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
VIDEO: Davy Crockett - Not Yours to Give
The lesson learned by Davy Crockett has been lost on today's Congress.
CBO: Obamacare Will Cost 800,000 Jobs
by Rick Moran. I feel for CBO director Doug Elmendorf. He is stuck between Democrats giving him fabricated Obamacare numbers to base his estimates on and his duty to give Congress accurate information. Yesterday, Elmendorf got it right. Testifying before the House Budget Committee, the Weekly Standard Blog relates the following ... MORE
Damon W. Root: Are We All Originalists Now?

VIDEO: Ayn Rand - Collectivized Ethics
Does society have an obligation to care for the poor and the less fortunate?
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Justice Scalia's Timely Advice

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Thomas Sowell: Undermining Allies

David Harsanyi: Obama's Crony Capitalism
It's time to separate market and state.
When will you wing nuts stop referring to our economic restructuring as "socialism"? Winning the 21st century is all about business. This week, a pro-business Barack Obama implored the rent-seeking CEOs of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to look into their sinister hearts: "Ask yourselves what you can do for America ... MORE
Ronald Bailey: The Unseen Consequences of "Green Jobs"
In his State of the Union speech a couple of weeks ago, President Barack Obama planned to “win the future” by, among many other things, having the federal government “invest” in “clean energy technology—an investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people.” But ... MORE
VIDEO: John Stossel's State of the Union
High debt, rampant spending and a government growing like a cancer.
What's a competent president to do?
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