Randall Hoven: What's Strangling Job-Creation?

The mountain of government obstacles.    Recessions were never fun, but we used to bounce back from them fairly quickly.  The phrase "bounce back" actually applied.  They were more like injuries in our youth: we could "walk them off."  Healing was natural, speedy, and expected. But now it seems like every minor injury sends us to the hospital;   ... MORE

What The Federal Government Can Learn From The iPhone

by Robert Herritt.      During the 2008 election, the Obama campaign touted a vision for a more user-friendly federal bureaucracy they called “iPod government.” It was one of the many pieces of rhetoric that was unceremoniously discarded once the votes were counted. But whether they knew it or not, they were onto something. And with today’s   ... MORE

John Stossel: The Clinton Myths

Here's to arrogance and delusion.   Bill Clinton got rave reviews for his speech at the Democratic National Convention. My wife said: "Clinton was great. He made Republicans look like liars and losers." Clinton, now a sainted elder statesman, also gets credit for the booming economy of the '90s. Today, he appears in an Obama commercial — in full "I feel   ... MORE

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Jacob Sullum: The Democrats' Fake Freedoms

Unable to distinguish between rights and subsidies.     Sandra Fluke’s claim to fame, aside from provoking Rush Limbaugh's misogynistic ire, is that she chose to attend Georgetown Law School, knowing full well that the Catholic university's student health plan did not cover birth control, and then demanded that the policy be changed       ... MORE

Jake Horowitz: FBI Displays Police State Behavior

Ron Paul warned us this would happen.  Ron Paul has long warned Americans of the dangers of a federal government-supported police state, and now, it seems his worst fears are coming to life. A 16-year-old Ron Paul supporter has been questioned by the FBI after he created a YouTube video for a school project which highlights how America is slipping into  ... MORE

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Technology takes 1974 legislation to a new level.

Robert Zubrin: Dethrone The EPA

Prosperity through liberty or depression by strangulation. The current presidential campaign hinges on jobs and the economy. Yet most of the debate has centered on peripheral issues such as the Bush tax cut, when there is a Tyrannosaurus in the room that is being virtually ignored. That monster is the EPA. The EPA is today the primary enemy of     ... MORE

Elisabeth Meinecke: Domestic Drones And Spying

Should you be worried?   There are two types of people that have anything to fear from domestic drones: those who have done something wrong … and those who haven’t. In the next 10 years, there will be a projected 15,000 drones, also known as Unmanned Aircraft Systems, in the U.S. This projection is cited by the Joint Planning and               ... MORE

Ed Morrissey: Ending Privacy As We Know It

Look!  Up in the sky!  It’s a bird … it’s a plane …    it’s Nano-Drone!  A new report from the Congressional Research Service warns that privacy may become a thing of the past in the approach Drone Age, and it may not just be the government taking a look down from the sky.  The technology that allows us to fight a war with less risk also creates ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Depending On Dependency

Shameless, but effective.    The theme that most seemed to rouse the enthusiasm of delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte was that we are all responsible for one another — and that Republicans don't want to help the poor, the sick and the helpless. All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the    ... MORE