A recent Forbes Magazine carried a story which caught my eye regarding GMO (genetically modified organisms) food labeling. The Forbes article discusses a little noticed June 18, 2015, U.S. Supreme Court decision Reed v.Town of Gilbert. The article was entitled, Supreme Court – Free Speech Clobbers GMO Food-Labeling Activists. I was not aware the Court had...
The Middle East is imploding. Islamic State butchers are annihilating Christian and other communities including Moslems. Putin is sending arms and troops to Assad. Under the Obama-Iran nuclear deal, the mullahs will get $150 billion to expand their proxy terror war on Israel and the West. Saudi Arabia has 100,000...
The Thomas Jefferson Institute, Justice Fellowship and Right on Crime issued a report highlighting new research aimed at finding meaningful solutions for Virginia’s juvenile justice system. These recommendations would advance public safety, reduce costs for taxpayers and improve proportionality of punishment for youth while providing greater tools for restoration of...
The Institute has updated its Tax Restructuring in Virginia study, offering 23 different revenue-neutral economic scenarios to expand the state’s economy and create more private sector jobs. A summary was sent to all candidates in this year’s General Assembly races in a letter co-signed by the Virginia Manufacturers Association, the...
The Iran nuclear deal will soon become a reality even though a bi-partisan majority in Congress opposes it, as does a vast majority of the American people. But because the deal is an “agreement,” not a treaty, states are free to divest themselves of holdings with companies doing business with...
The Iran nuclear deal will soon become reality even though a bi-partisan majority in Congress opposes it as does a vast majority of the American people. Significant arms agreements, especially between adversaries on the world stage, have always been by treaty, requiring a two-thirds vote of approval by the U.S....
The State Corporation Commission is conducting a two-week hearing to determine whether or not Dominion Virginia Power should rebate $66 million in excess profits to ratepayers, as calculated by the SCC staff. This review of Dominion’s base electric rates (which cover operating costs, not fuel or rate adjustment clauses) will...
North Dakota beat the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers in one U. S. District Court August 21. EPA won two other cases regarding implementing the Waters of the United States regulation. EPA made it clear that it would immediately start implementing WOTUS in 37 states....
Trucks handle more than two-thirds of all freight in the United States. And “heavy” trucks—those designated as Class 8—consume 28 billion gallons of fuel per year. Trucks in Class 8A average about 6 miles/gallon, a number that has hardly changed in decades. The first-ever mpg standards for medium and heavy...
Reeling stock markets across the globe hammered savings, pension funds, innovation and growth. US stocks lost over $2 trillion in market value in eight days, before rallying somewhat, while the far smaller Shanghai Composite Index lost $1 trillion in four days of trading, the Wall Street Journal reports. Battered economies...
