Stop What You Are Doing And Defund ObamaCare Now

Sign the petition.        On October 1st, millions of Americans will be required to enroll in Obamacare and could lose access to their doctors and be forced to pay higher premiums and higher taxes. But there's still time to stop it. Republicans in Congress can stop Obamacare if they refuse to fund it. Sign the petition and tell Congress: Don't Fund         ... MORE

Our Government Says You Are A Potential Terrorist

by Gary DeMar.      If you dig long and deep enough it's amazing what can be uncovered when it comes to who our government considers to be a potential terrorist. You don't even have to use the Freedom of Information Act to hunt down the stuff to reveal what some government officials think of ordinary American citizens. The folks at The   ... MORE

VIDEO: Thomas Sowell - Obama's Failed Economic Policies

Paul Armentano: Marijuana Legalization Is Inevitable

And it is time for the Feds to admit it.       Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy is demanding Congressional hearings in September to address the growing divide between state and federal marijuana laws. With twenty states now having legalized the medical use of cannabis — and two additional states having legalized non-medical marijuana     ... MORE

Aristotle's Thoughts On Tyranny Proving True In America

by Simon Black.         Nearly 2,400 years ago, Aristotle wrote one of the defining works of political philosophy in a book entitled Politics. It’s still incredibly relevant today, particularly what he writes about tyranny. The ancient Greeks used the word ‘turannos’, which referred to an illegitimate ruler who governs without regard for the law or     ... MORE

VIDEO: Affirmative Action For Mount Rushmore


Mount Rushmore needs to look more like America.

Unaware Young People Will Be Biggest ObamaCare Losers

by Scott W. Atlas, M.D.        It is a universal truism that the youth will determine our future, and this younger generation has already made its mark. With a massive voter turnout, they played a major role in electing Barack Obama in 2008, when he won two-thirds of the vote among those younger than age 30. And President Obama then capitalized     ... MORE

How To Disappear When Someone's Spying On You

by Robert Krulwich.      Whenever your cellphone is on, "They" know where you are, and I mean all the Theys — the spooks, the merchants, the drone pilots, the private detectives, probably even the Chinese. If you want your privacy, says artist/designer , you can go to the back of your phone, pry out the battery and break the connection,   ... MORE

Obama's Assurances About NSA Surveillance Ring Hollow

by Jacob Sullum.      Last Friday, in an interview with CNN, President Obama acknowledged that "the capabilities of the NSA are scary to people." The challenge for him, he explained at a press conference earlier this month, is "how do I make the American people more comfortable" with the National Security Agency's routine collection of        ... MORE

Peter Suderman: 8 Reasons Not To Go To War In Syria

Is the U.S. on the march to war in Syria?       Over the past week, the stage has been set for yet another military intervention in the Middle East. Calls for U.S. action in Syria have grown louder following reports of a chemical weapon attack in Damascus said to have been carried out with the knowledge and approval of President Bassar al-Assad’s    ... MORE

VIDEO: Fox News - Expanding Eminent Domain

Tibor R. Machan: Coping With Smoking

Smoking regs should not undermine individual rights.    Laws forbidding business proprietors from permitting smoking in their offices, cinemas, aircraft, stores, etc. are now legion. But such government-mandated prohibitions ignore the rights of those who don’t mind smoking as well as those who wish to live in a tolerant society.      ... MORE

Wash Times: Administration Moves To Crush School Choice

Race card brings smile to teachers' union.      The White House has taken Louisiana’s poorest schoolchildren and crushed their hopes for a better future. Citing rules meant to end racism, the Justice Department last week asked a federal judge in New Orleans to slam shut the door on minority kids, ensuring they remain trapped in failing schools.   ... MORE

VIDEO: Nanny Of The Month - August 2013


Busbybodies minding your own business.

Why Whiskey Was Money And Bitcoins Might Be

by Brian Lasorsa.       Currency is a crossroads for many free market advocates. Monetarists, including Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, have long argued in favor of central banks stabilizing price levels. They say the institution would provide a sense of comfort to debtors and creditors wary of inflation. Constitutionalists, albeit embracing a general  ... MORE

John Stossel: Trains To Nowhere

When Democrats and Republicans agree, I get nervous.     It often means that they agree to grab my wallet. Both parties now agree that we don't have extra budget money lying around, but both say government does need to spend more on "infrastructure." Even conservatives want more spent on roads and mass transit.   ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: A Truly Great Phony

Obama's greatness finally recognized.        Many years ago, I was a member of a committee that was recommending to whom grant money should be awarded. Since I knew one of the applicants, I asked if this meant that I should recuse myself from voting on his application. "No," the chairman said. "I know him too — and he is one of the        ... MORE

Harvard Study Reveal Gun Control Counterproductive

The counterintuitive truth: more guns means less murder. Once again, a study from an organization that you would never accuse of being “gun-loving” or “right-wing” seems to disprove the myth that the availability of handguns increases murder rates.  In fact, it doesn’t. The Harvard study attempts to answer the question of whether or   ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - The Rise Of The Warrior Cop


featuring Radley Balko.

