Thomas DiLorenzo: The Real LIncoln In His Own Words

What did Abe really believe about racial equality?      After writing two books and dozens of articles, and giving hundreds of radio and television interviews and public presentations on the subject of Lincoln and the political economy of the American "Civil War"over the past fifteen years, I have realized that the only thing the average American   ... MORE

4 Ways You've Been Totally Misinformed About Drugs

by Ted Hesson. Whether it's the legendary "this is your brain sunny-side up" commercial or the haggard face of one of Jesse Pinkman's meth-slinging homies, we've all seen what drugs can do to us. Apparently, TV occasionally doesn't tell the truth, according to Carl Hart, a neuroscientist at Columbia University. As a matter of fact, a lot of the things   ... MORE

Walter E Williams: Understanding Liberals And Progressives

Who can be easily manipulated by scare tactics?   In order to understand the liberal and progressive agenda, one must know something about their world vision and values. Let's examine some of the evidence. Why the 1970s struggle to ban DDT? Alexander King, founder of the Malthusian Club of Rome, wrote in a 1990 biographical          ... MORE

VIDEO: How To Rig A Majority Vote

Obama Administration: 10-Year Olds Ready For Sex

Hope and change for pre-teens.    If you’re a ten-year-old girl, the Obama Administration thinks you’re old enough to discuss anal sex, mutual masturbation, birth control, and “emergency contraceptives” that can cause early abortions.  A Department of Health and Human Services website, GirlsHealth.gov, offers all this information to girls from   ... MORE

Jacob Sullum: Obama's Cloak Of Invisibility

Secrecy and counterterrorism tactics.   When he was running for president, Barack Obama criticized George W. Bush’s expansive vision of executive power, saying, “I reject the view that the president may do whatever he deems necessary to protect national security.” The day after taking office in 2009, Obama declared that “my Administration    ... MORE

VIDEO: Don't Cops Have Better Things To Do


Cops resort to entrapment as a means to boost crime stats.

Thomas Sowell: Abstract Immigrants

One to ignore the facts of life.     One of the many sad signs of our times is the way current immigration issues are discussed. A hundred years ago, the immigration controversies of that era were discussed in the context of innumerable facts about particular immigrant groups. Many of those facts were published in a huge, multi-volume 1911 study     ... MORE

David Bittle: TSA = Thousands Standing Around

The enormous apparatus isn’t making us safer.    Not long ago while walking through the airport, the following announcement caught my attention: “Will the person who forgot their hearing aids please return to the Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint to reclaim them.” It took me a moment to absorb entirely the irony of the   ... MORE

The Health, Security & Privacy Concerns Of Smart Meters

by Alyssa Edes.    Utilities across the country are installing so-called smart meters in homes and businesses to allow them to better track and manage energy use by their customers, aiming to increase efficiency, lower costs, and reduce pollution. But the advanced meters, which use wireless and digital technologies to send frequent consumption  ... MORE

Scott Lazarowitz: Slavery Or Freedom

Escaping the shackles of statism.  Have you ever thought about the morality or legitimacy of politicians forbidding you to have a vegetable garden in your own front yard, or buying or selling raw milk, or merely having a lemonade stand without a local bureaucrat’s permission? You see, when the armed bureaucrat is arresting the peaceful raw milk    ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Regulation & The Small Entrepreneur