CIA Chief: We'll Spy On You Through Your Dishwasher

by Spencer Ackerman.        More and more personal and household devices are connecting to the internet, from your television to your car navigation systems to your light switches. CIA Director David Petraeus cannot wait to spy on you through them. Earlier this month, Petraeus mused about the emergence of an “Internet of Things” — that is, ... MORE

The ObamaCare Gift To Planned Parenthood Clinics

by Paul Bedard.       Most of Planned Parenthood's 750 health and abortion clinics around the nation will be covered under Obamacare, imposing a new demand on insurers who want to participate in the health care exchanges that will provide insurance coverage to millions of Americans. While insurers currently cover doctors and health     ... MORE

VIDEO: How America Is Devolving To A Police State

The War On Pot Is Insanely Racist & Insanely Expensive

by Mike Riggs.    Across the United States--north, east, south, west--blacks are more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession. That's the conclusion of a new ACLU report that compares arrest data from 945 counties across the country. "In 2010, the Black arrest rate for marijuana possession was 716 per 100,000, while   ... MORE

Barry Farber On The Perils Of Making On-Air Bets

A debt paid and a lesson learned.      It may have been the best magazine cartoon – ever! Penguins are the only animals in tuxedos. Imagine an Antarctic ice cap with hundreds of tuxedoed penguins, and one penguin wearing a natty beret, a gold chain, sunglasses and a checkered vest while sporting a rhinestone-studded cigarette holder. A curious gaggle  ... MORE

Gene Healy: Obama's Flight From Responsibility

"Hey, don't look at me -- I'm just the president!"   That's the common thread in President Obama's response to his recent scandal eruptions, from IRS harassment of Tea Partiers to his Justice Department's spying on AP reporters. Like everybody else, Obama learns about these things via cable news, according to press secretary Jay Carney.   ... MORE

Twenty Years Of Non-Stop Regulation

by Wayne Crews & Ryan Young.   Twenty years ago saw the release of the first edition of Ten Thousand Commandments, an annual report that tracks the cost and scope of the federal regulatory state. It’s been a very busy two decades for Washington, with 81,883 new regulations hitting the books during that time. That’s a new regulation   ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - The Joys Of Deregulation

Poll: Americans Angry With DOJ's Intimidation Of Media

Federal tyranny is the only thing transparent.     The Internal Revenue Service scandal is just one hot-button issue that the Obama administration is facing. The other is the government investigating reporters. And new poll new numbers indicate, many Americans are not happy with the Justice Department snooping on the press, CBS    ... MORE

John Stossel: Austerity Myths

Honesty is the first step.    Europe's struggles prove that "austerity" fails! So say the Big Spenders. With a condescending sigh, they explain that Europe made deep cuts in government spending, and the result was today's high unemployment. "With erstwhile middle-class workers reduced to picking through garbage in search of food, austerity has      ... MORE

VIDEO: Internet Sales Tax Will Kill My Small Business

Eric Shawn: EPA's Bad Treatment Of Conservative Groups

It's not just the IRS.    A second federal agency is facing a probe and accusations of political bias over its alleged targeting of conservative groups.  The allegations concern the Environmental Protection Agency, which is being accused of trying to charge conservative groups fees while largely exempting liberal groups. The fees applied to Freedom   ... MORE