David Limbaugh: An Arrogant And Lawless Cover-Up

What is it that needs executive privilege protection?      Few principles are more important to our constitutional scheme than the separation of powers, which is precisely why President Obama's bogus assertion of executive privilege to thwart Congress' investigation into Fast and Furious is so inexcusable. Executive privilege is an important  ... MORE

Kyle-Anne Shiver: Is This Republic Worth Saving?

We've got the means, but do we have the will?  There's been a great deal of talk lately on the likely demise of this Grand Republic of ours. Very wise and scholarly Americans have taken to opining publicly on the dire state of things, all asking the basic question, "Can this Republic be saved"? Some historians have compared our current plight to that   ... MORE

VIDEO: Ayn Rand & The Prophecy Of Atlas Shrugged

Lou Rom: Jury Nullification In The Roger Clemens Verdict?

Perhaps a protest against minutia.  The Rocket launched another unbelievable shutout Monday, leaving federal prosecutors holding their bats in disbelief at the end of a costly, drawn-out perjury trial. A day after the verdict, the consensus is that Clemens' acquittal doesn't mean he's innocent, but rather that the jury was unconvinced of his guilt   ... MORE

Jonathan Hoenig: The Economic Police State

When the economy is not free, neither are you.   Taking a page from the United States, Argentina announced plans last week to stimulate its stagnant economy with no-cost housing loans. The idea is to boost growth by intervening in the supposedly "free" economy. It won't work. Japan's decades of infrastructure spending, government-  ... MORE

VIDEO: Put down the blush, or we'll shut you DOWN

Brian Phillips: Social Problems And The Solution

Once the core problem is identified, the solution is simple. If we look at any number of social problems, we find numerous similarities. No matter the issue–education, energy, infrastructure, pollution, and much more–Americans look to government to provide the solution. These issues provoke heated political debates, with  ... MORE

Joan Lowy: Drones Spark Privacy Fears

Thousands of drones patrolling U.S. skies?   Predictions that multitudes of unmanned aircraft could be flying here within a decade are raising the specter of a “surveillance society” in which no home or backyard would be off limits to prying eyes overhead. Law enforcement, oil companies, farmers, real estate agents and many others have  ... MORE

Ole Martin Moen: Did Ayn Rand Eat Babies For Breakfast?

A clear and present danger to leftist ideology.     According to Mahatma Gandhi, revolutionaries are first ignored, then laughed at, then attacked—and then they win. Reading George Monbiot’s piece on Ayn Rand, “How AynRand became the new right’s version of Marx” (The Guardian), has made me think that Gandhi could have included an intermediary  ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: Can Obama Rewrite Federal Law?

Power without limits. Here we go again. Is the Constitution merely a guideline to be consulted by those it purports to regulate, or is it really the supreme law of the land? If it is just a guideline, then it is meaningless, as it only will be followed by those in government when it is not an obstacle to their purposes. If it is the supreme law of the land, what do we ... MORE

VIDEO: Stossel/Beck - America In Decline

130,000 Elderly Brits A Year Killed By Gov't Health Service?

Top doctor says a 'death pathway' is used.     NHS doctors are prematurely ending the lives of thousands of elderly hospital patients because they are difficult to manage or to free up beds, a senior consultant claimed yesterday. Professor Patrick Pullicino said doctors had turned the use of a controversial ‘death pathway’ into the equivalent of euthanasia  ... MORE

Emily Miller: Gun Ownership Up, Crime Down

The inconvenient truth for gun control advocates. Gun-control advocates are noticeably silent when crime rates decline. Their multimillion-dollar lobbying efforts are designed to manufacture mass anxiety that every gun owner is a potential killer. The statistics show otherwise. Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)   ... MORE

VIDEO: Property Rights Or Public Nuisance?




AP: Regulations Raising Cost Of Doing Business

Strangled by red tape.   Small company owners told the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce last week that federal regulations are raising costs and creating more work for them and other owners. The subcommittee, meeting in Rock Hill, S.C. on Thursday, heard testimony from local business owners about the impact of federal     ... MORE

Libertarians Could Vote For Johnson, Elect Obama

by Charles Mahtesian. There hasn’t been a single poll out of Colorado this year that’s shown Mitt Romney ahead of Barack Obama. Tuesday’s Public Policy Polling poll is no exception: Obama leads Romney in a head-to-head matchup by 49 percent to 42 percent. But add libertarian Gary Johnson to the mix and the numbers are slightly different: Obama leads   ... MORE

John Stossel: Regulating Political Speech

Congress shall make no laws abridging freedom of speech? It's presidential season, so again pundits are indignant that money is spent on politics. Spent by corporations! And rich people! Because the Supreme Court allowed that, "2012 will be a miserable year," says The Washington Post's E.J. Dionne 2012 may be miserable -- but if it is, it won't be because  ... MORE

Brian Doherty: Ron Paul's Clone Army

Spawning new candidates in the mold of Dr. No. As the 2012 race for the Republican Party presidential nomination winds down, the last runner-up standing is Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. This time around, Paul has managed to snag about 10 percent of the overall primary vote (as of late April), up from 4 percent total in his 2008 campaign. He is sure to      ... MORE

VIDEO: George W Romney - A Republic No More

Thomas Sowell: The Immigration Ploy

A move to help Obama, not the country. President Obama's latest political ploy -- granting new "rights" out of thin air, by Executive Order, to illegal immigrants who claim that they were brought into the country when they were children -- is all too typical of his short-run approach to the country's long-run problems. Whatever the merits or demerits of ... MORE

Why Free Enterprise Is About Morals, Not Materialism

by Arthur Brooks. It's not an easy time to be a free enterprise advocate in America. For years, we thought we had won. After all, almost no self-respecting public figures call themselves socialists anymore. With the advent of the New Democrats, even America's progressive party was on board with free markets and somewhat limited government. The Reagan  ... MORE

VIDEO: Are Student Loans the Next Housing Bubble?

