regulatory commissars
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New York City Mulls Visitor Safe Spaces
There's a new villain to contend with. Its name is the Nanny State.
Bogged Down in Water Regulation
A potentially landmark case limiting the reach of the Army Corps of Engineers.
The War on GMOs: Coming Soon to a Kitchen Near You?
Lawmakers once again belittling Americans' intelligence.
Roberts Undermines Last Year's Rebuke of EPA
It's a stretch to call the chief justice a conservative, or even consistent.
O'Care for Your Savings Account Will Cost Americans $80B
Government controlled finances! What could go wrong?
Freer Markets, Not More Regulation, Will Improve Retirement Marketplace
The Department of Labor has spent a good part of 2015 trying to revise the regulation of advisers that provide investment advice to our retirement plans. Specifically, DOL wants to expand inclusion of these investment advisers as "fiduciaries" under ERISA, the landmark law passed in 1974 to regulate retirement plans.
Be Leery of Governmental Distortion of the Market
An activist government can wreak havoc on the free market. From our nation's earliest days, it was heard that "the power to tax is the power to destroy." But Americans should be especially wary of when the government steps beyond setting rules for the marketplace and seeks to set the marketplace itself. This is the risk when government regulators overplay their hand with pending mergers and acquisitions.
The Busybody Left
The political left has been trying to run other people's lives for centuries. So we should not be surprised to see the Obama administration now trying to force neighborhoods across America to have the mix of people the government wants them to have. There are not enough poor people living in middle class neighborhoods to suit the political left. Not enough blacks in white neighborhoods. Not enough Hispanics here, not enough Asians there.
Is the IRS Conspiring Against Conservatives Again?
A new rule appears suspiciously similar to past donor-stifling schemes.