 27, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Unlike today’s conventions, which are little more than multi-day campaign rallies, at the 1912 affair in Chicago, 1,000 policemen stood by to make sure the delegates didn’t get out of hand. Strands of barbed wire lay concealed beneath the bunting on the speaker’s...
