Top 10 Reasons Obama Won’t Be Reelected

If you have any doubts that Obama will be sent packing from the White House in November, then cast your eyes at this list of reasons Barack Obama will be ...

U.S. Free Trade Agreement with Colombia Enters into Force Today — Finally!

Following through on President Obama’s announcement last month in Cartagena that the U.S.–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement will take effect on May 15, 2012, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack made ...

What if everything we’ve been told about the financial crisis is wrong?

Stop me if you’ve heard any of the following before: Exploding ARMs to subprime borrowers kicked off the nation’s housing and ensuing financial crisis. Mortgages during the boom era were ...

A New Trend on Trade in North Carolina

North Carolinians, like many Americans, are concerned that opening the door to foreign companies will result in the loss of jobs, hurting the economic livelihood of the state and its ...

If I Were the Devil

Long time radio commentator Paul Harvey created the original of this homily around 1965. It was updated as the years went by and therefore versions of it vary over time. ...

New Research Confirms that Spending Cuts Stimulate the Economy

New research suggests that legislators should cut spending and enact growth-inducing policies. The reasoning? According to the study, spending cuts can positively affect economic growth and are the only historically ...

Gas Prices Grow More Under Obama than Carter

Marking the similarities between President Barack Obama’s time in office and former president Jimmy Carter’s is nothing new. But as of Monday, Obama has hit one more Carter benchmark – ...

Americans Brace for Next Foreclosure Wave

(Reuters) – Half a decade into the deepest U.S. housing crisis since the 1930s, many Americans are hoping the crisis is finally nearing its end. House sales are picking up ...

U.S. Corporate Tax Rate Highest in World

Now that Japan lowered its own taxes, the U.S. stands on top with the dubious distinction of having the highest corporate tax rates. Claims that, when you consider all the ...

Index of Economic Freedom: A Must Read for Dr. Kim

Dr. Jim Yong Kim, the U.S. nominee for the next chief of the World Bank, has been on a “global listening tour.” Kim’s meet-and-greet tour has been billed as an ...