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Nanny Bloomberg Pushes Breast-feeding On New Moms

He wants NYC hospitals to hide the baby formula. The nanny state is going after moms. Mayor Bloomberg is pushing hospitals to hide their baby formula behind locked doors so more new mothers will breast-feed. Starting Sept. 3, the city will keep tabs on the number of bottles that participating hospitals stock and use — the most restrictive ... MORE

Larry Doyle: Is Free Enterprise Still Free?

You might want to ask Chick-fil-A. I do not find it surprising that certain political leaders in our nation easily lash out in threatening fashion to those running a free enterprise. Why am I not surprised? In the “Uncle Sam” economy that permeates our nation, the violation of contracts and property rights has become increasingly prevalent. In that vein, we should ... MORE

VIDEO: America's Business Climate In A Nutshell

Christopher Elliott: Who Are The Real TSA Dissidents?

Liberty-lovers are losing their country. See the footage of Julio Rausseo, an activist and journalist, at Chicago's Union Station the day after the Fourth of July. Why is he so upset? Because there are TSA agents at the train station, and they're about to set up a screening area. This audio recording was taken a week later, after Rausseo posted the first ... MORE

David Henderson: The Growing Dangers Of Cronyism

A corrupt game of political privilege. The 2012 campaign trail has been rife with accusations of “cronyism” from both sides. Anger over backdoor deals between government and business has spurred an uptick in legislation, regulation, and oversight. Here’s the problem: with an increase in government comes an increase in privileges for special interests. ... MORE

Pat Murphy: Looking Back At Milton Friedman

Tomorrow would have been Milton's 100th birthday. Milton Friedman would have been 100 this month. Although physically tiny, his professional stature was large. When he died in 2006, the Economist described him as the “most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century.” A Nobel Prize-winner in 1976, Friedman was a ... MORE

Katie Kieffer: Where Is John Galt?

Where is a man who can save us? A man of virtue and action who can rebuild our economy and culture? We must find a true-to-life John Galt. I think America’s best shot at economic recovery and restoring constitutional freedom is to nurture men and women who emulate the virtues of John Galt, a hero in Ayn Rand’s magnum opus novel, ... MORE

VIDEO: Milton Friedman - Free Trade Vs Protectionism

Aaron Dykes: TSA: Filming Checkpoints Is "Terrorism"

Make sure to watch the video. Evidently, TSA isn’t looking for press coverage in its new roll out of checkpoints at train stations. Citizen journalist Julio Rausseo, a roaming correspondent for WeAreChange.org, was labeled a “terrorist” and threatened with arrest for filming a TSA checkpoint at the Union train station in Chicago. An Amtrack police official ... MORE

Harry Binswanger: Outsourcing Is America At Its Best

Why Obama and Romney are wrong on outsourcing. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are currently fighting over who is the more patriotic. Obama slams Romney for having outsourced jobs to China during his Bain Capital days. Romney punches back by labeling Obama “Outsourcer in Chief.” The latest is that both John Boehner and ... MORE