ERNEST ISTOOK: EPA power grab is water torture for the economy
The EPA is trying to regulate every damp spot in America, and a flood of lawsuits is the result.
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ERNEST ISTOOK: Congress gave Obama the power to make a bad deal with Iran
Obama's nuclear deal with Iran may be full of loopholes, but Congress let it happen by filling the sanctions laws with loopholes. Congress gave the president super powers to cancel the sanctions.
ERNEST ISTOOK: Big Brother kills choices for low-income Americans
Big Brother's government regulators are out to kill the payday loan industry that serves millions of Americans. The welfare state wants no rivals for the loyalty of low-income people.
ERNEST ISTOOK: This July 4, the rockets' red glare requires lots of red tape
What is it with the bureaucrats and our celebrations?
ERNEST ISTOOK: Same-sex court decision destroys the democratic process
The Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision destroys the democratic process. Instead of acting only with clear Constitutional authority, the justices give themselves power over the people by claiming their decision 'interprets' the Constitution rather than making new law.
ERNEST ISTOOK: Regulators take another run at dishwashers
It's a dirty shame what the bureaucrats are doing to our hands.
ERNEST ISTOOK: Today's Indian wars are fought at the casino
America still fights Indian wars, but today these battles center not around settlers pushing their homesteads onto tribal lands but around gambling.
ERNEST ISTOOK: How red tape, runaway regulations wreck your budget
Runaway regulations are hurting everyday people and wrecking family budgets. It's not big companies that suffer from the $1.88 trillion annual burden of red tape that the government imposes. They add the costs onto their price tags.
ISTOOK: Anarchy, bullying and extortion on Obama's Internet
President Obama's administration has surrendered control of Internet domain names to a company that approves .sucks, .wtf as well as .porn and .xxx, allowing the private group is making huge money from the process.
Tracking our driving, Big Brother takes the wheel
Thanks to modern technology, Big Brother is bigger than ever and can monitor our movements, our driving, our communications and our finances. We need a Digital Bill of Privacy Rights to protect us from government.
Obama's success is people's distress: Electric bills are skyrocketing
American households are suffering from a little-reported part of President Obama’s agenda — skyrocketing electricity costs.
ERNEST ISTOOK: Obamacare enrollment advertising asked of federal workers, military
President Obama wants millions of new recruiters for Obamacare, so he is drafting federal workers — including soldiers — to ask their friends and family to sign up for coverage at HealthCare.gov.
ISTOOK: Finally! FDA about to act on breath mint label regulation
Perhaps some study has concluded that consuming high-calorie breath mints is a leading cause of big stomachs. That's probably why the Center for Science in the Public Interest weighed in with comments complaining that people consume more numbers of small items than of large items and therefore may lose track of calories.
ISTOOK: Soda tax? Another step in the march of the food police
The proposed "SWEET Tax" would be a dime on a can of soda, 16 cents on a 20-ounce beverage. Sports drinks, sweet tea and other drinks would be hit also.
ISTOOK: Get ready for super-priced burgers due to NLRB decree
Once again, one man has dictated a major change of federal law that can cost American families dearly. It may double the price of your Big Mac, Whopper, fried chicken, donuts or other purchases at your local fast-food restaurant.
ISTOOK: Ruling thwarts Obama's attack on the profit motive
Hobby Lobby's court case was as much about economic freedom as religious freedom, which is why news stories always mention that Hobby Lobby is a for-profit company. Only those willing to denounce profits get considered for more-favored treatment under Obamacare. It's part of Mr. Obama's constant attack on free enterprise. Non-profits: good. For-profits: bad.
ISTOOK: Feds say no to 'Redskins,' but fail to protect us Transylvanians
Federal bureaucrats are playing favorites again. Protecting people against assault, rape and robbery makes sense. But today's government bureaucrats also regulate to protect the masses from getting their feelings hurt. Or at least some of them, selectively. That's the only explanation for why bureaucrats are saying no to the term "Redskins" while we Transylvanians remain fair game for disparagement.
ISTOOK: Obama cashes in on giving orders to private employers
A president's executive order is a special type of regulation, intended to tell federal bureaucrats how to do their jobs in enforcing the nation's laws.
ISTOOK: Media swallow Obama's line on student loan 'rules'
Did President Obama truly change the rules this week, bypassing Congress to grant amnesty on student loan payments for millions of students and graduates? Or is he only acting like he did, setting up a fawning media to proclaim his compassion for those caught between student debt and the scarcity of good jobs?
ISTOOK: Obama's latest brainwashing whopper — lower electricity bills
We have an early heavyweight candidate for "Lie of The Year." It's President Obama's fantastic claim that his new Environmental Protection Agency regulations will lower your electric bill.
