W. James Antle, III: Cafeteria Constitutionalists

Some thoughts for Constitution Day. Last week, in my inbox appeared an invitation to an event sponsored by a major Beltway liberal organization. They were putting on a talk about the dangers of the Tea Party subtitled "The conservative effort to make everything unconstitutional." In selling the shindig, my would-be hosts trotted out all the golden oldies made famous in ... MORE

VIDEO: Peter Schiff On The Future Of The U.S. Economy

John Stosell: Ponzi! Ponzi! Ponzi!


A vote buying scam or a retirement plan? Ponzi! Ponzi! Ponzi! There, I said it. To the extent people believe there are trust funds with their names on them, Social Security is absolutely a Ponzi scheme. So is Medicare. People need to hear it. Many people think that when the government takes payroll tax from their paychecks, it goes to something like a savings ... MORE

Thomas Lifson: Crony Capitalism At LightSquared

Worse than Solyndra. Add the name LightSquared to your crony capitalism watch list. The story emerging has elements even worse than the squandering of half a billion dollars on an Obama bundler's venture. Brendan Sasso of The Hill reports: LightSquared plans to provide high-speed wholesale wireless service nationwide through a network of satellites and land-based cell towers ... MORE

Wendy McElroy: To Serve And Protect -- The State

Protect yourself, because the police are paid not to care.  Last month, an international rights tribunal slapped America across the face through a showcase ruling that has no legal force. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights found that Jessica Lenahan could sue the Castle Rock, Colorado, police department for its refusal in 1999 to enforce a restraining order ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Is College A Rip-off?

Deep Corruption At The Obama Justice Department

by Quin Hillyer.  Start rattling the chains. Start ratcheting up the hue and cry. Fire up the masses. It's long past time to force mass resignations at, and possible prosecutions of members of, the Obama Justice Department -- and, more broadly, of the West Wing itself. Forgive all the links, but the scope of the corruption is so large as to defy adequate descriptions, in a single ... MORE

A. Barton Hinkle: The Renewable Energy Boondoggle

The truth about wind and solar power. Last month Glen Besa, the director of the Sierra Club's Virginia chapter, rebuked Dominion Virginia Power for failing to "jump-start the clean, renewable energy industry in Virginia. ... Offshore wind, which is plentiful off Virginia's coast, could create 10,000 jobs in the commonwealth. It is time for Dominion to make major investments ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Back To The Future

Part I   Part II   Part III  Those who are impressed by words seem to think that President Barack Obama made a great speech to Congress last week. But, when you look beyond the rhetoric, what did he say that was fundamentally different from what he has been saying and doing all along? Are we to continue doing the same kinds of things that have failed again and again, just because ... MORE

Mark Steyn - Pass This Jobs Bill!


Commentator Mark Steyn gives due respect to Obama's jobs bill.

Jacob Sullum: You Say 'Ponzi Scheme,' I Say Fraud

A distinction without a difference. At the Republican presidential debate in Tampa on Monday night, Mitt Romney said Rick Perry has needlessly "scared seniors" by calling Social Security "a Ponzi scheme." Romney, more sensitive to the anxieties of retirees, prefers to say "the American people have been effectively defrauded out of their    ... MORE

Jon N Hall: Inequality -- It's A Good Thing

The conflict between liberty and equality. Equality is the highest value of the American political left. So the left is always on the lookout for any trace of inequality. And of course they find it -- everywhere. That's because equality doesn't exist in this world, except when we get down on the micro level. On the micro level of quarks, electrons, photons, and such, equality reigns ... MORE

Gary Johnson: The Invisible Man Running For President

Why does the media shut him out? The 2012 race for the GOP nomination has been raging lately.  With the entrance of Rick Perry, many media outlets are becoming increasingly excited over the novelty of a new candidate.  What about the novelty of unique ideas? Governor Gary Johnson has been running for President since April 21st.  He was in the first Republican debate on  ... MORE

VIDEO: Ron Paul On The Welfare State

Walter E Williams: Too Much Higher Education

Just think about it. Too much of anything is just as much a misallocation of resources as it is too little, and that applies to higher education just as it applies to everything else. A recent study from The Center for College Affordability and Productivity titled "From Wall Street to Wal-Mart," by Richard Vedder, Christopher Denhart, Matthew Denhart, Christopher     ... MORE

Ira Stoll: The Poverty Of Nations

Politics of hope are better than its reality. On September 13 at 10 a.m., the Census Bureau will release its annual report for 2010 on “Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States,” and, to judge by the way the bureau is handling the announcement, it’s going to be less than smashingly good news. “There will be no physical event,” the bureau’s advisory to  ... MORE

Chad Stafko: The Great Obama Welfare State

Government dependence is at an all-time high. Much has changed in America since Barack Obama was sworn into office as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009.  In less than 1,000 days as chief executive of the U.S., President Obama's failed policies and initiatives have resulted in a dizzying array of dismal economic statistics.  As it stands now, Obama ... MORE

VIDEO: Andrew Napolitano - Commerce Clause Gone Wild

A. Barton Hinkle: Obama's Crony Capitalism

What Solyndra reveals about Obama's economic policy.  The president's address on jobs last night included some soaring phrases, but it left out one crucial word that epitomizes his approach to economics: Solyndra. Fourteen months ago, the president was using his sonorous baritone to deliver soaring rhetoric about how his policies helped launch that  ... MORE

Peter Hannaford: California's Nanny State Gone Wild

Busybodies destroying the babysitting industry. California is still a land of political surprises--outlandish, foolish, and mischievous ones. Consider the latest: The state legislature is about to pass a bill (AB 889) requiring that adult babysitters (age 18 and up) be paid the minimum wage, overtime pay and worker's compensation insurance. In addition, they must have a ... MORE