by Jane Richey | Aug 9, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
A new study makes the case for tracking fish from ocean to plate in order to protect Americans from overspending hundreds of dollars each year on mislabeled fish. Better tracking of fish would decrease the rates of “seafood fraud,” according to a report from the ocean...
by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
With a record 101 million Americans receiving food aid from the federal government, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants more kids to be on the dole for food during the summer months. “As part of its ongoing commitment to improving access to healthy food...
by Jane Richey | Aug 5, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
In the wake of America’s manufacturing decline, Detroit enacted policies that drove out businesses and residents. Rather than reduce the size of government as its population shrank, the city instead sought higher levels of government spending. City leaders acquiesced...
by Jane Richey | Aug 5, 2013 | Politics
Russia will charge the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) $71 million to transport just one American astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard its Soyuz spacecraft in 2016. That’s more than triple the $22 million per seat the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Federal employees were paid more than $155 million of taxpayer dollars in 2011 for spending more than 3.4 million hours of “official time” on labor union activities that fell outside their assigned government duties, according to a survey by the Office of...
by Jane Richey | Jul 25, 2013 | Politics
President Obama sure was excited about his speech yesterday. He talked for more than an hour in sweeping, grandiose terms about everything that’s happened since he became President, and everything that’s still going to happen. If only more of it were true. Here are...
