Don't Be Terrorized By Your Government This 4th Of July

by Ronald Bailey.      Stay calm, carry on, and above all, defend the Constitution. As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, officials in the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are warning us that there's a heightened threat of Islamist terrorist attacks. CNN is reporting that law enforcement officials believe that the Islamist ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: Hillary's Secret War

Provided material assistance to terrorists, then lied.    In the course of my work at Fox News, I am often asked by colleagues to review and explain documents and statutes. Recently, in conjunction with my colleagues Catherine Herridge, our chief intelligence correspondent, and Pamela Browne, our senior executive producer, I read the      ... MORE

VIDEO: Who Perverted The General Welfare Clause?

David S. D'Amato: Progressives Against Liberal Values

It is not the right to bear arms that progressives fear.   The tragedy in South Caroline, the result of the vile acts of a murdering racist, finds the political class once again dreaming of new “gun safety reforms” — which we can safely decode as new ways to trample on the individual’s right to possess a firearm. As President Obama put it, “If      ... MORE

Hold Law Enforcement Accountable For Forfeiture Abuses

An editorial from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.     Police and prosecutors have been too happy to trample the rights of law-abiding Americans by abusing the asset forfeiture process. But Nevada authorities’ zeal to steal from unsuspecting citizens for their agencies’ gain compelled them in at least one instance to abuse the justice system     ... MORE

VIDEO: Quiz - Why Are We Celebrating Independence Day?


A commentary on democracy that explains why we have the government we do.

Cheerleaders To Get Minimum Wage Under California Law

by Justin Worland.     Now, maybe the pretty girls will try out. New legislation in California would protect cheerleaders for professional sports teams from receiving low pay that some in the industry say amounts to less than minimum wage. The bill, the first of its kind in the nation, passed the California State Senate Monday and awaits the signature of   ... MORE

Steve Bartin: Can Pencil Skirt Wearing Lesbians Eat Ham Sandwiches With Bacon In The Muslim School Cafeteria?

Inquiring minds want to know.   Now that the Supreme Court says lesbians rights can't be denied in marriage and everything else: can lesbians be denied employment at Muslim schools in America? What if you are a lesbian and you don't want to wear a hijab while teaching your Muslim students? Why can't you wear a tight pencil skirt?       ... MORE

Supremes: From 'Divine Nine' To Political Hacks

by Barry Farber.     5 STARS!    One of Hollywood’s most horrible scenes has just come true on Page 1. In “The Counterfeit Traitor,” Lilli Palmer played a German woman who recognized Hitler was a monster and fed information to Allied intelligence on which oil refineries should be bombed next; she worked with the title character, played by      ... MORE

Secret Court Allows Resumption Of Metadata Spying

by David Kravets.    Thought Congress halted the snooping program Snowden exposed? Think again. A secret US tribunal ruled late Monday that the National Security Agency is free to continue its bulk telephone metadata surveillance program—the same spying that Congress voted to terminate weeks ago. Congress disavowed the program NSA     ... MORE

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How US Law Enforcement Is Working To Criminalize Dissent

by Derek Royden.   Protest is the new terror. It's well established that the FBI surveilled civil rights and other activists from Martin Luther King Jr. to leaders of the National Lawyers Guild as part of its wide ranging COINTELPRO (counter intelligence program) during the 1960s and early 70s. The use of planted news stories, faked communications to   ... MORE

Marijuana Legalization: Bad For The Cartels, Better For All

by Hillary Bricken.        Marijuana legalization has already led to many benefits in the United States, ranging from increased tax revenues to decreased cannabis use by minors. Marijuana legalization is also putting a dent into what the Department of Justice calls the “greatest organized crime threat to the United States,” the Mexican drug cartels.    ... MORE

VIDEO: Why Christians Should Want Gov't Out Of Marriage

Saddest Hillary Clinton Email Revealed In New Data Dump!

by Nick Gillespie.       "I heard on the radio that there is a Cabinet mtg this am. Can I go?"   Yesterday, the State Department released thousands of pages of official emails written to and by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is currently running for president. One of the following is an intentional joke. The other? An unintentional joke. Each is      ... MORE

John Stossel: Heroes, Villains

The real heroes of society.    Have you seen the new Jurassic Park movie, "Jurassic World?" It had the biggest opening of any movie in history. The movie tells how a reckless biotech company releases dinosaurs that kill its customers. Its tale of heroes vs. villains made me think about how America has changed since our independence, the anniversary of  ... MORE

Ed Feulner: 'We The People'

Are we up to the challenge of self-government?      “We the People.” We’ve heard that phrase so often it’s easy to overlook its significance. But as we mark our nation’s birthday, we should take a moment to ask ourselves: What is the role of the people? Our nation is unique because of its universal founding principles. At the heart  ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Supreme Court Disasters

Supremely lawless overreaches.  Next president more crucial than ever. Many people are looking at the recent Supreme Court decisions about ObamaCare and same-sex marriage in terms of whether they think these are good or bad policies. That is certainly a legitimate concern, for both those who favor those policies and those who oppose them. But   ... MORE

VIDEO: Activist Court Enacts Same-Sex Marriage

5 Things You Need To Know About The Shitshow In Greece

by Ed Krayewski. Greeks want big government but they want someone else to pay for it. Last week, the Greek government walked away from the negotiating table with its creditors and enablers—the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, called the "Troika." The group wanted Greece to commit ... MORE

Baltimore’s Police Brutality Nightmare: Former Officer Tweets Examples Of Corruption & Misconduct He Saw

by Sophia Tesfaye.     Ex-officer Michael A. Wood tells of horrifying mistreatment of suspects -- and promises more exposés to come. Twitter has served as mobilizing tool for marginalized activists who have used the social media platform to amplify isolated stories of police brutality until a clear narrative of systemic injustice has become undeniable.  ... MORE

VIDEO: How Is Offensive Speech Good For Society?

