John Stossel: The Education Blob

Government schools are monopolies.   Since progressives want government to run health care, let's look at what government management did to K-12 education. While most every other service in life has gotten better and cheaper, American education remains stagnant. Spending has tripled! Why no improvement? Because K-12 education is a virtual  ... MORE

Stephen Dark: Are DUI Checkpoints Constitutional?

About road safety or trawling nets for cops? Tomorrow night, July 6, at 4100 S. State, Unified Police Department and the Utah Highway Patrol will be pulling over cars from 9:30 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. in search of people driving under the influence. But are such checkpoints constitutional? "The big reason for the checkpoint is to protect everybody's safety," ... MORE

VIDEO: Walter E Williams - The Wisdom Of Williams


Williams speaks on greed, gun rights, education, social security and more.

Homeland Security Sees 'Liberty Lovers' As Terrorists

by Paul Joseph Watson.  A new study funded by the Department of Homeland Security characterizes Americans who are “suspicious of centralized federal authority,” and “reverent of individual liberty” as “extreme right-wing” terrorists. Entitled Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes in the United States, 1970-2008 (PDF), the study was       ... MORE

Brett M. Decker: States' Rights War Over ObamaCare

Conservatives governors say they won't implement it. President Obama, Majority Leader Harry Reid’s Democrat-led Senate and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. don’t care that a majority of Americans favor repeal of Obamacare. To them, government can do anything it can get away with to consolidate federal power; that government derives its power  ... MORE

VIDEO: James V. DeLong On Ending "Big SIS"


Time to end "Big Sis" (The Special Interest State)

Janelle Ericsson: TSA Demands To Test Passenger Drinks

Another victory for the terrorists. Passengers say their problem is not with the rules at the airport. They understand why drinks are not allowed through security, but when they buy one while they wait for their flight, they say the TSA should not ask to test it. Passengers say traveling is a big enough stress, but now some are worried the drinks they are getting are not ... MORE

J. Justin Wilson: Give Me A Large Soda Or Give Me Death

Regulating the Fourth of July.   Isn’t part of being an adult having the ability to choose? You know, such as whether you want to nosh on shish kabob, burgers, or hot dogs at your July 4th cookout? Most people think so. But America’s historical love for individual liberty seems to occasionally clash with our Puritanical roots. The dichotomy is once again rearing its  ... MORE

Lisa Fabrizio: States -- Our Last Best Hope

Escaping an increasingly tyrannical central government. Way back during the interminable weeks between the 2000 presidential election and the final decision in Bush v. Gore, I spent hours upon hours explaining to otherwise intelligent and politically savvy folks just how this country works. Most of these discussions centered on the       ... MORE

Are Teenagers Big Children Or Small Adults?

by A. Barton Hinkle. America can’t make up its mind. This should not be surprising in a nation of 314 million people, half of whom can’t make up their minds about what to have for dinner. But dinner is inconsequential. How we treat children is not. And when it comes to the treatment of children, society’s approach is wildly incoherent. Last week the Supreme   ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Amtrak Off The Rails

Ed Carson: GM Bailout Has Now Cost Taxpayers $35 billion

Stock shares close in on record low. General Motors (GM) shares fell to a fresh 2012 closing low of 19.57 on Monday. The stock hit 19 in mid-December, the lowest since the auto giant came public at $33 in November 2010 following its June 2009 bankruptcy. Normally you might say, tough luck investors. But this is Government     ... MORE

David Pitt: Midwest Ranchers Protest EPA Drone Flyovers

Drones deployed to troll for fineable violations. Midwest ranchers have never been enamored with environmental regulators, but they really began to complain after learning that federal inspectors were flying over their land to look for problems. The Environmental Protection Agency flies over power plants and other facilities nationwide to identify     ... MORE

VIDEO: Patriots Warn Citizens Of Warrantless Searches


Who are the ones really serving the public in this video? You decide.

Lourdes Garcia-Navarro: Medical Pot Use Sprouting In Israel

Israel is a world leader in the use of medical marijuana.   More than 10,000 patients have received government licenses to consume the drug in order to treat ailments such as cancer and chronic pain. But while the unorthodox treatment has gained acceptance in Israel, it still has its critics. Susan Malkah breathes in the cloud of smoke from a plastic   ... MORE

The Economist: Jury Nullification Rights In New Hampshire

The "live free or die" state chooses the former. Before I dive into the subject of this post, let me warn you that it has absolutely nothing to do with John Roberts, the commerce clause, cultivated crops of the Brassica oleracea species or how Americans get their health care. In honour of independence day (which I'm spending indoors revelling in the one  ... MORE

Jim Yardley: Ever Wonder Why We Even Bothered?

We the People trust ourselves, not government. When it comes to the concept of limited government, which is really at the heart of the recent imbroglio over Obamacare, the Constitution has been described as the law that controls the government. The Constitution starts off with a preamble that states: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a  ... MORE

New Taxes You're Going To Pay To Pay For ObamaCare

You didn't think it was free, did you?    Well, Obamacare is now official, which means that a lot more people in the United States will have health insurance. And it also means a lot more people will be paying more taxes. Here are some of the new taxes you're going to have to pay to pay for Obamacare: A 3.8% surtax on "investment income" when your    ... MORE

VIDEO: Ronald Reagan - America 2012


Ronald Reagan directs his words toward the 2012 election.

