In a Self-interested Move, Big Tech Seeks Government Regulation Item: Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, is pushing for government bodies to enforce stronger industry standards for social-media firms...
The Contrived Fight Against “Inequality” Item: After the moderator on the CBS show Face the Nation interviewed Democratic presidential candidate Bernie San-ders, an avowed democratic socialist, a panel discussed...
Climate, Children, & Coercion Item: Time, in its print issue for April 1, carries an article entitled “How the Green New Deal Is Forcing Politicians to Finally Address Climate...
We Can’t Afford More “Free” Socialist Schemes Item: “Denouncing the profit motive in health care, more than 100 House Democrats rallied on Wednesday around a bill to replace most...
What Regulators Really Need: A Constitutional Diet Item: A new analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data, according to the Washington Post for January 24, 2019, reveals “that civil penalties...
Pols Eye Risky Prescription: Price Controls for Drugs Item: “Congressional liberals,” reported the Associated Press for January 10, 2019, have offered legislation to lower prescription drug prices. One major...
Carbon Tax Flapdoodle Item: “There is little doubt among scientists and economists … that putting a price on carbon is essential in the effort to reduced fossil fuel dependence,”...
Yesterday’s Deficits Become Today’s Debt. It Gets Worse Tomorrow. Item: In early December, activists gathered outside the office of House Democrat leader Nancy Pelosi (California) in Washington; they were...
Politicians, Eco-activists, Judges Fiddle; Golden State Burns Item: In the midst of wildfires in California, Time magazine (November 26/December 3 issue) stressed that the Golden State is “still reeling...
Seeking a Dangerous, Exorbitant Fantasyland? Choose “Medicare for All” Item: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, on the website pushing his “Medicare for All” scheme, proclaims: “Health care must be recognized...
Global Apocalypse Looms — Again Item: An “incredibly grim” prognosis on climate change also carries a “clarion call for global action,” blared the Los Angeles Times for October 8....
Why So Much Red Ink? Blame Overspending, Not Cutting Taxes Item: The left-wing Washington Post in its print version for September 29, 2018, reported that “House Republicans pushed through...
Minimum-wage Hikes Maximize Economic Woes Item: “Connecticut needs to make policy changes to climb out of its quagmire of stagnant wages and other economic woes, a study by the...
Progressives Press for Porous Borders Item: The left-wing Washington Post, in part of its campaign against the enforcing of the law on illegal aliens, reported (on page one of...
Proposed Easing of Obama Fuel-economy Mandates Drives Left Mad Item: The editors of the New York Times on August 2 commented that the Trump administration’s “decision to try to...