March 1, 2013

How Bad is the Sequester?

Not the best solution perhaps, but... a solution all the same.

February 22, 2013

The Feds Want Your Retirement Accounts

Quietly, behind the scenes, the groundwork is being laid for federal government confiscation of tax-deferred retirement accounts such as IRAs. Slowly, the cat is being let out of the bag.

February 6, 2013

Unconstitutional Recess Appointments Extend beyond NLRB

It appears that the Obama administration intends to make a habit out of ignoring Supreme Court decisions it doesn't like.

April 21, 2011

FCC Expands Internet Takeover, Adds Bailouts and Price Controls

While the House of Representatives was debating HJ-37, a resolution to return internet policy decisions to Congress, the FCC was implementing the next phase of its regulatory imposition upon the internet.

April 12, 2011

FCC Internet Regulation: Not So Fast

The FCC and the House of Representatives have begun a classic separation of powers struggle.

June 25, 2010

Bungling the Gulf Spill Response

As an emergency services planner and responder during the Mount St. Helens eruption, I find the federal oil spill response alarming when not amusing.