Topic - Mercatus Center

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  ELLIG: Regulatory reform should be Job 1

  In his jobs speech before Congress, President Obama missed a golden opportunity to deal with looming new regulatory burdens that threaten the American economy. During his brief discussion of regulation, the president declared, "We should have no more regulation than the health, safety and security of the American people require. Every rule should meet that common-sense test." Nobody can argue with that goal. The problem is, our current regulatory system won't get us there.

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  Free State earns last place in personal-freedom rating

  Strict gun laws, widespread smoking bans and a failure to legalize same-sex unions have left Maryland residents with the fewest personal freedoms of any state in the nation, according to a recent study.

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  HICKS: Our bloated government can't fight obesity

  Several years ago, while unloading groceries, my son picked up a head of cauliflower and asked, "What's this?" For the record, no one ever pointed to boxed macaroni and cheese and asked about the contents. I'm embarrassed to admit the mac and cheese was a staple around our house for too long.

• 'Promise' of Africa goes untold

  Much of the news that comes out of sub-Saharan Africa routinely involves civil wars, poverty, famine and government corruption, but "there's a lot of promise in Africa," says Karol Boudreaux, lead researcher for Enterprise Africa.

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