Michelle Malkin: Who Will Protect The Freedom To Blog?

A concerted threat to a fundamental right.   Free speech is under fire. Online thugs are targeting bloggers (mostly conservative, but not all) who have dared to expose a convicted bomber and perjuring vexatious litigant who is now enjoying a comfy life as a liberally subsidized social justice operative. Where do your elected representatives stand on   ... MORE

Karolina Tagaris: Greek Health System Implodes

Socialized medicine in an economic crisis. Greece's rundown state hospitals are cutting off vital drugs, limiting non-urgent operations and rationing even basic medical materials for exhausted doctors as a combination of economic crisis and political stalemate strangle health funding. With Greece now in its fifth year of deep recession,      ... MORE

VIDEO: Checkpoints As A Revenue Source

Brett Wolf: U.S. Targets Landlords In Medical Pot War

Property theft is a favorite government ploy. Federal prosecutors are targeting medical marijuana shops in California, seeking forfeiture of the properties in which they do business. The authorities are pressuring landlords to shut down the shops or face possible loss of the real estate through the unconventional and low-key use of a civil statute    ... MORE

Eric Peters: A Double Standard In Speed Enforcement

Who watches the watchmen?     If "speeding" -- defined as driving faster than the legally posted maximum velocity -- is necessarily "unsafe," why do cops do so routinely?  The answer, of course, is: Because they can. More precisely, they can do so with impunity. Who watches the watchmen, after all? Here is a recent -- and particularly egregious   ... MORE

VIDEO: Cronyism in the Tax Code

David Harsanyi: Create Wealth, Not Jobs

Free the private sector. Soon after the president dropped his ill-advised "the private sector is doing fine" gaffe, White House press secretary Jay Carney scolded the media for failing to frame the comment in the proper "context." Which is weird, because the context is the worst part. Yes, government "creates" jobs, often out of thin air. The   ... MORE

Daily Mail: NY's Soda Jerk Wants To Ban Popcorn Too

Individual liberty to get skinnier in the Big Apple.     Health experts in New York want to widen the proposed ban on super-sized soda to include juices, milk shakes and even popcorn, it emerged today. Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to outlaw sugary drinks over 16 ounces (1 pint) in the city's restaurants, delis, food trucks, movie theatres and   ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: Squealing Versus Killing

Finding the leaker is relatively unimportant.     If you are still listening to those in the political class who are falling over each other to condemn leaks from the government to the media, you'd think the leaks had revealed private information in which the public has no legitimate interest, or perhaps a planned secret government mission to      ... MORE

Greg McNeal: Rand Paul's Attempt To Rein In Drone Usage

Senator wants a warrant to precede drone searches. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has introduced a bill requiring the government to obtain a warrant prior to using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone).  The bill, S.3287, also known as The Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act is a good start for the public debate about how to regulate  ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - A Model For Economic Recovery

Anti-Obesity Efforts Are Fattening Government

by Julie Gunlock. Left unchecked, 42 percent of American adults will be obese by 2030. That was the headline grabbing conclusion of a 400-plus page report released by the Institute of Medicine (IoM) last month, which also found that two-thirds of adults and one-third of children are already overweight or obese. Yet the federal government has ... MORE

Lisa De Pasquale: The EPA Against America

Opposition to the economic interests of Americans. In 1995, the VENONA project revealed that there were pro-Soviet, anti-American saboteurs and spies who infiltrated the State Department, Treasury, Office of Strategic Services, and the White House during the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations. The project revealed that the infiltration into  ... MORE

VIDEO: Reality Check On Domestic Drones

John Stossel: Improving Health Care

Denial of reality is no longer an option.     Any day now, the U.S. Supreme will rule on whether the Obamacare insurance mandate is constitutional. Seems like a no-brainer to me. How can forcing me to engage in commerce be constitutional? But there's a deeper question: Why should government be involved in medicine at all? Right before    ... MORE 

Jon N. Hall: What 'Every Economist' Says

Except for the ones that disagree. The expression "every economist" is one of the most widely abused in politics.  In various formulations, one hears a lot of this rhetoric.  You see, there's no disagreement among economists.  Keynesians, Austrians, Marxists, classical economists, Rastafarians, you name it...they all say the same thing. Here are   ... MORE

Christopher Chantrill: A Pre-Revolutionary Situation

Unsettling rumblings among the peasants.   Once upon a time, there was a nation that had trouble paying its bills.  The people were restless.  So the king called for his advisors, and they advised a little inflation to stimulate trade.  A few months passed, and the people were still restless.  So the king called for his advisors once again and asked    ... MORE

Domestic Drones And The Need For New Privacy Laws

by Gene Healy.    Last week, in its report on the 2013 Defense Authorization bill, the Senate Armed Services Committee called for allowing drones to operate "freely and routinely" in U.S. airspace. "Large numbers of [UAVs] now deployed overseas may be returned to the United States as the conflict in Afghanistan and operations elsewhere wind down in     ... MORE

VIDEO: David Henderson - Liberty As Collateral Damage

Laffer & Moore: Obama's Real Spending Record

Stimulating a disaster.  President Obama shocked us the other day when he said, "Since I've been president, federal spending has risen at the lowest pace in nearly 60 years." Having heard him champion the "multiplier effects" of deficit-financed stimulus spending, we saw him as an enthusiastic supporter of throwing other people's money at just about any     ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Socialist Or Fascist?

