Ayn Rand explains the necessity of capitalism to a free society.
S. Fred Singer - The Sad State Of The State Of California
This is particularly true after the November 2010 elections when its citizens voted for the same politicians that have brought them the same failed policies. As deficits mount and taxes increase, productive people and enterprises are leaving California for more hospitable states. Inevitably, there will be a tipping point when ... MORE
David Harsanyi: An Assault On Taxpayers
When Dan Nerad, the superintendent of schools in Madison, Wis., was informed that 40 percent of the teachers union was calling in sick this week (evidently, something's going around), he shut down the entire operation. "At this ratio," he explained, "we have serious concerns about our ability to maintain safe and secure school environments." ... MORE
FCC Commish For Government Intervention in Journalism
Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps decried the decline of “real journalism” and called for the government to intervene during a speech to the FCBA on Tuesday. According to The Hill, Copps told the audience that he was disappointed in the commission’s inability to act. Copps went on to say that the decline ... MORE
Tom Bowden: 1 in 4 Americans Needs Permission To Work

Thomas Sowell: Rocky and Republicans

VIDEO: John Stossel - Economic Freedom in Free Fall
John Stossel interview guests Dr. Kim Holmes (Heritage Foundation) and David Henderson (Hoover Institution) about America's decline in economic freedom.
John Stossel: Is Seasteading the Future?
That's Patri Friedman's idea. He comes from an impressive line of libertarian thinkers. Milton Friedman, the Nobel-prize-winning free-market economist, was his grandfather. His father is David Friedman, author of the libertarian classic "The Machinery of Freedom." Milton Friedman advocated severely limited government. ... MORE
Michael Boldin: California -- A Nullifier's Paradise?

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Walter E Williams: Self-Inflicted Poverty

Dan Walters: California Drivers Targeted As Cash Cows
California has 30-plus million motor vehicles and 24-plus million licensed drivers and auto travel is, like it or not, fundamental to life as we Californians know it. That's why we motorists are captive cash cows. Politicians know we must drive to live and therefore assume that no matter how hard they hit us, we'll pay up. MORE
The CLASS Act Is No Class Act
In the coming months, the Department of Health and Human Services will be ironing out the details of the CLASS Act and submitting information to employers in preparation for enrolling their employees into the voluntary program in 2012. It will probably catch most businesses off guard, for it’s a provision of ObamaCare ... MORE
VIDEO: Thomas Sowell - Varieties of Nothing
How politicians often disguise nothing as something to assuage public opinion.
Terry Paulson: Choice, Not Compromise
Rep. Paul Ryan’s response to President Obama’s State of the Union provides a clue to the political battle that is coming: “The principles that guide us; they are anchored in the wisdom of the founders in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and in the words of the American Constitution. They have to do with the importance of ... MORE
Amy Sullivan: Stay Classy, TSA
Ever since the TSA started putting back-scatter devices into use at selected airports last fall, I've been waiting to have the chance to opt out and register a one-woman protest against the machines. (Jeff Goldberg doesn't get to have all the fun.) However, most of my recent air travel has been with a tiny traveling companion, ... MORE
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