The president's unprecedented power grab. President Obama went over the constitutional cliff this week, demanding more power than the U.S. Constitution allows any president to have. All Americans — regardless of party affiliation — should shudder at the president's attempted power grab and say no. Compromising on taxes and ... MOREBetsy McCaughey: Obama Dives Over Constitutional Cliff
The president's unprecedented power grab. President Obama went over the constitutional cliff this week, demanding more power than the U.S. Constitution allows any president to have. All Americans — regardless of party affiliation — should shudder at the president's attempted power grab and say no. Compromising on taxes and ... MOREAnother State To Consider ObamaCare Nullification
Four and counting. Since the Supreme Court rendered its opinion on the constitutionality of a mandatory federal health care system last summer, many Americans consider the matter settled. But others recognize that despite the pronouncement of five robed federal employees, the Constitution still does not delegate Congress the ... MOREVIDEO: Censorship and "Unlearning Liberty"
Greg Lukianoff (FIRE), spoke with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie about his new book.
The Enterprise Of Law: Justice Without The State
A book review by George C. Leef. Nearly everyone agrees that a few core government functions —foremost among them the provision of law and justice—can’t be performed in a free market. A handful of rogue thinkers, however, questions this conventional wisdom. Foremost among them is Florida State University economics professor Bruce ... MOREPeter Schiff: The Fantasy Of A 91% Top Income Tax Rate
An Edsel of an economic idea. Democratic Party leaders, President Obama in particular, are forever telling the country that wealthy Americans are taxed at too low a rate and pay too little in taxes. The need to correct this seeming injustice is framed not simply in terms of fairness. Higher tax rates on the wealthy, we're told, would ... MOREMajority Of Young Voters Favor Bigger Government
Public school is serving its purpose. A Pew Research post-election poll found that a majority of young voters who were 18-29 years of age preferred bigger government. According to the survey, 59% of young voters said “government should do more to solve problems” while only 37% felt “government is doing too many things better left to businesses ... MOREDefending The World, Bankrupting Ourselves
by Steve Chapman. The argument for leaving 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is more or less reasonable on its face. The Kabul government is fragile; our gains might be reversed; the Afghan military is not ready to stand on its own. Here's the unreasonable, unavoidable part: If we don't leave then, we probably never will. The lesson of the past ... MORECalifornia's Prop 30 Hits Entrepreneurs Hard
By Ethan Anderson. Nothing terrifies investors or entrepreneurs as much as the concept of expropriation.
When governments decide to expropriate legally obtained assets,
entrepreneurs who worked tirelessly to build businesses and investors
who risked scarce capital end up with little to nothing for their
troubles. In fact, developing countries often ... MORERichard Branson: War On Drugs A Trillion-Dollar Failure
Time for a reality check. Richard Branson is the founder of Virgin Group, with global branded
revenues of $21 billion, and a member of the Global Drug Commission. In 1925, H. L. Mencken wrote an impassioned plea: "Prohibition has not
only failed in its promises but actually created additional serious and
disturbing social problems throughout ... MORE
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