See Whether Your Senators Voted for the Internet Sales Tax Here!
Last night, the Senate voted to pass the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743) and send it to the House. This bill allows states to band together to form a…
Will the FDA Hold Back Medical Innovation?
Kurzweil’s Law of Accelerating Returns is the observation that as technologies advance, the rate of change continuously increases. Innovations build off previous discoveries, so that the greater the aggregate level…
Yard Signs Encroaching on Your Property Rights
The yearly and very American tradition of yard sales is under attack. An article in the Potomac Local mentions a Virginia state law making it illegal to “place signs…
Coalition Letter: Support Due Process in Government Access to Emails
FreedomWorks has signed onto the following coalition letter supporting the ECPA Amendments Act:…
Why So Many Regulations Make So Little Sense
At some point in our lives, most of us will run up against a government regulation that seems to make no sense. While most people tend to believe that the…
Tax Day Is April 15th, But Regulations Ensure You Pay All Year Long
Following tax day, many Americans breathe a sign of relief, assured that they won’t have to cut Uncle Sam a check for at least the next year.
Grade Inflation Concerns Are Overblown
Throughout the nation’s college and universities, grades are getting higher. In fact, they have been getting higher for eighty years. But suddenly, government officials with too much time on…
The New Luddites
Today, Ned Ludd and his followers are best known from the term Luddite: a much needed contribution to the English language that expresses fear or hatred of technology. But while…
Wind Subsidies: Spinning Out of Control
Since the early 1990s, the federal government has buttressed the wind energy industry through a series of programs and subsidies. The flagship program has been the Wind…
Paternalism Is Not Your Friend
“Those who know what’s best for us must rise and save us from ourselves.”- Neil PeartCass Sunstein recently took to the pages of the New Republic to offer a…