The debate between right and left, limited or unlimited government, dispersing power or consolidating it, is largely about the fate of the crucial space between the individual and government, where civil society flourishes—and only conservative policies can sustain and expand that space.
National Review, May 28. 2014A real war on poverty would address and encourage the full spectrum of economic success: work, education, marriage, saving, home-ownership, and entrepreneurship—and in that order.
The Federalist, May 23, 2014While claiming to be pro-science, the left peddles a fictional statistic—“Ninety-seven percent of scientists agree [that] climate change is real, man-made, and dangerous”—that can’t withstand empirical analysis.
May 26, 2014The unemployment rate is no longer a reliable barometer for the health of the labor market, as the employed and unemployed are increasingly being joined by a third category: the voluntarily jobless.
American Enterprise Institute, May 14, 2014
Crumbling under the weight of oppressive Dodd-Frank regulations, small community banks are being absorbed by “too big to fail” banks, as Washington favors Wall Street over Main Street.
National Review, May 13, 2014While biofuel companies benefit from EPA decrees requiring that more ethanol be used in our gas, the rest of America pays the price in engine damage, lower gas mileage, higher grocery bills, lost grasslands, and dirtier air.
The Hill, May 7, 2014By fighting Obamacare’s slush fund, the Export-Import Bank, the ethanol mandate, and other examples of cronyism, Republicans can show they stand for fair competition and against corporatism.
Washington Examiner, May 9, 2014
Today’s conservatives could stand to learn from Ronald Reagan and show more emotion, more conviction, more sense of urgency.
The Weekly Standard, May 12, 2014The president’s new edict to increase the minimum wage of federal contractors will likely cost thousands of jobs on military bases, with on-base businesses being unable to bear the sharp increase in operating costs.
Washington Examiner, April 28, 2014The job losses that would result from hiking the minimum wage would disproportionately hit younger Americans.
U.S. News & World Report, May 1, 2014As President Obama sets records for the number of pages added to the Federal Register, Main St. Americans pay a high hidden price.
Washington Examiner, April 29, 2014As a recent study indicates, the middle class doesn’t flourish in liberal strongholds.
The Federalist, April 21, 2014
A president who claims to be guided by objective, scientific findings is peddling a thoroughly debunked statistic—while ignoring that sex discrimination by employers was outlawed during the JFK era.
Washington Examiner, April 11, 2014
As the U.S. imposes the highest corporate tax rates among developed nations—and adds to that the rising cost of Obamacare—some American companies are looking to relocate.
Investor’s Business Daily, April 14, 2014The Export-Import Bank offers further evidence of the natural alliance between Big Government and Big Business, with Main St. Americans picking up the tab.
Mercatus Center, April 1, 2014