Our friend and frequent commentator Roddy Boyd’s new book, Fatal Risk — an examination of AIG and its role in the 2008 financial meltdown — has been released, and to nice notices. Congrats to Roddy on the book! If you’re interested in good, solid investigative journalism — and are curious how the government and business operate sometimes in concert, other times at odds — I recommend you pick up a

James Pethokoukis, Reuters: Is Rep. Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity” potentially the most important and necessary piece of economic legislation since President Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts in 1981? Quite likely. The blueprint embraces free markets and individual choice to radically reshape America’s social welfare state for the 21st century and shrink government. Instead of looking for ways to finance an ever-expanding public sector, it would prevent Washington from growing to

“Calderon’s Silence on ATF Gunwalker Scandal Explained”: Anabel Hernández has made quite the charge: the Sinaloa cartel has bought the Mexican government lock, stock and Calderon. What’s more, the DEA knows about the corruption and plays ball with Calderon to catch other cartels, giving the Sinaloas a pass. Which would account for Calderon’s lack of indignation on the whole Gunwalker deal. The stink on this scandal continues to strain mightily

Today is the day the left shows its most bald-faced contempt for our system of governance, having poured outside money into the state to defeat a sitting justice — using false and defamatory tactics — in order to install a pre-vetted, radically-liberal activist justice on the state’s Supreme Court, ensuring that they have the judicial “votes” to overrule the legislature and the will of the people of Wisconsin. Don’t let

Willie Soon and Barun Mitra, NetRightDaily: Which should we fear most? Climate change that some say might happen 50 or 100 years from now? Or an energy-deprived life of continued poverty, misery, disease, and forgotten hopes and dreams? Like most honest political questions these days, these are completely rhetorical. And frankly, we’re rapidly approaching that moment when discussing any of these issues is pointless, anyway. We know the answers. Question

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Let me quickly establish today’s posting theme. From CNS: The U.S. Treasury has released a final statement for the month of March that demonstrates that financial madness has gripped the federal government. During the month, according to the Treasury, the federal government grossed $194 billion in tax revenue and paid out $65.898 billion in tax refunds (including $62.011 to individuals and $3.887 to businesses) thus netting $128.179 billion in tax