VIDEO: The Truth About Savings And Consumption

Boston: The MSM's Exploded "Journalism"

by Edward Cline.   Over the years, I have watched via Internet video countless IED (Improvised Explosive Device) explosions detonated on American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. So, when I read the news of the Boston Marathon bombing of April 15th, and watched the videos of the incident, I was certain that it was a terrorist bombing that killed  ... MORE

Caroline May: Pimping Food Stamps To Seniors

Food stamp recruiter must enroll 150 per month. A Florida food stamp recruiter is tasked with enrolling at least 150 senior citizens in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program a month, The Washington Post reports in a profile about SNAP outreach. Following 56 year old recruiter Dillie Nerios perform her task, to appeal to seniors to get them   ... MORE

The Gun Rights Revolution You Might Have Missed

by Miranda Green.   If you live in Arkansas, you can now carry a concealed gun into a bar, or a liquor store—or a church. College staffers can bring guns on campus. Folks with a permit from other states can pack heat in Arkansas without filing any paperwork. These are among the half-dozen legal changes in the state that passed only four months  ... MORE

Federalism Is Good Policy And Good Politics

by Daniel J. Mitchell.     It’s a challenge to be a libertarian in Washington because you have to swim against the tide. The vast majority of people in town are looking for excuses to spend money and amass power, and a small band of us are trying to convince them that the federal government should be limited in size and scope. It may   ... MORE

VIDEO: Thomas Sowell - Incentives Of Affirmative Action

David Deming: The Real Deniers Of Climate Change

A political ideology masked as science.        The Northern Hemisphere is experiencing unusually cold weather. Snow cover last December was the greatest since satellite monitoring began in 1966. The United Kingdom had the coldest March weather in 50 years, and there were more than a thousand record low temperatures in the   ... MORE

Thomas Sowell - Genes And Racism

Subtle factors.      During decades of watching both collegiate and professional football, I have seen hundreds of touchdowns scored by black players — but not one extra point kicked by a black player. Is this because blacks are genetically incapable of kicking a football or because racists won't let blacks kick a football? Most of us would consider either   ... MORE

VIDEO: Education Is NOT The Same As Schooling

Jonah Goldberg: Big Brother's Blind Spots

It is easiest to inconvenience the law-abiding.   During a big chunk of the Bush years, there was a good deal of legitimate concern about the extent to which the government was monitoring us. And then there was some flat out crazy stuff. Naomi Wolf spoke for many when she periodically would come unglued about one imagined violation   ... MORE

Ralph R. Reiland: The Audacity Of Hope

Street level anti-capitalism.     It’s not what I signed up for, but I recently got a three hour Marxist lecture while taking a boat ride on the intracoastal waterways of Fort Lauderdale. “That waterfront mansion coming up on our left is Alamo car rental money,” said our guide on the cruise.“Think of that the next time you put down your money to    ... MORE

How Government Killed The Medical Profession

by Jeffrey A. Singer.   I am a general surgeon with more than three decades in private clinical practice. And I am fed up. Since the late 1970s, I have witnessed remarkable technological revolutions in medicine, from CT scans to robot-assisted surgery. But I have also watched as medicine slowly evolved into the domain of technicians, bookkeepers,   ... MORE