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Becket Adams The Blaze 12/30/2013 As 2013 comes to a close, we turn our attention to 2014 and the nearly 40,000 news laws written by state legislatures set to take effect in the United States next year. From regulations involving “lemon pets” to take-home placentas, 2014 looks like it will be […] December 30th, 2013 | Tags: 2014, child seats, marijuana, minimum wage, pets | Category: Government regulations, legislation, States | Comments are closed
On January 1 it will become illegal for American businesses to either manufacture or import the old-style bulbs Possible alternatives include halogen bulbs, compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL), LED bulbs and high efficiency incandescents All are more expensive but also more energy efficient Retails such as Home Depot are encouraging fans of the old-style bulbs […] December 17th, 2013 | Tags: “rough service” bulb, compact fluorescent bulbs, incandescent light bulbs, Larry Birnbaum, Newcandescents, Thomas Edison | Category: Energy, Environment, Government regulations, Indiana | Comments are closed
Church teaching on personal freedom includes a moral imperative to work and share Andrew P. Napolitano The Washington Times 12/4/2013 …His encyclical, titled “Joy of the Gospel,” attacks free-market capitalism because it takes too long for the poor to get rich. “They are still waiting,” the pope wrote. Without capitalism, which rewards hard work and […] December 5th, 2013 | Tags: "Joy of the Gospel", capitalism, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Catholic Church, cronyism, economics, freedom, individual liberty, Pope Francis I, poverty, redistribution of wealth, St. Patrick’s Cathedral | Category: charities, corruption, Government regulations, Marxism, religion, Socialism, unemployment | Comments are closed
FoxNews.com 9/24/2013 Secretary of State John Kerry plans to sign a controversial U.N. treaty on arms regulation on Wednesday, a senior State Department official told Fox News — despite warnings from lawmakers that the Senate will not ratify the agreement. A State official said the treaty would “reduce the risk that international transfers of conventional […] September 24th, 2013 | Tags: "Small Arms Treaty", Control Arms Coalition, gun control treaties, Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Sovereignty | Category: 2nd Amendment, Congress, Government regulations, Military, State Department, United Nations, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Residents Cite Desire for Protection, a Rush to Buy Before Tighter Rules Kicked In Joseph De Avila and Alison Fox The Wall Street Journal 7/31/2013 NEWTOWN, Conn.—The number of people seeking permits to buy guns has surged in this town following the December massacre of schoolchildren by a local man, even as the parents of […] August 2nd, 2013 | Tags: gun control, Newtown, Newtown Action Alliance, Sandy Hook Elementary School | Category: 2nd Amendment, Connecticut, Crime, Government regulations | Comments are closed
Jacob Sullum Reason Magazine 7/30/2013 Today a state appeals court panel unanimously ruled that the New York Board of Health exceeded its regulatory authority when it enacted Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s big beverage ban. The decision upholds a March 11 ruling by a state judge, Martin Tingling, who blocked the widely derided soda serving ceiling before […] July 31st, 2013 | Tags: appeal, Board of Health, Judge Martin Tingling, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, public health, Separation of Powers, soda ban | Category: Government regulations, New York, Progressives | Comments are closed
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