Domestic Drones: Security And Privacy Game Changer

The security and privacy issues are monumental.   Do you recall when researchers from the University of Texas hijacked a drone via GPS spoofing? Congress does and held a House Homeland Security Oversight Subcommittee hearing called Using Unmanned Aerial Systems Within the Homeland: Security Game ChangerProfessor Todd Humphreys    ... MORE

Ronald Bailey: Citizens Resisting Ridiculous Laws?

Protecting individual liberty from the jury box. In Charlottesville, Va. (where I spend most of my time) a jury just found Philip Cobbs not guilty of marijuana possession. As the superb local weekly The Hook reports: Cobbs, a 54-year-old who takes care of his elderly mother, was arrested last summer after a marijuana eradication helicopter flew ... MORE

VIDEO: States Can Shut Down ObamaCare's Big Spending

Shaun Connell: What Is Capitalism, Anyway?

Understand it before you decide to hate it.    People complain about capitalism almost anytime something socially undesirable occurs. Kim Kardashian's marriage lasted 15 seconds? That's capitalism, for you. People are eating unhealthy food because it's "cheap"? That's capitalism's fault. The poor are getting poorer while the banks are getting   ... MORE

Christopher Elliott: The TSA Has A Little Penis Problem

Not a tyrannical agency? Please watch the video.   We could be talking about meaningful things today, like the "not guilty" verdict for TSA protester John Brennan. We could be discussing the latest screening outrage, which involves a passenger's feeding tube. We might even debate why the agency assigned to protect America's transportation     ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Trashing Achievement

Outcome differences are called "class differences." There was a time, within living memory, when the achievements of others were not only admired but were often taken as an inspiration for imitation of the same qualities that had served these achievers well, even if we were not in the same field of endeavor and were not expecting to achieve on   ... MORE

Charles C. W. Cooke: Our Odd Focus

It's not about the guns.   What happened in Colorado in the early hours of this morning was not a “tragedy” but a willful act of mass murder. Beyond his age, name, and ethnicity, nobody yet knows who the shooter is, or why he chose to do what he did. In my view, this is a blessing, albeit a temporary one; for, as has been the way in     ... MORE

VIDEO: David Henderson - A Case For Freedom

Maegan Vazquez: Political Correctness Run Amok?

The tyranny of free speech codes on campus. If you thought college was a place for young people to speak out, challenges one another's deeply-held beliefs and grow intellectually, chances are you've never been to Indiana University Southeast. The school, located just 10 miles north of Louisville, Ky., is the latest college to see its    ... MORE

Steven Greenhut: California Goes Bankrupt

One city after another becomes insolvent. First Vallejo, then Stockton, then Mammoth Lakes, and now San Bernardino and soon possibly Compton. As Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach told Bloomberg News, the bankruptcy dominoes are starting to fall. One California city after another—following a decade-long spree of ramping up public-   ... MORE

VIDEO: Who Exploits You More: Capitalists or Cronies?

Kyle Becker: The Deception Of Perfection

Aiming toward an all-powerful government.    The American republic since its inception has been a shining exemplar of success.  The nation ascended from fledgling British colony to the sole superpower in the world.  It built an economy that generated unparalleled wealth, liberated millions from oppression by wielding the might of its magnificent    ... MORE