PC Police Could Be On WarPath Against Redskins

by Guardian Web. Washington’s NFL team could face a battle to retain its ‘Redskins’ trademark after lawyers for Native Americans objecting to the name said last week’s supreme court ruling on license plates in Texas boosted their case. The ruling found that the state of Texas was not required to issue specialty license plates featuring the      ... MORE

Robby Soave: The ACLU Now Opposes Religious Freedom

Because Christians need it.     The American Civil Liberties Union has formally reversed its support for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, signaling that the organization is no longer interested in mounting an ideologically consistent defense of all people of faith. It’s a disappointing retreat on principles for the ACLU, and the organization’s   ... MORE

John W. Whitehead: Emergence Of Orwellian Newspeak

And the death of free speech.   In totalitarian regimes—a.k.a. police states—where conformity and compliance are enforced at the end of a loaded gun, the government dictates what words can and cannot be used. In countries where the police state hides behind a benevolent mask and disguises itself as tolerance, the citizens censor themselves,     ... MORE

Wesley Pruden: Ethnic Ceansing Of The American South

The South is the new China.   Southerners, like the Chinese, revere the past, worship their ancestors (and their flags), and eat a lot of rice. William Faulkner observed that the past is not dead, because it is not even past. He applied that sentiment only to Southerners, but if he had been among us over the past fortnight he would have revised it to   ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - The Right Way To Disobey

Walter E Williams: Constitutional Ignorance And Dereliction

It's about preserving liberty.     The nation's demagogues and constitutionally ignorant are using the Charleston, South Carolina, AME church shooting to attack the Second Amendment's "right of the people to keep and bear Arms." A couple of years ago, President Barack Obama said, "I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that    ... MORE

Political Correctness On Parade: Walmart Store Bakes Man An ISIS Cake After Refusing To Ice Confederate Flag Design

by Sophie Jane Evans.  Walmart has been forced to apologize after it apparently agreed to bake an ISIS-themed cake for a Louisiana customer - just a day after refusing to create a Confederate battle flag cake for him. Chuck Netzhammer submitted a request for a cake featuring a photo of the Confederate flag, with the slogan 'Heritage Not Hate' printed  ... MORE

VIDEO: What Makes America Different?

The Case For Allowing U.S. Crude Oil Exports

by Blake Clayton.     Federal lawmakers should overturn the ban on exporting crude oil produced in the United States. As recently as half a decade ago, oil companies had no interest in exporting U.S. crude oil, but that has changed. Oil production has grown more in the United States over the past five years than anywhere else in the world, even as     ... MORE

Avik Roy: Obamacare Not Necessarily 'Here To Stay'

The 2016 election will be the last word.   Yesterday, the Supreme Court sided with the Obama administration in the King v. Burwell Obamacare case. In a statement after the decision, President Obama declared that his signature health law is “here to stay.” But in his remarks, the President knowingly ignored the key concept in the case:    ... MORE

Nullification Is The Answer To Obama/SCOTUS Lawlessness

by Steve Williams.   The dictates of politicians in robes. At least three jaw-droppingly unconstitutional decisions have been rendered in the past two days by The Supreme Court of the United States. Obamacare, which forces Americans to buy a (very crappy) product or be financially penalized, was "re-written"(that is, childishly rationalized) for   ... MORE

Enough With the Outrage Police: Free Speech Matters

by Ed Feulner.     Americans take justifiable pride in their right to free speech. People may be muzzled by their government in places such as Cuba and North Korea, but not here. You can say what’s on your mind without fear of prosecution. But can you do so without fear of persecution? More and more, it seems, the answer is no. Say the “wrong” thing ... MORE

VIDEO: Eric Hoffer - Tyranny Of The Intellectuals

Jacob Sullum: Shona Banda Faces Decades in Prison Because Her Son Questioned Anti-Pot Propaganda

Childs comments may lead to prison for mom.   In Live Free or Die, a 2010 memoir recounting how cannabis oil saved her life, Shona Banda emphasizes the importance of "self-taught knowledge," acquired by constantly asking questions and "looking at all of the angles of any information given." Her son may have learned that lesson too  ... MORE

Public Servants At Work: 2 Parents Weren't Sure How Their Little Girl Fractured Her Leg, So CPS Took Their Children

by Lenore Skenazy.   Yet another heart-wrenching state-sanctioned kidnapping. Here’s another horrifying case from the Family Defense Center in Chicago. A baby’s fractured leg convinced the Department of Child and Family Services that she had been abused, despite the fact that fractures like hers are common in kids, and there was absolutely no other  ... MORE

VIDEO: Not The Confederate Flag

'It's All About The Money:' Iraq War Veteran Ends Up Homeless After $25 Traffic Ticket Spirals To $4,000

by Charlene Adams.      California's money-making citation scheme. Critics are calling California's traffic citation system a money-making scam that targets the poor and places inappropriate fees on basic penalties from a citation. Four million California residents -- nearly 20 percent of the state's adult population -- currently have a suspended license   ... MORE

Raisins, The Supreme Court, And Food Freedom

by Baylen Linnekin.   High Court enforces Fifth Amendment! This was, to put it mildly, a big week for legal news. Given the decisions on Obamacare and gay marriage that were handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court during the latter half of the week, it would be easy to forget that the week started off with a key Supreme Court decision striking   ... MORE