Road Trip!
Knowing what you know about the precarious finances of some states—and seeing the progressive erosion of your individual rights in others—where would you live today if you could live anywhere in America? Read the full story Read More →
Obama’s Dividend Tax on the “Wealthy”
Who’s Looking Out for You?
Biden Asleep at the Switch To require Catholic hospitals and colleges to provide birth control “is an unprecedented, outrageous and unacceptable attack on religious freedom,” said Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, in a statement. Read the full story Read More →
Fed Kills Yields: Retirees Suffer
Don’t Make them Pay to Die
Is Your State Working to Keep You Living There?
Last week on the Helen Glover Show, I laid out three steps to get Rhode Island back on track: 1) reduce the 7.5% expected rate of return on the state’s pension plan, 2) become a right-to-work state to protect Rhode Islanders from being forced to pay expensive union dues, and 3) eliminate the state’s... Read the full story
Bruins Goalie Tim Thomas Blocks Obama
You had a front-row seat to a sensational block by Boston Bruins MVP goalie Tim Thomas. He chose not to meet the president, reasoning: Read the full story Read More →
Your Right to Work
Ayn Rand’s Producers and Our Food Stamp Boom
Producers, you deserve to keep every penny you earn. But as more and more of your profits go to the government, you can’t help feeling sapped out. Much of that feeling comes from knowing the money is misspent and could do more good in your hands. You respect money. That respect impels you to make sure... Read the full story
States Where You’re Stuck Paying the Bill
For some states, the recession has been in the rearview mirror for a long time now. That’s certainly the case in North Dakota, where the unemployment rate is the lowest in the country at 3.4%. Oil and gas from the Bakken formation help, but as I’ve written, North Dakota ranks third in associate-degree-and-above... Read the full story
