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By Monday Illinois Governor Quinn must approve or deny a scheme that may well leave him in a similar, if less dramatic, situation as Nero.

Given the years of handwringing and little in the way of results, one might believe the reason the middle class is under greater stress is a mystery, but in fact the reason is clear.

Achieving a reasonably free global market in sugar through trade agreements should be the goal of U.S. policy, rather than allowing otherwise competitive domestic producers to be driven out of business through the subsidies and dumping practices of countries like Mexico, India, Brazil and Thailand, whose sugar supports dwarf those of the United States.

A new study shows that more highly skilled workers increase wages for everyone. It's a good reason to pass at least limited immigration, but politics may trump economics.

The Supreme Court took a step in the right direction, but the proposed patent legislation, which has been shelved, is also necessary to fully address bad actors’ behavior.

A new Politico poll shows that Americans are concerned about what Democrats want them to ignore, and don't care about want Democrats want to stress.

Citizens get it, can explain it, and understand that the failure of Congress to undertake tax reform is directly harming our country.

Obamacare was supposed to deliver low-deductible coverage at low cost; instead it is providing high deductible at high costs, which will have a big effect on people’s pocketbooks.

In a free society, capital can flee hostile policies, and today capital is fleeing to avoid America’s exorbitant business tax rates while our politicians do nothing about it.

The number of working days remaining in the current congressional session, is quickly dwindling. On the must-do list should be protecting the Internet from multiple or discriminatory taxes, a process Congress began in 1998.