Nullification: What Is It Good For? Absolutely Everything!

by Diane Rufino. Nullification is a term introduced by Thomas Jefferson in 1798 when he drafted the Kentucky Resolves to articulate the reason for the state to oppose an unconstitutional federal law - the Alien and Sedition Acts. Nullification begins with the central premise that a federal law that violates the Constitution is no law at all. It is void and has no ... MORE

Steve Chapman: The Myth Of Unfair Paychecks

A difference in pay does not prove discrimination.   As any debater knows, defining the issue is a major part of the battle. On Tuesday, Democrats failed to persuade the Senate to approve the Paycheck Fairness Act. What are we to conclude from that outcome? That paychecks will be unfair, to the detriment of America's working   ... MORE

VIDEO: Milton Friedman - Orwellian Newspeak

Daren Jonescu: America: The Home Of The...Compliant?

From home of the brave to a nation of sheep. If you want a quick measure of the state of American society, you might consider the federal government's use of unmanned aerial drones to monitor U.S. citizens, and in particular the EPA's matter-of-fact defense of its use of drones over the Midwest as necessary to "verify compliance" with environmental   ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: The Real 'War On Women'

Slight of hand under the guise of fairness. Among the people who are disappointed with President Obama, none has more reason to be disappointed than those who thought he was going to be "a uniter, rather than a divider" and that he would "bring us all together." It was a noble hope, but one with no factual foundation. Barack Obama had been a    ... MORE

VIDEO: Should Government Be In Charge Of Your Weight?

Touré: Marijuana Should Be Decriminalized

How much more tail-chasing do we require? New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to change New York’s laws to decriminalize marijuana. New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly have rushed to agree. Cuomo’s proposed change is a repudiation of Bloomberg’s stop-and-frisk program, which has arrested more than 400,000   ... MORE

Alana Goodman: Good Riddance To Payroll Fairness Act

Thank you Republicans! The Senate voted down the Paycheck Fairness Act yesterday, a bill that was ostensibly aimed at closing the fabled 77-cent-on-the-dollar pay gap between men and women in the workplace (and in reality aimed at helping Democrats increase the gender vote gap between them and Republicans next November). The bill failed mainly along ... MORE

John Stossel: Uncertainty Paralysis

Playing the game without knowing the rules.   President Obama would do us all a big favor if he'd ask himself this: "Would I start or expand a business without knowing what regulations or taxes government will impose next year?" If he'd just stop and ask that, he'd have a sense of what's wrong with the economy. He'd understand why a country that must create  ... MORE

Where Is The Outrage Over Domestic Use Of Drones?

by Andrew Napolitano.   For the past few weeks, I have been writing in this column about the government's use of drones and challenging their constitutionality on Fox News Channel where I work. I once asked on air what Thomas Jefferson would have done if--had drones existed at the time--King George III had sent drones to peer inside the bedroom   ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - How Effective Is Class Warfare?

Jury Nullification's Long History Of Righting Wrongs

by Frank Parlato.   Below is something that somehow is not taught in public schools. It is history nonetheless and easy enough for any one who is interested to verify. Jury ended power of King  In 1215, when the Barons of England compelled King John to sign the Magna Carta, trial by jury was established. The King now had to seek permission through 12   ... MORE

Nothing To Hide? Let Police 'Force Catheterize' You

We must protect society from suspected pot smokers.     A 22-year-old college student has filed an $11 million federal lawsuit against police in central Utah, claiming they forced a catheter in him after he refused to consent to a search for marijuana. Stephan Cook filed the lawsuit against a Sanpete County Sheriff’s deputy; an Ephraim police officer   ... MORE

VIDEO: Failed Recall Means The End Of Democracy


A union drama queen takes defeat rather hard. 

Government Seen To Threaten More Than Protect Rights

Latest Rasmussen poll reveals a perceptive public.   More than half of Americans, 51 percent, believe that the federal government is more a threat to their rights than a protector of them, according to the latest Rasmussen poll. Only 34 percent of those polled in the May 29-30 telephone survey see the federal government more as a protector ... MORE

James S Robbins: The Coming American Counterrevolution

A divided nation faces down fundamental change.  The partisan divide in the United States may be past the point of no return. It could well be a symptom of greater changes in the American polity that herald the advent of potentially revolutionary change. On Monday, the Pew Research Center issued its annual report on American values, which revealed ... MORE

David Harsanyi: The Democrats' 'Fairness' Canard

Beating back the woman haters.  Only one group of Americans can make this nation a fairer place: trial lawyers. After all, crushing injustice has enveloped the nation. New Yorkers make more money than Iowans. Female lawyers earn more than male fishermen. People who are 6 feet tall -- and I saw this in a semi-scientific study -- earn, on average, about  ... MORE

Jacob Sullum: The Devil In Rudy Eugene

Society's readiness to believe in satanic substances. Casting about for a reason why Rudy Eugene gnawed off most of a homeless man's face in an unprovoked attack on Miami's MacArthur Causeway last month, his girlfriend suggested he may have been the victim of a voodoo curse. Or maybe he was drugged, she told The Miami  ... MORE

VIDEO: William F Buckley Jr - Conservatively Speaking

Young & Crews: Washington's 10,000 Commandments

Regulations and red tape should be campaign issue.  Deficits, taxes, and spending are the defining issues of the 2012 campaign. Regulation deserves a seat at the table, too. The federal government spent $3.6 trillion in 2011. But according to the Small Business Administration (SBA), the annual cost of complying with federal regulations has exceeded $1 trillion  ... MORE

