Big Government

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, has some dirty laundry to air. According to the LA Times, the top backer of so-called “Amazon Tax” laws itself fails to collect sales tax on items sold through its site and paid

During the past few weeks we have been covering the cross-country trip of Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) who have been been using job fairs as an excuse to incite hatred against the grass roots Tea Party movement.

Solyndra, a San Francisco based solar panel company that received a $535 million loan guarantee from the federal government has declared bankruptcy. Last year President Obama touted the company as “leading the way” in the green jobs future he envisions.

It looks like the National Education Association is not putting its money where its mouth is. In its mission statement, the nation’s largest teachers union asserts that “we will focus the energy and resources of our 3.2 million members on

News broke yesterday that punishment had been meted out for “Fast and Furious.” Acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson had been re-assigned and U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke had resigned. There was no mention of pending criminal prosecution or jail time. Rather,

In his first on-camera interview since his August announcement that he would not run for President, Paul Ryan sits down discusses what went into his decision making process and what his political future may hold. [youtube Wt5yxB-LAhM] Congressman Paul Ryan

Someday we’ll all look back at this and laugh. Or cry. These are the dark days for small business and would-be entrepreneurs, who need only to open the newspaper, click on their iPad, or flick on the TV to see

Politicians and the media constantly ask “What’s the matter with the economy?” The answer was on glorious display this past weekend. Ironically, it is the politicians and media who are ruining it. “The storm of the century” turned out to

From the Associated Press: Justice Department officials say they’ve filed suit to block AT&T’s $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA. The government contends that the acquisition of the No. 4 wireless carrier in the country by No. 2 AT&T

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets083111.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Professor David Bernstein to discuss the his new book, Rehabilitating Lochner, and how the curbing of

A recent AP-GfK poll shows some rather shocking news for President Obama: women are not too enthralled with him. This polling data may come as a surprise for many (and, indeed, possibly Obama himself), but not to conservative women. These

Israeli security forces use a system of profiling passengers in order to protect air travel. They don’t conduct these silly random searches we see almost daily in America. The Israeli security guards know the type of person who is most

On Tuesday*, a mere four business days after the union extremists at President Obama’s National Labor Relations Board issued an edict forcing all NLRA-covered private-sector businesses to notify their employees about their rights to unionize their workplace, the government’s primary

Their departures weren’t exactly fast and furious, but two DOJ officials have now fallen on their swords in the much in the news gun-trafficking investigation out of Arizona. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced the resignation of the United

It wasn’t that long ago that news outlets everywhere were running headlines about how dull the 2012 GOP field was shaping up to be. The mainstream media had anointed McRomney as the candidate to beat, and the ebb of excitement

Co-authored with Trey Kovacs Until recently, union bosses–not elected representatives–have been in control of the government employee compensation process. Using taxpayer dollars they obtain through mandatory dues, they elect the management they later negotiate with. However, across the country in

Today, in 1803, Lewis and Clark launched their expedition to the West.