Gene Healy: The TSA's War On Innocent Travelers

Even though the threat of terrorism has diminished. "Rand Paul has got to be on the 'Top 10 People TSA Would Be Smart to Leave Alone' list," National Review's Jonah Goldberg tweeted when news broke of the senator's run-in with the Transportation Security Administration at Nashville International Airport last week. Kentucky's junior senator missed his ... MORE

VIDEO: 3 Reasons School Choice is Growing

Barry Farber: The Marx Brothers - Karl And Groucho

Both of America’s political parties are Marxist. The Democrats are Karl. The Republicans are Groucho. I’m weary of dear friends who’ve been reading political tea leaves, wind currents and baked turtle shells for decades now suddenly wailing in despair that the Republican Party is gift-wrapping the November election and handing it over to the Obama ... MORE

John Stossel: Policing The World


Can a debtor nation afford to police the world? With an election approaching and at least some Americans upset about irresponsible spending, the president has finally expressed a political interest in cutting something. He says the Pentagon will spend "only" $525 billion next year. That's slightly less than the current $531 billion. A cut is good, but this will barely ... MORE

A. Barton Hinkle: The Glories Of Capitalism

The free market delivers. The glories of free-market capitalism are capacious. It has lifted hundreds of millions of people from bare subsistence to astonishing wealth. It has given us life-saving medical marvels, grocery shelves groaning with plenty, and phones that let you dial long-distance in the middle of a cornfield. But its glories are not limitless. And  .... MORE

M. Catharine Evans: Big Media Covering Up Fast & Furious?

The wagons circle around Obama and Holder. Where was the public outcry for justice when Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry bled to death at the hands of a drug cartel in cahoots with the U.S. government? It happens in the Peck Canyon corridor northwest of Nogales, Arizona -- nowhere. The general public didn't hear about it. It's been one year and two months since ... MORE

VIDEO: Robin Fox - Political Correctness On The Campus

Karin Agness: Why Ron Paul Appeals To Young Voters

A champion of free enterprise and limited government. The first primaries of 2012 are complete, but the fight over the proper role of government continues. The question before GOP primary voters is who best reflects their own answer to that question, and then, who is best suited to make that case to the American people? A clear winner has yet to  ... MORE

BLOOMBERG: Farmers Making $100 Billion Get Subsidies

A perverse system of misguided incentives. Imagine an industry on a roll. Its income surpassed the $100 billion mark last year for the first time. On top of these riches, those in the business got an additional $25 billion or so in federal handouts. The 1 percenters of Wall Street? Not even close. The beneficiaries are America’s farmers, or to be more   ... MORE

VIDEO: Have Wages Really Stagnated?


A deeper look into the numbers.

IBD Editorial: When Global Warming Freezes Over

Alarmists have looked foolish for quite some time now.   Global warming alarmists won't give up their campaign to spread fear and backward thinking until an ice bridge stretches from New York to Paris. Science, though, says they should. Al Gore, who invented global warming hysteria, has most recently been found planning a trip to Antarctica where he will ... MORE