by Jane Richey | Aug 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Biofuels opponents amplified calls Friday to the Obama administration to end a national corn ethanol requirement following the release of disappointing crop yield estimates. Agriculture Department predictions for corn supplies came in lower than expected in its...
by Jane Richey | Aug 10, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee said Friday that President Obama used the bailout of U.S. auto companies to “strong-arm” them into agreeing with high gas-mileage standards. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said the standards, which call...
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Scaling back government regulations equates to setting the country’s sights lower, President Barack Obama said at a campaign rally in the swing state of Colorado on Thursday. Speaking at the Colorado State Fairgrounds in Pueblo, Colo. Thursday, the president accused...
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
President Obama today boasted about government assistance to the auto industry while advocating extending such “success” to “every industry.” A new book released this week details Obama’s second-term plans to do just that, including federal government intervention to...
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Paul Kengor: Try to define progressivism. In fact, ask progressives to try to define progressivism. All we really know is that they’re, well, progressing. They and their ideas and their politics are always changing, evolving. This means that what they believe...
by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2012 | Free Markets
Mayor Nutter has been boasting about the number of construction cranes appearing on the Philadelphia skyline, a sign of the city’s renewal after a long, hard recession. One more arrived Wednesday at the Goldtex site in the Loft District, which since March has...
