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September 4, 2014

Dear FCC: The Power to Regulate State Affairs Belongs to the State

The FCC has no authority to sweep aside state law in order to promote municipally owned broadband networks.

September 2, 2014

The Death of Death Panels

The initial debate over Obamacare's "death panels" was a little overblown, but the potential was real. The death panel is currently in limbo, but the economic forces inherent in Obamacare could revive the death panel some time in the future.

August 27, 2014

So Much for the European Model

Americans in almost every income class are better off than their European counterparts.

August 26, 2014

Are Health Insurers Discriminating Against the Sickest Patients?

Health insurers backed Obamacare's provision requiring them to cover any applicant, which means they should pay those medical bills, even if they are expensive, and stop looking for ways to avoid them.

August 21, 2014

The FCC Is Cruisin' for Another Bruisin'

In which a federal agency oversteps its legal authority and opposes state efforts to save taxpayer dollars. Again.

August 19, 2014

The Environmental Movement Becomes a Bird-Killing Machine

Environmentalists are always concerned about the environment, except when they aren't. Just look at how many dead birds they tolerate for a little clean energy.

August 14, 2014

The Corporate Tax Mess Is Worse than You Thought

Focusing on our too-high corporate tax rate doesn’t tell the whole story—our corporate tax code also imposes enormous compliance costs on the U.S. economy.

August 12, 2014

The U.S. Doles Out Financial Aid to 96 Percent of All Countries

The U.S. provides foreign aid to nearly every country, even those that don't like us very much. Is it time to rethink that strategy?

August 7, 2014

More Taxes? Gulp! Or Maybe Big Gulp.

This November the residents of Berkeley, California, will vote on a first-of-its-kind tax on distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages. Instead of offering saccharine speeches and sweet promises these pro-tax, government-control activists should be honest with their constituents.

August 6, 2014

What Software Patents Have Wrought: 'A lottery ticket to a lawsuit'

In June, the Supreme Court held that abstract ideas are not patentable and that merely implementing them via computer was not enough to make them so. While this decision provides some help, Congress must act to clarify the situation and end the very real harm to the overall patent system.

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