Liberty-lovers are losing their country. See the footage of Julio Rausseo, an activist and journalist, at Chicago's Union Station the day after the Fourth of July. Why is he so upset? Because there are TSA agents at the train station, and they're about to set up a screening area. This audio recording was taken a week later, after Rausseo posted the first ... MORE
David Henderson: The Growing Dangers Of Cronyism
A corrupt game of political privilege. The 2012 campaign trail has been rife with accusations of “cronyism” from both sides. Anger over backdoor deals between government and business has spurred an uptick in legislation, regulation, and oversight. Here’s the problem: with an increase in government comes an increase in privileges for special interests. ... MORE
Pat Murphy: Looking Back At Milton Friedman
Tomorrow would have been Milton's 100th birthday. Milton Friedman would have been 100 this month. Although physically tiny, his professional stature was large. When he died in 2006, the Economist described him as the “most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century.” A Nobel Prize-winner in 1976, Friedman was a ... MORE
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Katie Kieffer: Where Is John Galt?
Where is a man who can save us? A man of virtue and action who can rebuild our economy and culture? We must find a true-to-life John Galt. I think America’s best shot at economic recovery and restoring constitutional freedom is to nurture men and women who emulate the virtues of John Galt, a hero in Ayn Rand’s magnum opus novel, ... MOREAaron Dykes: TSA: Filming Checkpoints Is "Terrorism"
Make sure to watch the video. Evidently, TSA isn’t looking for press coverage in its new roll out of checkpoints at train stations. Citizen journalist Julio Rausseo, a roaming correspondent for WeAreChange.org, was labeled a “terrorist” and threatened with arrest for filming a TSA checkpoint at the Union train station in Chicago. An Amtrack police official ... MORE
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Harry Binswanger: Outsourcing Is America At Its Best
Why Obama and Romney are wrong on outsourcing. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are currently fighting over who is the more patriotic. Obama slams Romney for having outsourced jobs to China during his Bain Capital days. Romney punches back by labeling Obama “Outsourcer in Chief.” The latest is that both John Boehner and ... MOREScott Shackford: The Misguided Assault On Chick-fil-A
A terrible abuse of political power. As if politicians’ flogging of the fast food industry via Nanny State posturing over calories and nutrition isn’t bad enough, now those businesses are going to be punished for not having the right political beliefs. Chick-fil-A, the 50-year-old fast food chain whose Christian credentials were always apparent in its decision to ... MOREPolitical Correctness Won The First Olympic Medal
Unpopular tweet gets Greek athlete expelled. The 2012 Summer Olympics have not gotten underway as yet and there is already drama taking place in London. Greek triple-jump champion Voula Papachristou caused quite an uproar with a racist tweet that got her expelled from the games. While most athletes look for ways to represent their country ... MOREBrian Hyde: Scouting's Connection To Personal Freedom
Doing the right thing isn’t always easy. This is especially true when a matter of conscience requires standing up to the crowd. For years, the Boy Scouts of America have been under relentless social pressure to begin admitting openly homosexual scouts and leaders into the organization. Recently, the BSA undertook a confidential two- ... MORE
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Ben Wolfgang: Online Poker Fans Ready To Deal
A comeback deal. The Obama administration may have called off the game more than a year ago, but the nation’s poker partisans are still looking for a deal. Card sharks are ramping up pressure on the federal government to remove a cloud of uncertainty hanging over Internet poker, caused by a patchwork of federal laws that has left the game in a ... MORE
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