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North Carolina Lawmakers Moo-ve Toward Legalizing Raw Milk Sales
Opinion -North Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill to circumvent the state’s ban on the sale of raw milk. -
Why Government Deficits and Debt Do Matter
Opinion -The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported in early May that for the month of April 2015 the Federal government ran a budget surplus, taking in more in taxes than it laid out in expenditures. -
The Amtrak Crash: When Government is Ideological Instead of Lawful and Logical
Opinion -Last week’s deadly Amtrak crash was absolutely horrendous.For Democrats and their fellow Big Government advocates – it was a serious crisis they are trying desperately to not let go to waste. -
New Mexico Gov. Martinez Reins in Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse
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Obama Threatens to Pull Federal Funding from States Refusing Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -“Expand Medicaid or else!” That’s the message the Obama administration sent to Florida, Kansas, Tennessee, and Texas. -
Bee Facts Changed – Green Agendas Did Not
Opinion -Activists and White House appear ready to present new justifications for unjustified policiesThe White House finally appears ready to announce conclusions and policy recommendations from the Pollinator Task Force it appointed a year ago. -
Eugene City Council, Uber, Clash over New Ridesharing Regulations
Opinion -Uber, a peer-to-peer transportation company connecting people seeking rides with drivers, is suspending operations in the city of Eugene, Oregon after the town’s city council placed new regulations on the ridesharing company’s operations. -
Louisiana Lawmakers Propose Regressive Tobacco Tax to Fill Budget Hole
Opinion -Louisiana lawmakers are proposing hiking excise taxes on cigarettes to help cover a looming $1.6 billion shortfall in the state budget. -
The EPA Myth of “Clean Power”
Opinion -There are many things I do not like about the Environmental Protection Agency, but what angers me most are the lies that stream forth from it to justify programs that have no basis in fact or science and which threaten the economy. -
Temperature Fibbers Being Investigated
Opinion -Climate Change Weekly #172 Switzerland joins a growing list of countries whose temperature measurements have been adjusted to show greater warming than actually measured by its temperature instruments. -
Why Court Very Likely Will Stay FCC’s Title II Reclassification
Opinion -Based on the latest best arguments this week from both the FCC and broadband petitioners, the D.C. -
Climate Alarmist John Kerry Invests Massively In Fossil Fuel Stocks
Opinion -In a March 12 address to the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., Secretary of State John Kerry warned that climate change outranks terrorism, epidemics and poverty as the worst threat facing the world today. -
Pope Francis Should Follow John Paul II’s Lead on Climate Encyclical
Opinion -The words of Pope John Paul II, spoken to the United Nations General Assembly on October 5, 1995, ought to inform Pope Francis’ upcoming encyclical on climate change and the environment. -
No, Affordable Oil Will Not Cause A New Great Depression
Opinion -By: James M. Taylor and Justin HaskinsDemocratic Party strategist Robert Weiner claims inexpensive domestic oil production via hydraulic fracturing will cause a new Great Depression, yet exactly the opposite is true. -
ObamaCare Is Rapidly Imploding – Will the Republican Congress Finally Do Something About It?
Opinion -How much more ObamaCare failure must mount in a titanic heap – before Congress decides to get more involved?A Congress given in 2014 a bi-cameral, bigger and deeper Republican majority – because of ObamaCare. -
GMO: Gimmicky Marketing Obfuscations
Opinion -By: Julie Kelly and Jeff StierFrom grocery stores to Mexican restaurants to coffee shops, do-gooder retailers are serving up a side of liberal politics with every purchase. -
Dispersion and Concentration in Metropolitan Employment
Opinion -The just released County Business Patterns indicates a general trend of continued employment dispersion to the newer suburbs (principally the outer suburbs) and exurbs but also greater concentration in the central business districts of the 52 major -
Too Many People Are Still Stuck in Welfare. Here’s How to Lift Them Out
Opinion -By: Justin Haskins & Logan PikeArguably the single most successful endeavor undertaken by Congress in the past 20 years was its effort to enact significant reform of the U.S. welfare system. -
Pension plan gets cool shoulder from Illinois House committee
Opinion -SPRINGFIELD — The governor’s plan to address the Illinois pension crisis got a cool reception Wednesday from Democrats on a House personnel and pensions committee. Gov. -
Judge Rebukes EPA Over FOIA Delays
Opinion -Saying the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had shown “apathy and carelessness” in carrying out Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from conservative organizations, a federal judge excoriated the agency for its handling of an open-records -
Florida to Sue Feds Over New Attempt to Force Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) will sue the federal government for trying to coerce his state to expand Medicaid. -
FDA Moves to Regulate E-Cigarettes
Opinion -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that would extend the agency’s tobacco authority to cover additional products that meet the legal definition of a tobacco product, such as e-cigarettes. -
Lancaster, NY Village Council Dishes Out New Food Truck Regulations
Opinion -Even though no food trucks currently serve the city, the Lancaster, NY Village Board is adopting new regulations on where entrepreneurs may park and sell food to hungry residents. -
Heartland Friend Marc Morano Embarasses Environmental Defense Fund in TV Debate
Opinion -It is impossible to overstate what a blow-out this debate was for CFACT's Marc Morano. He was the Harlem Globetrotters to the EDF’s Washington Generals.
