John Stossel: Coulter Defends Romney

Her defense goes only so far.  Mitt Romney tells people he won't fire federal workers or cut education spending. He says he'll spend more on the military. He sounds like a big-government guy. Or is he just pandering for votes? Ann Coulter came on my TV show to defend Romney. "What you call pandering is called getting elected," Coulter said. Romney says     ... MORE

In Seattle, Nothing Says 'Liberal" Like Being Unarmed

by Dave Workman.   If there were any lingering doubts about the City of Seattle being the Evergreen State’s biggest liberal stronghold, they vanished Monday with KIRO’s revealing report about concealed carry across Washington. As this column reported the same day, there are more than 382,000 active concealed pistol licenses in the state, according to ... MORE

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Doug Doan: Homeland Security - What Next?

What we should do next.    So far, none of the presidential candidates have mentioned much about Homeland Security. With so many other problems, issues surrounding how best to organize, manage and lead the vast DHS bureaucracy are just not that important. Too bad. I would have liked to see the candidates talk about what they might do. Here is an agenda ... MORE

Ioan Grillo: Hit Mexico's Cartels With Legalization

Death by prohibition.  Whenever I’ve interviewed Mexican cartel killers, the aspect that I’ve found most disturbing about them is that they appear to be sane. Even though they have described to me such unfathomable actions as hacking off the heads of still-living victims, it is something other than mental illness that drives their violence. Their sanity is      ... MORE

President Obama Jabs At Ayn Rand, Knocks Himself Out

by Wendy Milling.    In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, President Obama stated, “Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we’d pick up.” I’m not trying to mock the President here – he is just repeating an old propaganda line that was hatched by Rand’s opponents – but I have to ask the “adults”  ... MORE

Dylan Scott: Pot Legalization Close To Passage In 2 States

The times they are a changin'. Barring an abrupt reversal in support among likely voters on Nov. 6, at least two states will become the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Colorado’s Amendment 64 would allow adults 21 and over to possess marijuana and requires the state to license and regulate cultivation and retail centers. In essence,   ... MORE

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Edward Cline: "Hate" Laws Are Criminal

The First Amendment should not be a felony offense. The end of freedom of speech began with the invention of “hate crimes” as a means to deter and punish crimes committed against an individual or members of a designated or protected “minority.” Hate crimes had their conspicuous genesis under the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which  ... MORE

Jacob Sullum: Pick Your Constitutional Poison

Obama and Romney share a disdain for civil liberties.     During the final presidential debate, the moderator asked Mitt Romney about President Obama's policy of killing suspected terrorists, including U.S. citizens, with missiles fired from unmanned aircraft. "I believe we should use any and all means necessary to take out people who pose a      ... MORE

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50 Obama-Backed Companies Are Financially Troubled

by Micheal Bastasch. The October bankruptcy of solar company Satcon Technology Corp. puts the number of bankrupt or troubled green energy companies as high as 50, according to one estimate. During the first presidential debate, Republican candidate Mitt Romney said the Obama administration had doled out $90 billion to green energy        ... MORE