Many state politicians want multi-billion dollar handouts from federal taxpayers. But a superb Wall Street Journal column notes that the real problems are excessive annual spending increases in the short run and extravagant benefits for government employees in the long run…

A new project from the the Montana Policy Institute to ensure transparency in their state government. A great tool that is easy to use.

You may have noticed a recent decline in chatter about reinstating the Fairness Doctrine, and some Democrats backing away from earlier pronouncements of support. Marin Cogan claims that this was all a straw man anyway, the result of right-wing fear-mongering and a “manufactured controversy.”…

The arrest of Conservative immigration spokesman Damian Green MP last week – seemingly for a crime no greater than embarrassing the Home Office – shocked Westminster and has slowly grown into a much bigger story than the government would like…