Regulation

The White House recently pulled out all the stops (including setting aside some EPA  regulations) to keep Sunoco's Philadelphia oil refinery open. But would they have invested as much time and effort if the refinery had not been in a swing state?

Californians will vote this November on Proposition 37, a scare tactic being driven by marketplace competition rather than science that would reverse the benefits genetically modified foods have had on the state's economy.

While reports today indicate the Fed will spend $40 billion per month on bond purchases to boost the weak economy, with no end date set, Dr. Merrill Matthews says it’s not quantitative easing that the economy needs but regulatory easing.

The federal government is lobbying for expanded government power to ignore some guaranteed citizen's liberties saying that is the only means to provide greater security for the U.S.

Imposing weight limits on professional football would result in a safer, faster, more athletic and more entertaining game played by people who have not spent their lives getting unnaturally large.

IPI's Bartlett Cleland opposed the FCC order granting Tennis Channel's program carriage complaint against Comcast, calling the 3-2 ruling a "further erosion by the FCC of the freedom to contract, and hence property rights protection."

In regard to tennis, an invalid serve; in regard to sound public policy, a dangerous rewriting of the rules.

The transition to biofuels needs to be led by science and economically viable alternatives.  Instead, it is being led by a political agenda that believes that pumping grass, rather than gas, is good for the planet — no matter how much it hurts people and their pocketbooks.

The day may come when we can transition to clean energy, but not for decades. Until there is a real “replace” vision, environmentalists should quit trying to “repeal” fossil fuels.

President Obama denies regulations have grown during his tenure, even as he and his administration have pushed for a massive regulatory expansion in the health care, financial and energy industries.