Merrill Matthews tells WINA's Rob Schilling that the new crisis in Iraq as well as Ukraine highlights the problems with the 40-year federal export ban on nearly all U.S.-produced crude oil and natural gas. "These export limitations allow bad actors with large reserves to hold U.S. allies hostage over access to energy."

The crisis in Iraq has rocked the markets and threatens to shoot oil prices even higher. IPI's Merrill Matthews joins KMED's Bill Meyer to explain why exporting US crude oil and natural gas means a stable energy supply for the global market, and in return, stable prices for US consumers.

Tom Giovanetti joins Mark Davis on 660 AM- The Answer to discuss the major policy implications as a result of the scramble for leadership on Capitol Hill. Plus, a closer look at the issue that's most immediately affected by Cantor's defeat: the potential end to an FDR-era corporate welfare program.

Ireland has joined with Australia and New Zealand by approving legislation to force companies to comply with plain packaging regulations for tobacco products. Tom Giovanetti joins Mark Davis on 660 AM The Answer to explain why the mandate is a violation of property rights and freedom of speech for companies.

In this SoundByte, IPI's Merrill Matthews asks if the Navy Secretary's latest green idea is yet another instance of wasted taxpayer dollars.

In North Carolina, in order to address the explosion in health care spending, some Republican senators are moving to take away the Tarheel State's HHS Department's biggest responsibility -- Medicaid. IPI's Dr. Merrill Matthews joins Asheville's Pete Kaliner of WWNC to discuss.

Merrill Matthews tells WHO-Des Moines talk radio host Jan Mickelson we're only beginning to see the major fallout from the VA scandal, and why it will spell disaster for Democrats in November's midterms.

Doomsday prophets warned the sequester would hurt the economy, but IPI's Merrill Matthews says it actually may have been President Obama's best economic policy.

IPI's Merrill Matthews discusses with WIBA's Vicki McKenna why the VA scandal will stick to Democrats in the 2014 midterm elections, especially since the VA health care system too closely resembles Obamacare.

Merrill Matthews discusses the Veterans Administration scandal with WGTK's Joe Elliott, and says it's just a preview of what we will all be experiencing soon under Obamacare.