By Rebekah Rast When you add together a $13 billion budget deficit, a business climate ranked No. 48 out of 50 and a place where one of four U.S. welfare recipients calls home, you get the State of California. Once
Former U.S. Sen. Malcolm Wallop of Wyoming used to say, “If government ownership of land and natural resources was the best way to protect the environment, then we should have found a Garden of Eden in the Soviet Union after
It is not uncommon to hear of lawsuits being filed against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Citizens and states might sue the EPA for overregulation of an industry that could lead to lost jobs and revenues. Green groups might sue
Hall of Fame ceremonies are reserved for those people who stand out from the masses, whether it is football, country music or rock and roll. However the latest inductions into a new kind of Hall of Fame are those who
Nowadays everyone has a cell phone. In fact, most can’t even recall how life happened before cell phones existed. But there is one group of Americans who largely remain contract free and live without the convenience of a smart phone.
In 1879, Thomas Edison developed the incandescent light bulb with a small carbonized filament and a vacuum inside a globe. An electric lighting system was born–as convenient, safe and economical of a choice for consumers in his day as it
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently complained about the food trucks lining the streets of his city. “The little [food] stand is now getting to be these enormous trucks with generators . . . and they take up parking
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Upon learning that average per pupil spending in the public education system is $9,000, recent Rasmussen poll takers overwhelming stated their dissatisfaction with the return on their investment. It’s hard to blame them. Per pupil spending on education has tripled