Larry Downes: Government Control Of Net Always Bad Idea

The misguided ambitions of local regulators. An important law that would protect California consumers from state-level regulation of VoIP and other IP-based services passed the California State Senate late last week on a bipartisan 30-6 vote. The bill, SB 1161, now moves to the State Assembly, which has scheduled hearings for June 11. SB 1161 is   ... MORE

VIDEO: End the War on George Washington's Favorite Crop


ReasonTV's contribution to Hemp History Week

Sorry Global Warming Alarmists, The Earth Is Cooling

by Peter Ferrara.    Climate change itself is already in the process of definitively rebutting climate alarmists who think human use of fossil fuels is causing ultimately catastrophic global warming.  That is because natural climate cycles have already turned from warming to cooling, global temperatures have already been declining for more than 10 years   ... MORE

Phyllis Schlafly: Obama Lunges Toward Global Government

His second term could take us over the cliff.   One of the biggest issues in the November election is whether we will continue or stop President Obama's move toward restricting U.S. sovereignty and rushing down the road to global governance. One would think that the obvious failure of the European Union and disdain for the euro would put  ... MORE

Thomas Kaplan: Plan To Limit Marijuana Arrests In NYC

A grain of sanity infiltrates the big apple. The New York Police Department, the mayor and the city’s top prosecutors on Monday endorsed a proposal to decriminalize the open possession of small amounts of marijuana, giving an unexpected lift to an effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to cut down on the number of people arrested ... MORE
 

Austin Hill: The Immorality Of Obamanomics

“I only care about the moral issues." If I’ve heard that phrase once, then I’ve heard it a few hundred times. It’s a common response among social conservatives during campaigns and election cycles. And this year, as Washington compromises our nation’s future with profligate spending and economic turmoil threatens nations abroad, we need to add to that ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Hate Speech Or Free Speech?

Vouchers Produce 'Savings' For Local Indiana Schools

from The Star Press. Indiana's much-criticized school voucher program is nearing the conclusion of its first year. With about 4,000 students participating statewide, furor arose over most of those students enrolling in church-based schools at public expense. The issue of giving tax dollars to parents who then choose a school has survived one legal     ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Playing With Words


Misleading political redefinitions. Would anyone work to support themselves or their families — and then turn over a chunk of that hard-earned money to somebody else, just because of the words used by that somebody else? A few people may be taken in by the words of con men, here and there, but the larger tragedy is that millions more are taken in  ... MORE

VIDEO: Adult Population Labor Force Status

Walter E Willliams: Immoral Beyond Redemption

Perhaps we are debating the wrong issue?    Benjamin Franklin, statesman and signer of our Declaration of Independence, said: "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." John Adams, another signer, echoed a similar statement: "Our Constitution was made only     ... MORE

Cathy Young: Is There Really A War On Women?

Gender-based political correctness is all too common.   Dueling charges of misogyny from the left and the right have become a depressingly regular media circus—one that, regardless of the real issues, is mostly about moral posturing and political point-scoring. Worse, both sides are feeding a toxic obsession with women-as-victims and promoting a sexism of  ... MORE

Smoking Ban Turns Personal Freedom To Ashes

from the Auburn Plainsman editorial board. Whenever the issue of a smoking ban comes up, whether it be for a college campus or an entire city, both sides get loud and angry. Auburn's new smoking ban, which doesn’t take affect until the 2012 fall semester, is source of contention for us. We actually agree with both sides of the argument on most of their talking   ... MORE

Deroy Murdock: Red Tape Costs US 700,000 Jobs

Business environment continues to deteriorate.    Federal regulators are keeping America from moving forward. According to recent news stories reviewed by my colleagues at the conservative nonprofit organization Engage America, federal red tape has squelched at least 736,203 potential jobs. If these positions were filled, today's     ... MORE

VIDEO: Harry Browne - Had He Been Elected

John Ransom: Darrell Issa's Discovery Summer

Shining light in dark places.   With the presidential campaign in full gear, expect Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform to expand his public probe of the Obama administration’s green crony program that included risky loans to below-investment-grade companies like now-bankrupt Solyndra.  The      ... MORE

Peter Schiff: Economic Reality Bites

The hangover is setting in.   Many people became convinced that data releases earlier this year indicated that "recovery" in the U.S. was imminent. But as I have been saying for months, this evidence would ultimately be shown to be as reliable as sightings of Bigfoot. Lots of people claim to say they have seen it, some even produce plaster footprints, but in the ... MORE

VIDEO: Are Low Interest Rates Good?

Baylen Linnekin: Nanny Bloomberg's War On Soda

A busybody mayor's regulation obsession.    Last month I applauded New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his graduation message in North Carolina in favor of marriage equality. But, I wondered at the time, why not "extend to food his own comments about [the] error of denying freedom"? Fat chance. On Thursday, Mayor Bloomberg    ... MORE

Mary Ellen Clark: Medical Marijuana Legalized In Conn.

Connecticut's chronic disease patients score victory. Connecticut on Friday became the 17th U.S. state to legalize the medical use of marijuana. The state's Governor Dannel Malloy signed into law legislation allowing licensed physicians to certify an adult patient's use of marijuana for medical purposes, according to a statement from the governor's   ... MORE