Forcing Internet Sellers Into A Tax Collection Jungle

Cal Thomas on taxing Internet sales.     In 1998 when President Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of Internet access and Internet-only services, the purpose was to promote the commercial potential of the Internet, especially for start-ups and small businesses. Congress extended   ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Words That Replace Thought

In doing so, they turn smart people into morons.  If there is ever a contest for words that substitute for thought, “diversity” should be recognized as the undisputed world champion. You don’t need a speck of evidence, or a single step of logic, when you rhapsodize about the supposed benefits of diversity. The very idea of testing this   ... MORE

The Power Of Any Government To Tax You

Daniel J. Mitchell on the Internet Sales Tax.    I’m either a total optimist or a glutton for punishment. I recently explained the benefits of “tax havens” for the unfriendly readers of the New York Times. Now I’m defending a different form of tax competition for CNN, another news outlet that leans left. In this case, the topic is whether states can reach  ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Free Market Medical Care

Jacob Sullum: The Cannabis Is Out Of The Bag

A fed crackdown would backfire.  This week the Colorado General Assembly put the finishing touches on legislation aimed at taxing and regulating the commercial distribution of marijuana for recreational use. The process has been haunted by the fear that the federal government will try to quash this momentous experiment in pharmacological     ... MORE

Gun Crime Has Plunged, But Americans Think It Is Up

Emily Alpert on a Pew Research study.   Gun crime has plunged in the United States since its peak in the middle of the 1990s, including gun killings, assaults, robberies and other crimes, two new studies of government data show. Yet few Americans are aware of the dramatic drop, and more than half believe gun crime has risen, according to a  ... MORE

VIDEO: What Is A Gold Standard?

Michael J. Hurd: Religion, Education And The State

Is religion 'free' to spend tax dollars?       Northwest Rankin High School in Flowood, Mississippi is under fire for allegedly forcing its students to attend and listen to Christian lectures during three assemblies held in April alone. Worse yet, students were barred from leaving and teachers blocked the exits to prevent any of them from doing so. A lawsuit  ... MORE

Obama Wants Millennials To Love Big Government

by Gene Healy.  There's a specter haunting America's youth, President Obama warned in his commencement address to Ohio State University graduates Sunday -- the specter of "cynicism." In Obama's account, sinister (but unnamed) "voices" have been busily corrupting the once-idealistic Generation Y with a siren song of "creeping cynicism" toward    ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Bouncing Ball Politics

Danger ahead.  If you are driving along and suddenly see a big red rubber ball come bouncing out into the street, you might want to put your foot on the brake pedal, because a small child may well come running out into the street after it. We all understand that an inexperienced young child who has his mind fixed on one thing may ignore other things that    ... MORE

Jonah Goldberg: Obama's Narrow Vision Of A Civil Society

Obama doesn't want you to worry about tyranny.   On Sunday, President Obama delivered the commencement address at Ohio State University. He once again gave voice to the essential element of his philosophy of government: Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some   ... MORE