Peter Suderman: The Obamacare Lobbying Bonanza

$3.55 billion to lobby Obamacare.     Back in 2006, when President Obama was still a Senator, he spoke at a summit on lobbying reform. His remarks were quite critical of Republicans, noting that “we’ve seen the number of registered lobbyists in Washinton double since George Bush came into office.” He condemned the practice of letting        ... MORE

Dems Seek Huge Taxes On Citizens' Right To Self-Defense

by Perry Chiaramonte.           A pair of Democratic lawmakers are proposing steep new taxes on handguns and ammunition, and tying the revenues to programs aimed at preventing gun violence. Called the “Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act," the bill sponsored by William Pascrell, D-N.J., and Danny Davis, D-Ill., would nearly  ... MORE

VIDEO: "Freedom Requires Whistleblowers"


Freedom requires transparency

How Obamacare Makes Identity Theft More Likely

by Patrick Morrisey.   It seems as if every day brings a new Obamacare disaster—missed deadlines, soaring costs, unintelligible bureaucratic requirements.  Now add the risk of potential rampant identity theft to the list.  Last week, the Obama Administration doled out tens of millions of dollars to “community groups” across the country, with      ... MORE

15 Stupid Things Liberals Call Racism Since Obama Elected

by John Hawkins.       Bizarrely, racism in America is no longer mainly about race. Sure, race is involved in a peripheral manner, but racism has mainly become an excuse, a dodge, a way to escape responsibility. When a black liberal is criticized, he cries racism. When liberalism fails, liberals cry racism. When the Democrat Party gets in trouble, liberals    ... MORE

"Most Serious Attacks On Free Speech We've Ever Seen"

Josh Levy on the NSA' state surveillance programs.     August 24, 2013 "Information Clearing House -  The NSA's state surveillance programs are anti-democratic and unconstitutional. They could be the most serious attacks on free speech we’ve ever seen. On Sunday, U.K. intelligence officers held Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald’s   ... MORE

Radley Balko: Great Moments In Drug War Propaganda

A retrospective.    Yes, so America and its allies may have failed in the 100-year war on (some) drugs. We may have spent well over a trillion dollars, imprisoned tens of thousands of nonviolent offenders, caused who knows how much violence and who knows how many deaths in collateral damage, and wreaked havoc on the Bill of Rights.       ... MORE

VIDEO: Fox News - Warrantless Cell Phone Searches

Walter E Williams: Re-education At George Mason

All cultures are NOT equal.        This week begins my 34th year serving on George Mason University's distinguished economics faculty. You might imagine my surprise when I received a letter from its Office of Equity and Diversity Services notifying me that I was required to "complete the in-person Equal Opportunity and Prevention of   ... MORE

Nick Gillespie: Clueless Crusade Against E-Cigaretters

The attempt to ban the alternative to cancer sticks.      H.L. Mencken famously defined puritanism as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” He might have been describing contemporary anti-smoking activists, that dour band of fuss-budgets constantly on the prowl for new ways to make life slightly      ... MORE

VIDEO: Drone Can See What You're Wearing From 17000 Ft

Michael Tanner: Why Get Off Welfare?

Being poor doesn't mean you're stupid.            Contrary to stereotypes, there is no evidence that people on welfare are lazy. Indeed, surveys of welfare recipients consistently show their desire for a job. But there is also evidence that many are reluctant to accept available employment opportunities. Despite work requirements  ... MORE

A. Barton Hinkle: ObamaCare Buyers' Remorse

GOP should let the president repeal it for them.        Maybe congressional Republicans should quit trying to repeal Obamacare and let the president do it for them. Republicans have now held 40 – or is it 41, or 42? better check your watch – votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and are squabbling over the best way to defund it. This is just      ... MORE

Founding Fathers Would Not Be Welcome In Today's Miltary

DoD: Concern for individual liberty makes one an extremist. Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch recently obtained a Department of Defense training manual which lists people who embrace “individual liberties” and honor “states’ rights,” among other characteristics, as potential “extremists” who are likely to be   ... MORE

Edward Moyer: NSA Admits Deliberate Privacy Violations

Engaged in "willful violations" of legal restrictions.     The bubbling pot of confusion and concern over possible NSA spying on Americans -- and possible double-talk by US officials -- just got a little more stirred up. Despite earlier statements that have characterized domestic data-gathering by the National Security Agency as     ... MORE

VIDEO: Walter E Williams - What Happened To America?

Feds Seize Property Of Landlord Following California Law

Federal policing for profit runs roughshod over rights.     In a city that hosts a pot expo, Tony Jalali thought renting space to medical marijuana outlets was perfectly legal. Guess again. Marijuana policy, like immigration policy, is something the country just can't seem to get right. For the latest evidence of how confusing pot laws can be, just    ... MORE

Warnings About Speed Traps Can Get You In Trouble

Government's reacts as moneymaker is threatened.        The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is using the case of a Missouri man to challenge a municipal law — one of dozens, if not hundreds of similar laws throughout the United States — that punishes motorists who flash their headlights at oncoming drivers to alert them to a police   ... MORE

VIDEO: Obama Saves Congress From ObamaCare

California Lawmakers Continue To Erode Property Rights

by Steven Greenhut.      California’s 1940s-era urban-renewal policy, “redevelopment,” is coming back — only less so in some ways but more so in others. California’s redevelopment law was designed to revive inner-city neighborhoods by giving city planners extra powers to invest tax dollars and direct development decisions in areas that were    .... MORE

Airbnb And Its Enemies: Who's Afraid Of A $10-A-Night-Sofa

by Jim Epstein.       Lauren and Rob, who moved to New York City to make it in showbiz, rent a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side that costs $2,250 per month. Lacking a regular paycheck, the two performers make ends meet by hawking short-term stays on their living-room couch for $65 a night. Travelers find them through  ... MORE