According to pollsters, 40% of Americans under age 35 think the 1st Amendment is dangerous because it allows a person to say something that could hurt another’s feelings. From the WSJ’s Notable & Quotable read why Ben Sasse is urging adults, including Mark Zuckerberg, to engage in vigorous debates over Free Speech. Sasse: Can you […]
The Size of the Dog in a Fight Does Matter
Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s EPA administrator, announced this week that he is reexamining the stringent standards of CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) set by the Obama administration in 2012. “This might finally bring some honesty to the issue of CAFE’s lethal effects and push the safety issue to the forefront of the debate over government […]
NAFTA Negotiations Getting Thorny
Fingers are being pointed in the negotiations currently taking place over NAFTA. American negotiators are blaming Mexican and Canadian negotiators for a refusal to “seriously engage” on U.S. proposals. Meanwhile, the Canadians and Mexicans blame the U.S. for putting forward proposals that would weaken the free trade agreement. Jacob M. Schlesinger and Dudley Althaus report: President Donald […]
A Teachable Moment in the Law of Unintended Consequences
Guess what? Despite environmentalists’ outrage, Americans can once again purchase bottled water within our national parks. Yes, it’s the end of an Obama-era policy seeking to reduce plastic waste. Which is a good thing, you are likely thinking. But read below what actually happened after America’s Park Service spent millions of dollars on water fountains […]
The New Robber Barons of the West Coast
During his presidency, President Obama often lectured the nation on the follies of being too rich. Corporate execs, he scolded, should realize when they had made enough money. Entrepreneurs did not build their own businesses. The government did. President Obama also hammered Mitt Romney for investing in companies that went overseas in search of cheap […]
WATCH: How Crony Capitalism Ruined Your Lighting, and More
In a great video produced by The American Conservative, Tim Carney explains how crony capitalism, led by GE, ruined Americans’ lightbulb choice, sent American jobs overseas, and used the government to benefit just a few companies. The issue of light bulbs seems mundane, but the restrictions—along with regulations on shower heads, washing machines, small engine […]
These Big Hotels are Trying to Tank Your Vacation
Growing competition from short-term home rentals like those found on Airbnb are threatening the business of big hotel chains like Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt. To fight against the home rentals, the big hotel chains have used their lobbying association, the American Hotel and Lodging Association, to cause trouble for home owners and their customers. The […]