regulatory commissars

VW Faces $18 Billion in Fines for Evading EPA Regs

Central planning can only get you so far.

Cutting Red Tape

I'm upset that the presidential candidates, all of them, rarely mention a huge problem: the quiet cancer that kills opportunity — regulation. The accumulated burden of it is the reason that America is stuck in the slowest economic recovery since the Depression. I understand why candidates don't talk about it: Regulation is boring. But it's important. The founders of this republic were willing to die rather than be subject to other people's rules. Today we are so accustomed to bureaucracy that we've forgotten what it means to be free. We now have a million rules — many so complex that even legal specialists can't understand them. Yet bureaucrats keep writing more. And 22 million people work for government!

Melting Glacier National Park?

Obama's trip to Alaska was a bunch of hot air.

EPA Checked in Its Takeover of America's Waterways

This hasn't been a good time for the EPA.

EPA's McCarthy Admits Clean Power Plan Hits Minorities Hardest

She claimed last year the plan was "about environmental justice."

EPA Targets Oil and Gas Industry With Methane Regs

The rule disregards human motivation and the EPA's own data on methane.

Obama's Clean Power Plan Is Costly Political Theater

The plan has nothing to do with climate and everything to do with social justice.

Housing Data Only Part of Obama's 'Racist' Puzzle

Retooling neighborhoods to erase racial lines is only the beginning.

Checking in on 'Too Big to Fail' After Five Years

The Dodd-Frank financial reform law is still nothing to be proud of.

States Fight Back Against Obama's Climate Rules

Six governors say they're not playing along with the EPA's game.

Welcome to Mr. Obama's Neighborhood

Obama's new race-based housing rules could change a lot of communities.

Racist Republicans Hate Children

Man Who's Never Had a Real Job Makes Rules for Businesses

All Isn't Lost, as SCOTUS Rebukes EPA

Coal regulations didn't properly account for the massive cost.

EPA Slaps New Regs on Vehicles

Damaging Overtime Pay Regulation in the Works

'Independent' EPA Study Not So Independent After All

EPA Proposes More Corn for Fuel, Not Food

Get ready to pump more destructive ethanol into your tank.

EPA Expands Authority Over America's Waterways

Another Holiday Regulatory Dump