Article Source – wsj.com Author – Stephen Power WASHINGTON — With President Barack Obama bidding to overhaul the health-care system, tighten bank oversight and make industries pay for their greenhouse-gas emissions, some trade-association chiefs have decided to compromise with the party in power. Not Thomas Donohue. On many of Mr. Obama’s priorities, the president and [...]
Author: Ernie Fitzpatrick I never thought I’d see the day Hugo Chavez would become the dictator of Venezuela. I was in Maracay, Venezuela in 1991-92 when Chavez led a revolution and was jailed. Today he’s one of the most popular DICTATORS in South America. Everyone who has disagreed with him has been run out of [...]
by Paul Rahe Note: The following exchange is adapted from a public conversation among Paul Rahe (Hillsdale College), James Ceaser (University of Virginia), and Thomas West (University of Dallas) that took place at The Heritage Foundation on April 16, 2009, the date of release for Paul Rahe’s book SoftDespotism, Democracy’s Drift, and the 150th anniversary [...]
Article Source – talkingpointsmemo.com Author – Zachary Roth John Stossel of Fox News will join a conservative activist group for rallies designed to build opposition to health-care reform. Americans For Prosperity (AFP) has announced that Stossel, a “renowned health care reporter and analyst,” will participate in three “Health Care Town Halls,” starting next week in [...]
Author: James Nash With gas prices continuing to stay high, many people are looking at other fuel options, such as, for example, diesel fuel. Ethanol is another alternative fuel option that can also save you some money at the pump. Ethanol, grain alcohol made mostly from corn in the U.S., has seen a resurgence in [...]
Article Source – heritage.org On Monday the Senate Finance Committee unveiled the legislative text of S. 1796 — dubbed “America’s Healthy Future Act” — revealing to fans of legislative “bloatware” a new one for the record book! Not only does this latest entry in the Congress League’s 111th season “monster bill” competition outstrip all other [...]
Author: James Nash Recently, a documentary aired on the UK’s Channel 4, entitled ‘The Great Global Warming Swindle’, which challenged the prevailing political understanding that global warming is caused by man-made activity. The movie argues that it is in fact the sun that is responsible for the current changes in the Earth’s temperature and the [...]
Author: James Nash The European Union is imposing a ban on conventional light bulbs, replacing them with energy-saving bulbs. That ban would fully be in effect within two years, forcing all 490 million citizens of the EU’s member states to switch from the current conventional lights they now have. However, some problems of this plan [...]
Article Source – www.heritage.org By David C. John Since Social Security recipients will get no cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year, President Obama wants to give each of them $250, a move supported in principle by the Republican House and Senate leadership. However, this move is not only unjustified; it makes a fundamental change to Social [...]