Advocacy Replaces Science On Minimum Wage Debate

by Michael Saltsman.   Determined to see President Obama make good on a campaign pledge to raise the federal minimum wage to $9.50, four Congressmen have introduced bills to make this promise a reality. (A number of states have considered similar bills this year.) Advocates for a higher minimum wage—most notably, the National Employment  ... MORE

Washington Examiner: Congress Robs Taxpayers Twice

A bipartisan fleecing of the American taxpayers. While the nation was distracted with the Supreme Court's Obamacare ruling last week, Congress passed a $96 billion double-bailout that only guarantees future bailouts in the years to come. On Friday afternoon, within half an hour of one another, both the House and Senate voted to reauthorize the  ... MORE

VIDEO: Sign Codes vs. Free Speech

Uncle Sam Simultaneously Attacks And Subsidizes Soda

Tail-chasing politicians mindlessly spend and regulate.    The federal government has financed a multi-million dollar ad campaign in New York City and elsewhere attacking sugary soft drinks. But legislation passed last week continues subsidizing sugar producers, and allows food stamp recipients to buy soda and other supposedly unhealthy foods    ... MORE

Rush H. Limbaugh Jr: They Risked Everything For Liberty

Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor. It was a glorious morning. The sun was shining and the wind was from the southeast. Up especially early, a tall bony, redheaded young Virginian found time to buy a new thermometer, for which he paid three pounds, fifteen shillings. He also bought gloves for Martha, his wife, who was ill at home. Thomas Jefferson arrived early at the statehouse. The temperature was 72.5 degrees and the horseflies weren't nearly so bad at that hour. It was a lovely room, very large, with gleaming white walls. The chairs were comfortable. Facing the single door    ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Judicial Betrayal

Betrayal is hard to take,   whether in our personal lives or in the political life of the nation. Yet there are people in Washington -- too often, Republicans -- who start living in the Beltway atmosphere, and start forgetting those hundreds of millions of Americans beyond the Beltway who trusted them to do right by them, to use their wisdom  ... MORE

Shikha Dalmia: Detroit's Run Out Of Other People's Money

Motown is overtaxed and broke as a joke. A sigh of relief swept through Detroit recently after a judge threw out a legal challenge to the “consent agreement” the city just signed with the state to clean its books and avoid bankruptcy. The lawsuit, filed by the city’s megalomaniacal legal counsel, represented a level of overreach ridiculous even by ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel A Nation Of Moochers

Mytheos Holt: Gun Stocks Shoot Through The Roof

Guns are becoming the new gold. Given the increasingly uncertain political and economic climate, it’s no big surprise that people are continuing to buy guns in record numbers. However, at this stage it’s surpassed just an issue of being record numbers. We’d say guns are selling like hotcakes, but there might not be market data showing that  ... MORE

Daily Mail: It's Too Doggone Easy To Search For Drugs

Police utilize pooch that alerts for drugs in every car. A dog with a sharp nose for drugs can be a great asset to any police department, but in the case of a German shepherd named Bono, accuracy is not his strongest suit. The four-legged crime fighter working for the Virginia State Police has been on a hot streak, detecting drugs nearly every time he’s on the ... MORE

VIDEO: Gov't Ad: Food Stamps Make You Look Good




Government spends millions on radio ads to stimulate more handouts.

Washington Times: Obama's War On Guns And Oil

White House unleashes OSHA against hated industries. The Obama administration is using more than just the Environmental Protection Agency to “crucify” businesses it doesn’t like. Congress won’t enact any gun-control measures, and the American people aren’t interested in paying more at the pump. So President Obama has to get a lot more   ... MORE

Walter E Williams: Gross Ignorance For The Underclass

The welfare state is an equal opportunity destroyer.   Anthony Daniels, who writes under the pen name Theodore Dalrymple, is a retired prison doctor and psychiatrist who tells of his experiences with his patients in "Life at the Bottom." It's an insightful book of essays about the self-destructive behavior and attitudes of the underclass. In one essay ... MORE

Roberts Hands A Poisoned Chalice To The President

by Christopher Chantrill. What in the world was Chief Justice Roberts trying to do by voting with the liberals on ObamaCare?  Conservative opinion is all over the map, but conservative talk show hosts were clear, as I drove south from liberal Seattle to liberal Ashland, Oregon, on June 28, 2012, that the ball was in the voters' court. Whatever you think of Roberts'  ... MORE

VIDEO: Gary Johnson - American Solutions

Star Parker: Racial Politics Thicker Than Justice

Black Caucus circles the wagons around Holder.   When the House voted last Thursday to find Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress, members of the Congressional Black Caucus walked out. Why is the Black Caucus trying to make this about race? It’s about Holder’s refusal to turn over Justice Department documents     ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: Roberts Unleashes Vast Federal Power

Basis for high court ruling not found in Constitution. Among the 17 lawyers who have served as chief jus- tice of the United States, John Marshall - the fourth chief justice - has come to be known as the “great” chief justice. The folks who have given him that title are the progressives who largely have written the history we have all  ... MORE

The Sickening Nature Of Many Food-Safety Regulations

Food-safety regulations don't always mean safer food. Nearly 18 months after passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act, a landmark piece of legislation that granted new powers and authority to the FDA, the legislation is still mired in congressional debates over how to fund it. If this status update sounds familliar, it's with good reason. The FSMA   ... MORE

VIDEO: The Most Arrogant Man in the World

Daily Mail: Houston Woman Jailed For Speed Trap Warning

Did the one who served the public go to jail?     A woman in Houston, Texas, was arrested and jailed for 12 hours after she held up a make-shift sign to warn drivers about a speed trap. Natalie Plummer was officially charged with walking in the roadway -- jaywalking, essentially -- though she says the police officers who arrested her were just  ... MORE

Martin/Snyder: Taxpayers Bitten By Crony Capitalism Again

Another Solyndra-type boondoggle goes up in smoke.   Abound Solar Inc., a U.S. solar manufacturer that was awarded a $400 million U.S. loan guarantee, will suspend operations and file for bankruptcy because its panels were too expensive to compete. Abound borrowed about $70 million against the guarantee, the Loveland, Colorado-based company said  ... MORE