It is not quite accurate to call Obama a socialist. It bothers me a little when conservatives call Barack Obama a "socialist." He certainly is an enemy of the free market, and wants politicians and bureaucrats to make the fundamental decisions about the economy. But that does not mean that he wants government ownership of the means of production    ... MORE

VIDEO: How Sweatshops Help The Poor Escape Poverty

New EPA Power Grab To Regulate Private Property

Ditches and gullies in the crosshairs.    Lawmakers are working to block an unprecedented power grab by the Environmental Protection Agency to use the Clean Water Act (CWA) and control land alongside ditches, gullies and other ephemeral spots by claiming the sources are part of navigable waterways. These temporary water sources are often created by   ... MORE

Mark Hyman: The NCAA Political Correctness Witch Hunt

Luckily, the Fightin' Whities are going strong.   Now in its seventh year, the National Collegiate Athletic Association's battle with the University of North Dakota may be reaching a final conclusion. In 2005, the NCAA announced a complete ban on hosting post-season competition by 18 colleges that were using Native American mascots, logos, or    ... MORE

Walter E. Williams: Duped By Congressional Lies

In the name of fairness or generational theft?   Some of the responses to my column last week, titled "Immoral Beyond Redemption," prove that Americans have been hoodwinked by Congress. Some readers protested my counting Social Security among government handout programs that can be described as Congress' taking what belongs  ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Bad Speech

David Klepper: Efforts Growing To Decriminalize Marijuana

Medical pot in 17 states, penalties rolled back in 14.  Catharine Leach is married and has two boys, aged 2 and 8. She has a good job with a federal contractor and smokes pot most every day. While she worries that her public support for marijuana decriminalization and legalization could cost her a job or bring the police to her door, the 30-year-old   ... MORE

How Minimum Wage Laws Do More Harm Than Good

by Bryan Hyde. Most of us remember our first minimum wage job with a sense of fondness. Mine was delivering prescriptions for Magic Valley Drug for a whopping $3.35 an hour. As far as I was concerned, that was pretty decent pay for driving my boss’s Thunderbird and singing along with the radio. At the time I was too young to vote, so the thought of lobbying politicians ... MORE

VIDEO: Does capitalism put profits ahead of people?

Alicia M. Cohn: Dems Twice As Likely To Be Nannies

And, twice as likely to back the Big Gulp ban. Democratic voters are more than twice as likely as Republicans to back a proposal by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) to ban super-sized sugary drinks in the Big Apple, according to a new poll for The Hill.  Amid national scrutiny over Bloomberg’s so-called Big Gulp ban plan, the national survey found ... MORE

Jason Method: School Choice Thrives In New Jersey

Kids benefit, even if the teachers' union does not. When Superintendent Anthony Moro drove to Trenton on nearly two years ago, he knew the survival of his elementary school would be determined by the paperwork on his front seat. State officials gave Moro his wish. The brick school, little used by residents of this small Monmouth County town ... MORE

Micah Zenko: The Overblown Threat Of Terrorism

You're as likely to be killed by furniture as terrorism.    Today, the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) released its 2011 Report on Terrorism. The report offers the U.S. government's best statistical analysis of terrorism trends through its Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS), which compiles and vets open-source information about ... MORE

Star Parker: Voter Rights Are Not Free

Just like freedom itself. Engraved large on one of the walls of the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC are the words “Freedom is not free.” It is sad that so many are unable or unwilling to appreciate the truth of this simple phrase or are ready to heed those who have or seek power who distort it. I cannot think of ... MORE

VIDEO: FOX NEWS: The Bad Witness


Fast and Furious! A Fox News team discusses the Eric Holder testimony before Congress that made Darrell Issa furious fast. A year after the fact, America's top law enforcement officer continues to claim no knowledge of who signed off on government's gunrunning scheme with Mexican drug cartels.

Washington Times: Obama, The Leaker In Chief

When politics trump national security.    President Obama takes umbrage at the idea that a spate of leaks of highly classified national-security information is somehow purposefully intended to bolster his leadership credentials. His resistance to an independent investigation will only make things worse for him. The Obama White House is leaking   ... MORE

Patrick Michaels: UN Prepares Shakedown Attempt Of U.S.

End of the world predictions lay the groundwork.  Notice all the horrendous news about our environment?  That’s a sure sign that the UN is about to throw another mega-gabfest where global leaders will shake their heads and shake down the U.S. for monies that Congress will wisely refuse to fork over. Two weekends from now, the UN is holding its “Rio+20   ... MORE

VIDEO: Bath Salts, Naked Zombie Cannibals & Senators


It is clear which of the three do society the most damage.

Kevin D. Williamson: Detroit - The Moral Of The Story

Lessons among the ruins. The Left’s answer to the deficit: raise taxes to protect spending. The Left’s answer to the weak economy: raise taxes to enable new spending. The Left’s answer to the looming sovereign-debt crisis: raise taxes to pay off old spending. For the Left, every deficit is a revenue-side problem, not a spending-side problem, and the     ... MORE

Charles C. Johnson: Ray Bradbury - Enemy Of The State

Remembering the late science fiction writer. Ray Bradbury won’t “live forever,” as he wished, but he may well live on as the most-read critic of the state in America’s public schools. It was in public school that I first encountered Bradbury’s magnum opus, Fahrenheit 451, which is required reading in the government schools that made him shutter.     ... MORE