Bob Dorigo Jones: Silly Labels, Serious Consequences

Frivolous lawsuits increase product dangers.  Have you ever shaved while sleeping? Or used a map on a desktop globe to navigate a boat? Perhaps a better question is: Do you really need to be warned against doing either of those things? Chances are, you answered “no” to these questions. Nevertheless, the manufacturer of a 7-inch  ... MORE

Ron Paul's Delegates May Have Loud Voice At Convention

by Seema Mehta. Rick Santorum narrowly won January's Iowa caucuses, and future Republican nominee Mitt Romney finished a close second. But when the state's delegates head to the Republican National Convention in August, most of them will be loyal backers of third-place finisher Ron Paul. His haul of delegates from a weekend Iowa convention is part of ... MORE

Katie Kieffer: Read My Lips: Recession

If you’re tracking the economy, start tracking women’s lips. If they’re red, plump and glossy, then you know that the economy is heading into a recession. With the possible exception of Kim Kardashian, who has millions to blow on 72-day marriages, American women are putting off big-ticket investments like weddings, childbirth or      ... MORE

Charles C. W. Cooke: Doublethink On Drones

From free country to glass house.   Something peculiar happens to people who cherish their liberty when machines effect its abridgement: They cease caring. In London, where almost 8,000 closed-circuit television cameras spy on the population without rest or interruption, the people appear to be wholly unperturbed. Even an advertising campaign for the        ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - A Sign Of The Times

Walter E. Williams: Racial Double Standards

Double standards now accepted as politically correct. Back in 2009, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said we were "a nation of cowards" on matters of race. Permit me to be brave and run a few assertions by you just to see whether we're on the same page. There should be two standards for civilized conduct: one for whites,  ... MORE

Russell Cook: Global Warming's Killer Is Critical Thinking

Let's require evidence, not just belief.    Is there any issue more dependent on widespread lapses in critical thinking than the idea of man-caused global warming? Nothing wrecks an argument faster than a question revealing a gaping hole in that argument's fundamental premise.  Notice the abundantly obvious derailment in this example: "We   ... MORE

VIDEO: Are Drone Strikes and Kill Lists The New Normal?

Steve Chapman: The Futility Of Chicago Gun Turn-Ins

Attracting cheap guns from those with no criminal propensity. If you've got some clothes you don't need anymore, you can give them to Goodwill or the Salvation Army. If you have an old car, you can call various organizations to take it away. And if you're in Chicago and have a gun that's burning a hole in your pocket, you can get rid of it on Saturday,    ... MORE

Record Set By Doctored Data, Not U.S. Temperatures

by James M. Taylor.   “Americans just lived through the hottest 12 months ever recorded, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Tuesday,” according to the May 15 Los Angeles Times. Which begs the question, what does “recorded” mean? To most people, the hottest temperatures ever “recorded” would imply that quality controlled  ... MORE

Star Parker: Minimum Wage Increase DOES Impact Poverty

Raise the cost of hiring and expect more unemployment. The late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously observed that “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” It’s an admonition not taken particularly seriously by today’s political left. They embrace, extol, advocate ideas and policies based on what they wish were true,  ... MORE

Sarah Shurtleff: Do Checkpoints Make Us Safer?

"Your papers, please."    The day after the checkpoint on U.S. 36, my daughter was driving alone through Idaho and was stopped by a state trooper who claimed he thought her tinted windows might not conform to Idaho's requirements. Is this a "lawful traffic contact for some identified violation?" Doesn't sound like it to me. Sounds like fishing. The   ... MORE

VIDEO: Walter E Williams - The Enemy Of The People

Ed Krayewski: Top 5 Pieces Of Good News In The Bad News

Tired of bad news? Just look at it differently. Bad news is nothing new. Just think of the scene in Network where Faye Dunaway flips through the New York Daily News, or watch Bill Hicks’ stand up routine about going crazy while watching the bad news on CNN. “War, Famine, Death, AIDS, Homeless, Recession, Depression,” as Hicks chanted, seems to ... MORE

Alexander Baron: Police State -- Attack Of The Drones

Is warrantless surveillance good enough for Americans? America used to be the land of the free and the home of the brave; in recent years it has come more to resemble George Orwell's novel '1984'. A monitoring group has revealed the startling fact that there are now a staggering 64 drone bases on American soil. More are planned. ... MORE

VIDEO: Economic Freedom in 60 Seconds

LA Times: Another Former Cop Calls To Legalize Drugs

Favors legalization to subsidizing underworld. Stephen Downing speaks fondly of his 20 years with the Los Angeles Police Department, saying he misses the camaraderie and the integrity of the people he worked with in a career that took him from street cop to deputy chief. Along the way, as commander of the Bureau of Investigations, he oversaw the   ... MORE

Peter Ferrara: Obama Is Biggest Spender In World's History

The president is running against reality.   The U.S. has never before had a President who thinks so little of the American people that he imagines he can win re-election running on the opposite of reality. But that is the reality of President Obama today. Waving a planted press commentary, Obama recently claimed on the campaign stump, "federal spending  ... MORE