Liberty
Price controls — like other bad ideas — never die
John Hinderaker of the Powerline blog documents the latest revival of a bad idea in the world of public policy. Price controls are in the Hall of Fame of bad…
Government regulation in Czech Republic
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
Why worker wages aren’t at the mercy of employer “greed”
Many progressives include in their critique of free-market capitalism the notion that employers have so much power over workers that they can set wages at subsistence levels. Workers, according to…
Liberty
Taxpayers will learn which foreign groups fund American universities
Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell writes for the Daily Signal about a significant act of government transparency. The Department of Education will soon require universities to publicly disclose the counterparties of foreign…
Liberty
Train Derailment Produces ‘Nonsense Narratives’
Editors at National Review Online highlight the Department of Transportation’s questionable response to a high-profile train derailment in Ohio. The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report on the February 3…
Energy
Biden Bureaucrats vs. Gas-Fired Stoves
Last month people were outraged when a rogue commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission began speaking openly of banning gas stoves. In response, the Biden administration and their…
Liberty
Government, Corporations Join Forces to Hurt Health Care
Chip Roy writes for the Federalist about powerful forces working together to hurt American health care. In the past year, health insurance premiums have skyrocketed more than 24 percent —…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Biden’s Latest Blame Game for Gas Prices Fails
It's more important to them to assign blame elsewhere than to provide relief from skyrocketing prices.
Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
The Vital Importance of Work to Liberty
Without the ability to work for our earnings, we do not have freedom. Severing the link between work and reward has disastrous results. The government disrupts work and economic life,…
Liberty
Biden’s Regulatory ‘Bender’ Deals Lethal Blow to American Economy
Editors at the Washington Examiner tally the toll of President Biden’s regulatory agenda. By so many measures, Joe Biden’s presidential administration falls at the bottom of the scale. But there…
Liberty
Unionizing Truck Drivers Would Ramp Up Supply Chain Problems
Matthew Garnett writes at the Federalist about an unintended consequences of unionizing truck drivers. [Driver Cyrus] Tharpe believes presidents can “make big things happen” and hopes President Biden will force…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Government bullying and workplace diversity
Charles Sauer writes for the Washington Examiner about the negative impact of government intervention in workplace diversity issues. Many times when we see that things in the workplace are unequal…
Health Care
Washington Examiner column pans certificates of need
Spence Cadavero writes for the Washington Examiner about the negative impact of certificate-of-need restrictions. While healthcare costs are rising, many look to government intervention as a viable solution. They forget…