Rand Paul: A Staggering Abuse Of Power

Obama's disregard for our Constitution. When I filibustered over domestic drone use, critics said that I was being ridiculous. They said that no American had been killed by a drone on American soil and that no one was likely to be anytime soon. President Obama responded that he hadn’t killed anyone yet and didn’t intend to — but he might.            ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: Storm Clouds Gathering

Government is bad for personal freedom.    That argument is premised upon the truism that everything government does interferes with freedom because it either prohibits or compels. Everything it owns it has taken from others. Much of what it says is divorced from the truth. President Obama, like President George W. Bush, has argued  ... MORE

VIDEO: Milton Friedman - The Escape From Collectivism

IRS Seizes 60 Million Medical Records Without A Warrant

Think twice about what you tell the doctor.    As we are being swamped with evidence of Administration wrongdoing, we should not forget to prioritize the vast amount of information we are getting. It is beyond peradventure of doubt at this time that the IRS, ordered to scrutinize the tea party closely  by Democratic  leaders, including  ... MORE

Garrett Quinn: The Free State Project Grows Up

Libertarians are changing the face of New Hampshire.  In 2001 a Yale doctoral student named Jason Sorens published an essay in the small webzine The Libertarian Enterprise, lamenting the failure of libertarian efforts at the ballot box. “Nothing’s working,” he wrote, because libertarians are scattered. The only way to have a real    ... MORE

VIDEO: Obama Calls In Marines -- To Hold Umbrella

Grover Norquist: Obama's Chicago-Style IRS

It’s official. President Obama is worse than Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon’s White House had Chuck Colson compile an “enemies list” of people it believed were opposing the Nixon administration’s politics. The purpose of the list was to encourage the IRS to audit and harass those listed. The IRS refused. Fast forward 30 years. President  ... MORE

The Bogus Public Health Attack On Sugar

by Julian Morris. Health activists are in a tizzy over sugar and fast food, which they blame for the obesity “epidemic.” Responding to these concerns, politicians have sought to tax or regulate the alleged culprits. Tort lawyers, smelling tobacco-settlement-scale greenbacks, have been gearing up to sue companies producing sugary beverages. Last     ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Looking Back -- And Forward

More kicking the can.   A hundred years ago, anyone who might have predicted in 1913 the monumental, man-made catastrophes that would occur in the rest of the 20th century would have been considered warped, if not completely mentally deranged. Who would have believed that the continent of Europe, which had not had a major war in nearly a   ... MORE

Barry Farber: Are Media Finally Doing Their Job?

Poor Jay Carney. Do you remember how World War II started? Don’t tell me “Hitler invaded Poland.” You’ve got to do better than that. The Nazis had “Special Forces” who spoke fluent Polish. They put on Polish army uniforms, sneaked into Poland, then sneaked back into Germany and blew up a German radio station near the Polish border. Hitler   ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Freedom In The 50 States

Walter E Williams: Hating America

Indoctrination against liberty.      Brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who are accused of setting the bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon, attended the University of Massachusetts. Maybe they hated our nation before college, but if you want lessons on hating America, college attendance might be a good start. Let's look   ... MORE

John Stossel: True Grit

Are you a real man (or woman)?      Do you have "grit"? Compare yourself to the man on the $20 bill: Andrew Jackson, our seventh president. During the Revolutionary War, Jackson volunteered to fight. He was just 13 years old at the time. The British captured him and made him a servant for British officers. When one ordered Jackson to   ... MORE

VIDEO: Surveillance After The Boston Attack


Do more cameras fight terrorism or violate or privacy rights?

Jacob Sullum: Too Stoned To Drive?

Treating pot smokers as menaces even when they're not. Last week, when the Colorado General Assembly passed groundbreaking legislation aimed at taxing and regulating marijuana, it also passed a bill redefining when cannabis consumers are considered too stoned to drive. The revised rule seems consistent with the voter-approved   ... MORE

The Obama IRS Nightmare Is Just Getting Started

by Ed Rogers, Washington Post.   Your government, as currently administered by President Obama, doesn’t like the word “patriot.”  If you associate yourself with an organization using that word, you may be investigated and prosecuted. Under Obama, government employees think they are doing what their superiors want them to do when they  ... MORE

Daniel J. Flynn: Manny Pacquiao Vs The IRS

Enough to make taxpayers cry, "no mas."  Manny Pacquiao takes on his toughest opponent in his next fight: the Internal Revenue Service. Roy Jones, Evander Holyfield, and Floyd Mayweather all fought the most powerful three-letters in boxing and lost. Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino who doesn’t possess their home field disadvantage, has already     ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Voting With Our Feet

Minimum Wage Legislation & The Small Business Scam

by Michael Saltsman.     A group calling itself the Small Business Majority (SBM) recently released a survey to support its argument that two-thirds of small businesses support a hike in the minimum wage. It’s a counterintuitive result: After all, if small businesses don’t mind a minimum wage hike, then pursuing the policy should be a    ... MORE

VIDEO: Federal Food Stamp Spending Since 1950

Redskins Owner Vows To Never Change The Name

by Chris Lingebach.    “We’ll never change the name. It’s simple. NEVER.” That’s what Redskins owner Daniel Snyder told USA Today Sports Thursday, with the added caveat, “you can use caps.” Snyder putting his foot down, so to speak, may be what it takes to bring some finality to a debate that’s raged on all offseason over the offensive nature of ... MORE

Matt Welch: Benghazi Hall Of Shame

On death, lies and an obscure YouTube trailer.     Yesterday's dramatic congressional testimony about the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attacks on U.S. interests in Benghazi, Libya convincingly corroborated what was widely reported within days of the attack: that senior American officials on the ground knew immediately,     ... MORE

VIDEO: Walter E Williams - TSA (Thugs Standing Around)

Republicans Are Refusing To Appoint Death Panel Members

Another ObamaCare impediment.     One of the most politically intense fights over the Affordable Care Act was over the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, infamously dubbed a "death panel" by Republicans during the 2010 elections. On Thursday, Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch      ... MORE

VIDEO: Death, Lies And A Scapegoat Video


Public servant or public master?

Media Scrambles To Minimize Team Obama Deception

by Dan Gainor.  In the real world, when you cover up four murders after the fact, you likely go to jail. In government, you retire with dignity and run for president with full media support. Up until yesterday, that was the Benghazi scenario following the death of four Americans including our ambassador to Libya. The Obama administration has lied,         ... MORE