Policy and Government

Human Progress says don’t demonize capitalism; it’s making the world a better place.

In the National Pulse, Jon Decker asks if Congress is preparing Obamacare for the music industry.

In the NY Times, Eduardo Porter makes the case for greater low-skilled immigration.

In the NY Post, John Crudele gives the bleaker side to the recent jobs report.

From FEE, Richard M. Ebeling says corruption rises when economic freedom falls.

Tax

On Fox News, Arthur Laffer tells the GOP how to get tax reform done.

In The Hill, Grover Norquist lists the reasons why Congress should be able to get tax reform done.

From Forbes.com, Nathan Lewis makes the case for a 15 percent corporate tax rate.

In the Washington Free Beacon, Elizabeth Harrington reports Philadelphia’s soda tax makes soda more expensive than beer.

Spending

Yahoo reports that two psychologists were paid $80 million to design the CIA’s post-9/11 detainee interrogation program promoting water-boarding, starvation and chaining prisoners in extreme stress positions.