Regulation

The Australian cites Merrill Matthews: "There is an identifiable correlation between minimum wage increases and rising youth unemployment."

A group of 10 conservative and free market organizations co-authored a letter of opposition to the federal legislation backed by casino owner Sheldon Adelson that would outlaw Internet gaming in the U.S.

Conservative and free-market groups voiced opposition to the Restoration of America's Wire Act, which would stop the expansion of online gambling. The act "is a broad overreach by the federal government over matters traditionally reserved for the states," said the letter.

Toyota’s abandoning high-tax California for a business-friendly, low-tax state—as more and more companies and individuals in blue states are doing—makes good economic and political sense.

There is a growing recognition that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is more of a threat to human safety than a protector of it.

There is good news this Earth Day, but somehow we expect that many people will grumble at the good news rather than celebrate.

Energy experts believe that the Obama administration slows or prevents drilling on federal lands by delaying and denying permits. Consequently, production on federal lands fell 23 percent since 2007. According to the Institute for Policy Innovation, the federal government owns 28 percent of U.S. land, 62 percent in Alaska and 47 percent in 11 western states.

The federal government sells fast lane access and higher qualities of service. It shouldn’t forbid broadband companies from doing the same thing.