By Robert Romano – Answering a question on America’s foreign dependence on oil from a Northern Virginia Community College student at a town hall event on April 19, Barack Obama boldly alleged, “we have actually continually increased U.S. production, so U.S. production is as high as it’s ever been.” It was a claim so false as to be laughable. In […]

By Frank McCaffrey – There are a number of parallels between President Barack Obama and former President Jimmy Carter and recent information on America’s financial situation has us saying, “Welcome Back Carter.”

By Rick Manning – It is somewhat odd that one of President Ronald Reagan’s most often used quotes “Personnel is policy”, isn’t particularly eloquent although its alliteration and brevity make it memorable. Perhaps the three word phrase is remembered because it is succinct and accurate, even more so today than even 25 years ago. In the past week, America has […]

The National Football League is being turned on its head due to labor strife.  Unlike most companies, the NFL needs a labor agreement to make its player draft legal, distribute national television revenues between teams, and set uniform work and hiring rules across the entire league. The draft itself is designed to give the worst teams a chance to get […]

Courtesy of Russ Roberts at Cafe Hayek, here is the latest installment of the fight of the century:

To receive the Must Reads in your inbox, click here! Good Thursday afternoon, Here are the Must Reads according to Adam Bitely: EPA imposes will on Florida, costs estimated to top $1.5 billion The coming Bernanke-Obama stagflation NLRB seeks to overturn voter-approved secret ballot laws in Arizona, South Dakota… Union Battles: A window for parental choice How big a problem […]

By Victor Morawski – Recent actions by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of New York citing three large online poker sites for alleged violations of the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) have once again thrust Internet gaming (or “gambling”, if you prefer) into the forefront of public discussion. Focusing here on the moral case surrounding laws dealing with Internet […]

By Bill Wilson – A federal judge has granted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authority over the issuance of water permits in the Everglades, and giving the state of Florida until July 1 to comply with the ruling.  By then, Florida is required to show what steps it is taking to reduce phosphorous fertilizer runoff from sugar and other farms […]

By Howard Rich – The defensive struggle that’s currently being waged by America’s public sector unions has the potential to usher in a renaissance of parental choice in our nation – assuming supporters of academic freedom are willing to seize this opportunity and resist the urge to settle for half-measures. Battles over collective bargaining in Wisconsin and Ohio represent the […]

By Frank McCaffrey – Hear from Americans for Limited Government’s Rick Manning on the President’s recent comments on the budget. Obama is trying to convince us that green jobs are the way to rebuild America, we at ALG strongly disagree.