Facing Extinction at Bureaucrats’ Hands, Desk Toy Maker Fights Back
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is trying to force Buckyballs desk toys off the market over safety concerns, but the manufacturer is fighting back. ...
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Feds Sue Telecom for Fighting Warrantless Search
The Justice Department is suing a telecommunications company for challenging a request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for customer information — despite the fact that the law authorizing...
LOST Will Not Be Ratified This Year, DeMint Says
The Obama administration’s push for Senate ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) in 2012 appears to have been stymied by Republican opposition. According to the Daily...
More LOST Opposition Found Among GOP Senators
A treaty that gives the United Nations “authority over everything, over, on, in, and under the oceans and seas of the world” (in the words of The John Birch...
Rick Perry Becomes Sixth Governor to Reject Two ObamaCare Provisions
On Monday Texas Gov. Rick Perry became the sixth Governor to refuse to implement ObamaCare's state exchanges or Medicaid expansion. ...
Time to Trim Teachers
Contrary to President Obama's claims, laying off public-school teachers won't hurt educational outcomes or the economy; in fact, it will do just the opposite says the free market Cato Institute’s...
U.S. Pledges $20 Million, and Counting, for African “Clean Energy” Projects
The federal government has done such a bang-up job of picking winners in the “clean energy” field here at home (see, e.g., Solyndra) that it is now planning to...
Will Our Freedoms Be LOST at Sea?
The Obama administration and key allies are advancing an all-out effort to pass the Law of the Sea Treaty, using deceptive and blatantly inaccurate facts and disparaging foes. ...
The War on Poverty: $15 Trillion and Nothing to Show for It
Fifteen trillion dollars: That’s how much American taxpayers have forked over in the name of helping the poor since 1964. And what do we have to show for it?...
Obama’s Power Grabs Rival Bush’s, Contradict Promises
President Obama, after years of criticizing George W. Bush's power grabs, is now aggrandizing even more power to the presidency. ...
Doctor: British Health Service Euthanizes 130,000 Patients a Year
The British National Health Service (NHS) — the epitome of socialized medicine — may be prematurely ending the lives of as many as 130,000 elderly patients annually, a top...
Theft, Pedophilia, Murder Among TSA Employees’ Crimes
Theft, child molestation, rape, prostitution, murder: These are just a few of the crimes with which Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees have been charged in recent years.The TSA’s dismal...
U.K. Govt. Seeks Massive Communications Surveillance Powers
The British government is proposing a bill that would force communications providers to log details of every e-mail, telephone call, and text message in the U.K. and make this...
After Soda, Will Juice, Milkshakes, and Popcorn Be Banned in the Big Apple?
If you thought New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to limit the size of sodas sold at certain city venues was already bad, just wait till the city Board...
Bloomberg’s Soda Ban: Do as I Say, Not as I Do
Ah, the hypocrisy of the Left. Former Vice President Al Gore travels the world in a private jet to lecture everyone else on reducing carbon emissions. First Lady Michelle...
Obama Signs Bill Reauthorizing Program He Once Called “Corporate Welfare”
Is the Export-Import Bank “corporate welfare” or “critical support” for American businesses? According to Barack Obama, it’s both.Back in 2008, then-Sen. Obama denounced the Ex-Im Bank as a government...
Obamacare Makes Healthcare Less Affordable, Execs Tell House Panel
Rather than making healthcare more affordable, ObamaCare has made it less affordable — and will make it even less affordable as new mandates take effect — executives told a...
Clinton, Panetta Tell Senate Committee U.S. Must Ratify LOST
Three top Obama administration officials —  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey — told a Senate committee...
NDAA: No Detaining Americans Allowed, Says Federal Judge
President Barack Obama must surely rue the day he appointed Katherine Forrest to the federal bench. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest issued a preliminary injunction against Section...
Feds Fine School $15,000 for Selling Soda
Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah, was fined $15,000 by the federal government for inadvertently leaving a soda pop vending machine running during its lunch period, demonstrating that letting...