VIDEO: Philadelphia: No Love for the Homeless

John Stossel: About That Fiscal Cliff

It's less frightening than the bankruptcy cliff.     Yikes, we're headed toward a fiscal cliff! It will crush the economy! Or so the media and politicians tell us. The "cliff" is a series of tax increases and budget cuts that automatically go into effect Jan. 1 unless Congress acts. Will Congress act? It will! I see the future: The politicians will meet     ... MORE

TSA Exposes Breast Of Congressman's Teen Relative

by Jim Kane.       A TSA screener exposed the breasts of the teen grandniece of a member of the House of Representatives, before she boarded a plane at LAX for a trip with her church group. Texas Rep. Ralph Hall's grandniece was apparently subjected to frontal nudity during the intrusive "pat-down" she received from an airport thug.         ... MORE

VIDEO: The Pilgrims And Property Rights



How our ancestors got fat & happy

Wayne Crews: Regulation In The Obama Administration

However you slice, it's a turkey.     President Barack Obama will pardon a plump Thanksgiving turkey this week.  Presentation of a turkey is a 65 year old ritual, courtesy of the National Turkey Federation and the American Egg Board. Before the first President Bush’s decision to pardon, they’d often as not just eat the thing. A reprieve for a fat and   ... MORE

Jacob Sullum: Drug Dealing And Legal Stealing

Is motel owner responsible for the behavior of guests? At the Cosmopolitan, a luxury hotel and casino in Las Vegas, "just the right amount of wrong" is the naughty fun you get for $200 a night. At the $57-a-night Motel Caswell in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, just the right amount of wrong is what the federal government says it needs to take the business ... MORE

VIDEO: FOX NEWS - Don't Rebuild Without Proper Permits

Michael J. Hurd: Magical Thinking Won't Stop The Layoffs

It's about mind, reality and ethics.        Associated Press and FoxNews.com reports: Medical supply giant Stryker is the latest company to announce job cuts in anticipation of coming costs associated with Obamacare, even though the man who inherited a fortune from the company’s founder is a fan. The company will cut 1,170 jobs, or     ... MORE

Diane Dimond: America's War On Drugs Sputters To An End

A positive appraisal. I'm going to make a bold prediction. America's War on Drugs is now officially over. Oh, no one in Washington is going to make any sort of announcement to confirm this but take it from me -- our four-decades-old drug war strategy is now formally kaput. To be entirely honest, it has been sputtering along for years now accomplishing little and ... MORE

VIDEO: Why Is There Corn in Your Coke?

Paul Driessen: Global Warming Hysteria Will Kill Jobs

Fracking myths threaten U.S. economy.    Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have boosted shale gas production from zero a few years ago to 10 percent of all U.S. energy supplies in 2012, observes energy analyst Daniel Yergin. It has increased U.S. oil production 25 percent since 2008 despite more federal land and resource withdrawals,        ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Hotels And Hassles

Few things can make you appreciate home like a hotel. This includes not only low-budget, bare bones hotels but also sweepingly large and ornate luxury hotels. What many hotels seem to have in common are needless hassles. Since most people who stay in hotels do so while traveling, and stay only a few days in a given hotel, you might   ... MORE