Robert Higgs: Don't Rely On A Quack Doctor

Some prescriptions can have adverse actions.    A man goes to his doctor for a routine checkup. The doctor performs a perfunctory examination and informs him that unless he receives an experimental treatment the doctor has devised, he will soon become disabled. “What’s it cost, Doc?” the man asks. “Well, unfortunately it’s not cheap,  ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: The Right To Self-Defense

To right to self-protect preceded government.   In all the noise caused by the Obama administration's direct assault on the right of every person to keep and bear arms, the essence of the issue has been drowned out. The president and his big-government colleagues want you to believe that only the government can keep you free and safe, so to them, ... MORE

Guy F. Caruso: Recognizing America's New Energy Reality

Energy trade, not restrictions/taxes, will advance growth.   In less than a decade, the role of unconventional oil and gas has dramatically changed the energy outlook in the United States. Over the next 20 years, US natural gas and coal exports will increase and oil imports will decline steadily. Abundant domestic energy can be a huge driver of the   ... MORE

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Red State: Political Correctness, Bullying And Other BS

Some lessons need to be learned: You can tell your child a million times, “don’t touch the stove, it’s hot,” or you can tell them once, let them touch it, and they quickly figure it out.  Some will think I am evil, but the fact is it’s effective. Choices are a part of life; the wrong ones will burn you. Traditionally in America, we have always tried to make ... MORE

Amy Payne: Busting 5 Myths About The Minimum Wage

It hurts, not helps, low-skill workers.      When someone says “minimum wage,” what comes to mind? Do you think of teenagers flipping burgers? Or a single parent trying to feed several kids? While President Obama and other proponents of a higher minimum wage want you to visualize that single parent, the truth is that a burger-flipping      ...  MORE

VIDEO: Tax Inequality in America

U.N. Pushes Efforts To Force Pot Criminalization In U.S.

Just how sovereign are we?     A United Nations-based drug agency urged the United States government on Tuesday to challenge the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington, saying the state laws violate international drug treaties. The International Narcotics Control Board made its appeal in an annual drug report. ... MORE

Gene Healy: Washington, DC, Capital Of The Absurd

Why the nation's capital is a clown show.       Like most of this company town, I'm addicted to Netflix's Beltway "telenovela," House of Cards, starring Kevin Spacey as a conspiratorial House majority whip. But the show unwittingly flatters D.C., depicting a city of ruthless, steely competence. The real thing is a clown show consumed by       ... MORE

The Architects Of The American Police State

John W. Whitehead on the U.S. Supreme Court.  “The unspoken power dynamics in a police/civilian encounter will generally favor the police, unless the civilian is a local sports hero, the mayor, or a giant who is impervious to bullets.”—Journalist Justin Peters  From time to time throughout history, individuals have been subjected to charges   ... MORE

Tibor Machan: The Libertarian Public Interest

Libertarians understand the public good.   A particularly irksome rhetorical ploy against the free society’s champions is that they refuse to acknowledge that there is such a thing as the public interest (or public good or general welfare or some such goal). Critics of these champions routinely wag their fingers charging that those who insist that the free    ... MORE

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