The bureaucratic assault on cancer treatments. Feb 28, 2011 WSJ The White House now claims it is so alarmed about declining private pharmaceutical research that the government must create a new multibillion-dollar R&D center. Perhaps it should consult the Food and Drug Administration, which thinks it is approving too many new drugs, especially for serious [...]

The Commerce Clause as thought monitor. Feb 28, 2011 WSJ Another federal judge ruled last week that ObamaCare is constitutional, and Democrats are saying this makes the score 3-2 for their side. We disagree with the decision, but it’s worth noting the judge’s reasoning because it so neatly illustrates the constitutional stakes. The crux of [...]

Collective bargaining on a broad scale is more similar to an antitrust violation than to a civil liberty. Feb 28, 2011 WSJ By ROBERT BARRO How ironic that Wisconsin has become ground zero for the battle between taxpayers and public- employee labor unions. Wisconsin was the first state to allow collective bargaining for government workers [...]

A North Korean defector explains why Kim will never give up his atomic bombs. Feb 28, 2011 WSJ By JACK DAVID AND MELANIE KIRKPATRICK Seoul “North Korea will never give up nuclear weapons.” So says Kim Duk-hong, who should know. Mr. Kim is one of the highest-ranking North Korean officials to seek political asylum in [...]

Rounding up the killers of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jaime Zapata will not curtail Americans’ voracious appetite for mind-altering substances. Feb 28, 2011 WSJ By MARY ANASTASIA O’GRADY Mexico City The murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jaime Zapata in the state of San Luis Potosí on Feb. 15 shocked and [...]

An unfriendly U.S. regulatory climate put the NYSE at a disadvantage. Feb 28, 2011 WSJ By L. GORDON CROVITZ The agreement of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to sell itself to Germany’s Deutsche Boerse caused howls over the loss of national patrimony. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) declared that the name of the merged [...]

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Feb 28, 2011 By Paul Driessen America is running out of natural gas. Prices will soar, making imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) and T Boone Pickens’ wind farm plan practical, affordable and inevitable. That was then. Barely two years later, America (and the world) are tapping vast, previously undreamed-of energy riches – as drillers discover [...]

Feb 28, 2011 By Star Parker Let’s be clear about the implications of the upcoming budget showdown between Democrats and Republicans over the Republican proposal to cut $61 billion in federal spending for what remains of this fiscal year. It is vitally important that Republicans do not give an inch. Am I being an unreasonable? [...]

Feb 28, 2011 By Lurita Doan Democrat leaders have been working overtime to foster fear among Americans by exaggerating the potential repercussions of a shutdown of the federal government. Why? Fearmongering is a great diversionary tactic for Democrats who do not want to be held accountable for out-of-control government spending and who have no intention [...]