Can Even the President Reverse the Destructive Trend Toward Occupational Licensing?
Restrictions on entering trades and professions are so bad that even the White House acknowledges the damage they do.
Obama Administration
Clean Power Plan's Dubious Math
Consulting economist: What do you want it to equal?
How Much Will Obama's Clean Power Plan Cost You?
Depending upon whom you believe, estimates range from net savings to hundreds of dollars more.
Obama's Nuclear Deal with Iran is the Worst Option, Except for all the Others
Hawks have nothing better to propose except more huffing and puffing
Hillary's Secret War
As secretary of state, Clinton obtained permission from President Obama and Congress to arm rebels in Syria and Libya in an effort to overthrow the governments of those countries.
Feds Violate Data Breach Reporting Requirements They Would Impose on Private Companies
Office Personnel Management data breach perhaps 18 million - 4X larger than reported, says CNN
Carbon Tax or Obama's Clean Power Plan?
Calculating cost of regulations in terms of carbon taxes
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Power Plant Rule Can Go Forward, Says Federal Court
Opponents vow to fight on arguing Obama's Clean Power Plan is unconstitutional.
Edward Snowden's 2nd Anniversary: Shutting Down Domestic Surveillance
Plenty more work to do toward reclaiming our lost liberties and protecting our privacy
Resolution Calling for the Global Repeal of Blasphemy Laws Introduced in Congress
An attack on free speech is a greater blasphemy than is an insult to the divine.
Bulk Metadata Collection Is Dead! Long Live Bulk Metadata Collection!
The Obama administration praises death of program while requesting it to be renewed.
Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA Manufactures Its Own Consent
Justifies new water regs on the grounds that 90 percent of public comments it solicited favored them.
Court Refuses to Let Obama's Immigration Executive Action Proceed
The only winner ultimately might be Hillary: Republicans and Latinos will both lose
Why Do America's Leaders Act Like We Don't Have a Constitution?
Is there no one left to enforce the Constitution against those in power?
Obama Administration to End Some Military Equipment Transfers to Police
Grenade launchers are out, but police will still be able to get armored vehicles.
Getting to the Truth About the Assassination of Osama Bin Laden
A long article in the London Review of Books further demolishes the Obama administration's official tale.
Prying Open Government: The Sunlight Foundation's Fight for Transparency
Q&A with President Chris Gates
When Open Government Slams Shut
Failed transparency, from Hillary Clinton's emails to hidden campaign contributions
Obama Wants to Freeze CyberCriminals' Assets, Before They've Been Tried
And if you try to help any such accused cybercriminal, you are breaking the "law" too.
White House Still Attempting to Pretend We All Don't Know About the Drones
How else could the two hostages have accidentally gotten killed?
Obama Takes 'Full Responsibility' for Killing Innocent Hostages with Drones, Which Doesn't Mean It Will Stop
America has killed hundreds of civilians with drones in Pakistan.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Pact: Yes, No, and Maybe
The maddening third-best quality of secret international trade pacts for free trade lovers
Jeb Bush Calls for Deference from Senate on Loretta Lynch's A.G. Nomination
'I think presidents have the right to pick their team'
Can the President Legally Kill Americans?
Obama's secret execution approval process denies citizens due process.
Gay and Transgender Conversion Therapy Is Terrible, and So Is the Idea of a Federal Ban
Neither the president nor Congress should be playing any role in validating psychological treatments.
The State Is Spying on You Right Now. Where's the Outrage?
Government spying is so common today that it is almost the new normal. Yet government spying is not normal to the Constitution.
Guantanamo Detainee Becomes Best-Selling Author, Condemns Torture from Prison Cell
Mohamedou Slahi is still incarcerated even though a federal judge ordered his release in 2010.
Ain't No Sunshine When He's On: Obama Administration Most Opaque Ever
Another record in avoiding transparency
Obama's Lone Wolf Presidency
When the president effectively writes the laws, Congress is effectively neutered.
What if the Government Fears Freedom?
What if Bush and Obama have been wrong about the priority of their constitutional duties as president?
Obama's Incompetence Might Doom his Immigration Executive Action
Asking the 5th Circuit Court to overturn last week's block might be too little too late
America's Hot New Export: Flying Killer Robots
But only to the right countries, they promise!
Could a Single Food-Safety Agency be the Answer?
If a new federal food-safety agency would help eliminate inefficiencies, it might earn widespread support.
The Road to Serfdom Logic in the Obama Budget's Plan to Go After Corporate Foreign Earnings
It'll eliminate tax loopholes that offer relief from America's oppressive rates
Shutting Down Alaska
President Obama's campaign against oil drilling in Alaska has devastating effects for the state.
Obama's Mission: Increase Dependence
Americans are not yet that dependent upon the providence of their sovereign for their existence. But don't blame the president for lack of trying.
Job Training Ideas in Obama's Budget: Fewer Occupational Licenses but More Credentials. Huh?
Proposals call for $15 million to eliminate unneeded state occupational licenses, but $500 million to develop new credentials and training program.
AG Nominee Loretta Lynch Says Civil Asset Forfeiture 'Protections Are There.' Not When Her Office Ignores Them.
Long Island business had nearly half a million seized for more than two years without any court filing.
Debunking John Kerry's Claim That Climate Change Is a Great Investment Opportunity
If renewable, new nuclear, or even fusion energy is actually becoming cheaper than conventional fossil fuels, why would the world need an international treaty at all?
