Regulation

One clear theme from IPI’s Fifth Annual Communications Policy Summit is that we don’t need government to direct, fund or control innovation—we just need government to listen, learn, and cooperate where necessary.

Craig Zucker did every thing he was supposed to ensure the public safety of his product Buckyballs—except kowtow to the Obama administration. And now Team Obama wants to teach him a lesson.

Lack of transparency and ticketing policies that disadvantage the general public can’t be tolerated in a public facility. It should be a facility that works for the taxpayers, providing them every use and equal access, as with a publicly funded library or park.

Greg Abbott has managed what no one expected: He’s got conservatives bristling. The Texas attorney general has joined with Eric Holder in opposing the merger of American Airlines and U.S. Airways.

There's a reason why conservatives believe in letting markets rather than governing elites determine outcomes. That's why it was disappointing to see Texas Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott join the Obama administration in opposing the nearly concluded merger between American Airlines and US Airways.

President Obama has identified yet another sector of the economy in dire need of government help: higher education.  And it seems he wants to use ObamaCare as the model for improving education quality and lowering cost.  The one teensy-weensy problem is that ObamaCare will do neither.

Real average wages have declined over the past four years and the reason is simple: Companies facing Obama’s regulatory and tax onslaught are reluctant to invest and hire.

Insisting that Fire Island’s storm-damaged copper network be replaced with the same old outdated technology is a step backward rather than forward.

The societal benefits of the secondary ticket market depend on the right of ticket purchasers to transfer their tickets as they choose.

President Obama has decided to delay by one year enforcement of the employer mandate to provide employees with health coverage.  But why stop with employers?  How about giving every American a get-out-of-ObamaCare-free pass?