by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Politics
As we all know, there are so many effects that abortion has on our society and the whole world. What seems to be overlooked is how abortion can hurt the economy. People make the mistake that abortion is solely a moral issue, and therefore cannot be related to the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A new blend of gasoline comprising 15 percent ethanol, approved by the Environmental Protection Agency last month and now available in Kansas, could damage automobile engines, the Kansas Petroleum Council is warning. “We don’t have a problem with ethanol,” council...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Historically, federal budgets have been about taking a lot of numbers that already exist — i.e., the baseline — and adding to them a bunch of new numbers that reflect the administration’s or Congress’s wish list. This is put into a large book that ignores entitlements...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The movie’s premise is simple: a Susquehanna County mom, concerned about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, goes on a cross-country journey to determine whether the warnings raised by Josh Fox’s “Gasland” are legitimate. Except…it’s a bit more complicated...
by Jane Richey | Jul 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
From PoliticsPA: The Sierra Club has launched a new television ad in the Scranton media market criticizing Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Luzerne) for the failure to act on the renewal of the production tax credit for wind energy. The production tax credit provides support for...