Paul Butler: Jurors Need To Know That They Can Say No

Saving individual liberty in the jury room. IF you are ever on a jury in a marijuana case, I recommend that you vote “not guilty” — even if you think the defendant actually smoked pot, or sold it to another consenting adult. As a juror, you have this power under the Bill of Rights; if you exercise it, you become part of a proud tradition of American jurors who ... MORE

Tom Elia: 277,500 Federal Jobs Added Just Since 2006!

Government's malignant growth revealed.  It is hard to fathom the enormity of the federal government. With an annual budget of almost $4 trillion, annual deficits of well over $1 trillion, outstanding debt of over $15 trillion, and unfunded future liabilities of well over $50 trillion, Washington has become by far the largest, most expensive organization ... MORE

VIDEO: Walter E Williams - I Love Greed

Peter Ferrara: Bloomberg Covers For Government Folly

Media propagandists advance the Democratic Party line.  On December 21, Bloomberg News breathlessly reported, "The leading Republican candidates for president have embraced an explanation of the financial crisis that has been rejected by the chairman of the Federal Reserve, many economists and even three of the four     ... MORE

Daniel Hannan: Crony Capitalism Is Failing

Let's try the REAL thing.   The past four years have seen governments throughout the West turn to a ghoulish corporatism, in which selected private companies are bailed out with public money. Understandably, people from across the political spectrum have reacted angrily. The Tea Partiers and the Occupiers are both protesting against the same thing, viz the rescue   ... MORE

VIDEO: Makers vs. Takers at Occupy Wall Street

THE BLAZE: Gun Rights Save Another Life

Teen mom gives intruder shotgun send-off. Eighteen-year-old Sarah McKinley and her 3-month-old son were unharmed when two intruders tried to break into their home outside of Oklahoma City on New Year’s Eve. Her husband had died from lung cancer on Christmas Day, and when she realized intruders were attempting to break into her home she had nothing ... MORE

Blom and Benko: Return To Gold Standard Is Popular

Gold standard debate could change presidential election. Scott Rasmussen, in October, polled 1,000 voters on gold and found it popular, especially if characterized as a way to constrain big government and big banks. In November, American Principles in Action commissioned the Polling Company to drill deeper into the implications for the early contests ... MORE

David Harsanyi: Santorum Is A Big Government Republican

An earmark enthusiast throughout his career.  Rick Santorum, like most Republican candidates, fashions himself the one true conservative running in 2012. If the thought of big, intrusive liberal government offends you, he might just be your man. And if you favor a big, intrusive Republican government, he's unquestionably your candidate. People are taking ... MORE

VIDEO: Andrew Napolitano - Return To Sound Money

Don Surber: Obama Backers Getting Rich On Green Causes

Al Gore likes the Fisker.   Over the holidays, the New York Times reported: “Fisker Automotive is recalling all 239 of its 2012 Karma luxury plug-in hybrid cars because of a fire hazard.” Not mentioned in the report was the fact that the Obama administration had given this tiny car company a Solyndra-sized loan of $529 million. Banks loans the money with ... MORE

VIDEO: Do Women Earn Less Than Men?

James Taylor: Finding Big Foot, Finding Global Warming

Global warming is causing mutant sharks.   “I DO think there’s a ‘squatch in these woods ….” What the heck has happened to science on television? Animal Planet has a show called “Finding Bigfoot,” with a guy looking like he just cleaned out all the pork rinds at the Piggly Wiggly telling us he believes “there’s a “squatch” in these woods….” “Sasquatches DO ... MORE

Matt Welch: The Bright Side Of Paul's Third Place Finish

7 reasons why Paul supporters should remain optimistic.  For Ron Paul's most ardent supporters, last night's third-place finish in the Iowa caucus was an undeniable disappointment. The dream of boomeranging from an Iowa victory to a New Hampshire resurgence to an anything-is-possible Super Tuesday has now gone to re-write. Being exposed as a state .... MORE

Obama Puts New Crony Capitalism Mechanism In Place

Bureaucrats to lord new powers over industry.    In a defiant display of executive power, President Obama on Wednesday will buck GOP opposition and name Richard Cordray as the nation’s chief consumer watchdog, even though the Senate contends the move is inappropriate, senior administration officials told the Associated Press.  ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Burdensome Regulations

MSNBC.COM: 40,000 New Laws Go Into Effect in 2012

Politicians can never give enough orders.  About 40,000 state laws taking effect at the start of the new year will change rules about  getting abortions in New Hampshire, learning about gays and lesbians in California, getting jobs in Alabama and even driving golf carts in Georgia. Several federal rules change with the new year, too, including a Social Security ... MORE

VIDEO: How The War on Drugs Threatens El Paso


US policy is a war on reason.   Former El Paso city council member Beto O'Rourke spoke at the Cato Institute's conference, "Ending the Global War on Drugs" on November 15, 2011. 

