Regulation Archives - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
by | Jan 21, 2024

When we talk about “the Swamp” — the vast, immovable and unaccountable federal bureaucracy — the conversation always focuses on how it often thwarts presidential actions. But that’s only half the problem with the Swamp. The other half is in…

by | Nov 8, 2023

Well, he tried. It’s just too bad other Republicans didn’t help. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) wanted to put the kibosh on what is arguably the single worst element of the so-called “infrastructure” bill — a provision that requires all new…

by | Sep 26, 2023

Government regulations are everywhere: They govern the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the homes we live in. But it would likely surprise most Americans to learn that the government they elect is not the same government dictating…

by | Aug 8, 2023

How did the government get into the business of decreeing how many miles per gallon new cars (and trucks) must deliver? The authority to do this is nowhere to be found in the Constitution — though some will say, rightly,…

by | Aug 6, 2023

President Biden often brags how “Bidenomics” is succeeding. Every word he says about the American economy is a lie. We are surrounded by evidence that Bidenomics is a failure. Inflation — having reached 9.7 percent continues to be high and…

by | Jul 21, 2023

The world has been so crazy the past few years that something really wild might have snuck up on us. If you went to sleep in 2010, a mere 13 years ago, and woke up now, you’d see things you…

by | Jun 28, 2023

SACRAMENTO — Years ago, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) warned attendees at a conference about the need to watch out whenever public officials claim to be doing something for the children. She was talking specifically about Los Angeles Unified School District’s eminent-domain…

by | Jun 21, 2023

Why are new cars and trucks with manual transmissions becoming as hard to find as a vehicle without “advanced driver assistance technology”? It’s what the manufacturers want. The latest example is the BMW, which is on the verge of becoming…

by | Jun 14, 2023

After many years of working in the policy world, I have concluded that politics is at most 10 percent about making the world better and safer. The rest is at least 45 percent theater and 45 percent catering to special…

by | May 31, 2023

Too many politicians are thespians. When there’s a conflict — as there often is — between appearing to solve problems and actually helping to solve those problems, politicians can almost always be counted on to put appearance over substance. Unfortunately,…

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