When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) later this month, many casual observers will focus on what they call the fairness of redefining marriage. Interestingly, though, the dispute at the heart of the DOMA case could have been avoided had Congress enacted fairer tax reform years ago. Consider the facts:…

If your paying Florida taxes, you're in for a big surprise right after your New Year's EveParty. The largest tax increase in U.S. history could hit you and millions of other taxpayers on Jan. 1, 2013. About $494 billion in additional taxes will be imposed then unless Congress and the president act to stop them. In Florida, the average taxpayer could be paying $3,669…

Skyrocketing food-stamp enrollments over the last few years have played a notable role in this year’s presidential race, but it’s not just food stamps that have exploded — it’s entitlements, generally: housing subsidies, Medicaid rolls, college loans and much, much more. And the trend is threatening to chip away at the very pillars that keep America’s civil…

Small business always has been America’s primary “job generator,” but today’s Washington policymakers do not seem to “get” entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are extraordinarily anxious about the future. Looming on the horizon are threats of higher taxes, more expensive and constrictive regulations and other policy-induced uncertainties that cloud the prospect of success.…