Chuck Neubauer: Gun Makers Baffled By ATF Criteria

Arbitrary and capricious rulings from government.  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is in charge of determining whether a gun model is legal, but the agency won’t say much about its criteria. Despite overseeing an industry that includes machine guns and other deadly weapons, ATF regulations for the manufacture of weapons ...  MORE

Gary Jason: Unlimited Domestic Energy...Right Now

America will be a net petroleum product exporter.   A rush of recent reports indicate that the explosion of non-conventional fossil fuel production continues to transform the world. (Non-conventional fossil fuel production is the production of oil and natural gas by hydraulic fracking and horizontal drilling.) In fact, 2011, will mark a major turning point ... MORE

VIDEO: Ron Paul Ad - Believe


GOP party leaders and the media WANT you to think Ron Paul is not electable.

World News Daily: The Most Ignored Stories Of 2011

Inconvenient truths. While the establishment news media brought plenty of bad economic news in 2011, the real story hasn’t been adequately told. The true rate of unemployment and inflation and the real state of the U.S. economy, which is far worse than reported, tops WND’s annual list of the 10 most “spiked” or underreported stories of the last year. At the end of ... MORE

VIDEO: The Broken Window Fallacy


Destruction never brings prosperity.

Obama Signs Historic Assault on American Liberty

BHO celebrates New Year by seizing citizen liberties. President Barack Obama rang in the New Year by signing the NDAA law with its provision allowing him to indefinitely detain citizens. It was a symbolic moment, to say the least. With Americans distracted with drinking and celebrating, Obama signed one of the greatest rollbacks of civil liberties in the history of ... MORE

Walter E Williams: I Love Greed

What human motivation gets the most wonderful things done? 
It's really a silly question, because the answer is so simple. It turns out that it's human greed that gets the most wonderful things done. When I say greed, I am not talking about fraud, theft, dishonesty, lobbying for special privileges from government or other forms of despicable behavior. I'm talking  ... MORE

Katie Kieffer: The Real Ron Paul Stands Up


May I have your attention please?  Will the real Ron Paul please stand up? I repeat, will the real Ron Paul please stand up? I keep hearing the same three rumors about Paul: He blames America for 9/11, he’s anti-Israel and he’s pro-Iran. So, who is the real Ron Paul? Does he blame America for 9/11? No, he’s very patriotic. Bob Schieffer recently interviewed ... MORE

Robert Knight: Justice Dept Seeks To Undermine Elections

Why Voter ID terrifies Democrats. The most consequential election in our lifetime is still 10 months away, but it’s clear from the Obama administration’s order halting South Carolina’s new photo ID law that the Democrats already have brought a gun to a knife fight. How else to describe this naked assault on the right of a state to create minimal    ... MORE

VIDEO: Ayn Rand - Red Army, White Army

Edward H. Crane: Why Ron Paul Matters

The one who stands for constitutionally limited government. The controversy surrounding decades-old newsletters to which GOP presidential aspirant Ron Paul lent his name is regrettable. First, it is regrettable because the sometimes bigoted, intolerant content of those newsletters is inconsistent with the views of the congressman as understood by those of us who ... MORE

VIDEO: Constitutional Authority for Dept Of Education


Another Jan Helfeld interview exposing liberal hypocrisy.

Jeffrey A. Singer: How EMTALA Crushes States' Rights

Why Medicaid is no longer a voluntary program.   It is widely believed that Medicaid is a voluntary program. While this may have once been true, it is no longer the case. Today, states confront the dilemma of having to choose between joining Medicaid or being forced to sacrifice any health care “safety net” for their indigent populations. This is all because ... MORE

Greg Beato: The Case For Walmart

NY politicians should drop their misguided war. In late November, New York City fired another preemptive strike against the gathering threat of $4 prescription drug co-pays, organic baby food, and eco-friendly laundry detergent. It came in the form of a report entitled Food for Thought: A Case Study of Walmart’s Impact on Harlem’s Healthy Food Retail    ... MORE