John Stossel: Battle Of The Budgets

Since America is on the road to bankruptcy, we've got to make some changes. What would you do? The Peter G. Peterson Foundation gave $200,000 to six think tanks to write budget proposals. The money went to the conservative American Enterprise Institute and Heritage Foundation; the "liberal" Center for American Progress, Economic Policy Institute, and Roosevelt ... MORE

VIDEO: Toxic Classroom - Labor Studies


A small sample of the taxpayer-funded poison dispensed at American universities.

John Bennett: Open Mind Or Empty Head?

There is a difference between an open mind and an empty head. But not everyone agrees. At Harambee elementary in Maplewood Minnesota, kindergarteners are starting their indoctrination early. The Star Tribune reports at that this school, "A 'community cultures specialist' tours classes to make sure students are working across racial lines and learning about multiple ... MORE

General Motors Will Never Repay Taxpayers

by Shikha Dalmia. The Obama administration, and its media backers, have seized upon news that General Motors made a $3.2 billion profit in the first quarter of 2011 as proof positive that its auto bailout is a success. President Obama is so buoyed that he is reportedly planning to make the bailout a major part of his reelection campaign. But by this standard, Charlie Sheen ... MORE

VIDEO: The Morality of Profit

Walter E Williams: Common Sense Versus Nonsense

William J. McGee, the consumer advocate on the Department of Transportation's Future of Aviation Advisory Committee wrote "Forcing the F.A.A. to Fly Blind" in The New York Times (April 9, 2011), where he laments Congress' cut in the FAA budget, saying, "A $4 billion cut will necessarily reduce the work force further. And it's hard to imagine this will not diminish safety."  ... MORE

Federal Sting Catches Amish Selling Raw Milk

The nanny state milks freedom once again.  On the heels of the spectacular attack on Bin Laden's Pakistan compound, Feds closer to home sprung the trap on another major threat to our personal safety – Amish farmers selling raw milk to their neighbors. In a year-long sting operation that culminated in a pre-dawn raid last week, the FDA captured an Amish farmer in ... MORE

VIDEO: Thomas Sowell - The Art of the Impossible


We can do the possible for ourselves.

Waiting Times Grow For English Medical Patients

Patients waiting more than 18 months rose 26% in past year.  Doctors are blaming financial pressures on the NHS for an increase in the number of patients who are not being treated within the 18 weeks that the government recommends. New NHS performance data reveal that the number of people in England who are being forced to wait more than 18 weeks has risen by  ... MORE

Is Medical Privacy About To Be Electrocuted?

Individuals could wind up with public warts. The nation’s push to computerize medical records has failed to fully address longstanding security gaps that expose patients’ most sensitive information to hackers and snoops, government investigators warn. Two reports released Tuesday by the inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department find  ... MORE

VIDEO: Tom Woods - Futility of the Drug War

The DC Poll: What A Difference A Debate Makes

by Alexis Levinson. What a difference a debate makes. Businessman Herman Cain is the big winner in the latest Daily Caller/ConservativeHome presidential primary tracking poll, surging forward to become a top contender, despite generally being considered an underdog. This month’s tracking poll asked only three questions: “Who would be your top pick for ... MORE

How To Apply For An Obamacare Waiver

by John Ransom. After several attempts to foist me off on voicemail, I FINALLY got someone from "Democratic Leader" Nancy Pelosi's office explain to me how people apply for waivers from provisions of Obamacare. Turns out ordinary citizens can't, but I'll show you below how you can anyway. Apparently, only companies who donate poltically can ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Undercover Ethics


Investigative reporter James O'Keefe joins John to discuss conflicts between truth-seeking and privacy.

President Obama's War On Fun

by Gene Healy. It's a high-pressure job, the presidency. Think about how badly the bin Laden raid could have gone. The worst case scenario—Navy SEALs trapped in a firefight with Pakistani forces—could have made Black Hawk Down look like a cakewalk. Yet the night after he gave the "go" order, President Obama hit the White House Correspondents' Dinner and had to grin his way ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Slaves To Words

We could definitely use another Abraham Lincoln to emancipate us all from being slaves to words. In the midst of a historic financial crisis of unprecedented government spending, and a national debt that outstrips even the debt accumulated by the reckless government spending of previous administration, we are still enthralled by words and ignoring realities.  ... MORE

VIDEO: Legalizing Drugs Decreases Use - The Proof

Walter E Williams: Understanding Liberals

The liberal vision of government is easily understood and makes perfect sense if one acknowledges their misunderstanding and implied assumptions about the sources of income. Their vision helps explain the language they use and policies they support, such as income redistribution and calls for the rich to give something back. Suppose the true source of income was a gigantic pile of money  ... MORE

Indiana: Citizens May Not Resist Unlawful Entry By Police

No, you read it right. That’s what the Indiana Supreme Court decided in what would be a laughable finding if it wasn’t so serious: Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. The author of the story reporting this is right – somehow ... MORE