Gary Horne: What? The Magic Words Aren't Working!

The awful truth is beginning to dawn on the left. The magic words on which they have relied to make government grow may not work anymore. The consequences could be catastrophic for progressives. So it isn't hard to understand why the progressives would visualize a Supreme Court ruling against ObamaCare as "unprecedented." The case of Wickard  ... MORE

Steve Chapman: The Minimum Wage Mirage

All workers are not worth $9.80 an hour.    Unemployment remains high; job growth is sluggish; and millions of Americans have given up hope of ever finding work. So how do creative legislators propose to generate new hiring? Easy: Make it more expensive. That's right. In Congress and several states, some lawmakers want to increase the legally mandated      ... MORE

James Poulos: A Permanent Captive To Crony Capitalism

Live by the government, die by the government.   For multibillion-dollar 4G LTE startup Lightsquared, the lesson is simple: live by the government, die by the government. For the rest of us, the unfortunate truth is that a vast and growing swath of the economy is, in effect, permanently captive to crony capitalism. As The Washington  ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - The War On Medical Marijuana

Isabel Otero: The Ozzie Guillen Political Correct-Mess

The thought police ticket the Marlins' manager.   Lately those in the public eye seem to have reverted back to Cold-War memes where someone, most prominently Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, can call Russia our "No. 1 geopolitical foe." I am not sure if this is nostalgia or a sincere attempt to find something to argue about. This week, it  ... MORE

Mark Whittington: IRS, The Iron Fist To Enforce ObamaCare

Half a billion dollars devoted to the task.     One of the arguments raised against the health care reform law is that few people want their health care run by the same people who run the IRS. But the IRS will enforce the law. According to Newsmax, the Obama administration is transferring $500 million to the IRS to allow the tax agency to begin enforcing tax ... MORE

VIDEO: Obama's War On Medical Marijuana


Reason's Matt Welch explains the federal motivation for prohibition.

Declan McCullagh: Internet Provider Pledges Privacy First

Step aside, AT&T and Verizon.     Nicholas Merrill is planning to revolutionize online privacy with a concept as simple as it is ingenious: a telecommunications provider designed from its inception to shield its customers from surveillance. Merrill, 39, who previously ran a New York-based Internet provider, told CNET that he's raising funds to launch a    ... MORE

Michelle Malkin: Strike Back At The Progressive Appeasers

Stop doing business with them.    Let’s stipulate: Activists on the left are free to exercise their rights of speech and assembly to boycott businesses whose politics they oppose. Conversely, activists on the right are free to exercise the power of their pocketbooks and refrain from supporting businesses that shun their values. So, what are you waiting for ... MORE

Washington Times: A Streetcar Named Debt

Rail projects highlight out-of-control spending priorities.    The District on Friday completed the first phase of testing for its $1.5 billion streetcar project. The nation’s capital joins big cities like Los Angeles in advancing the revival of a transportation option that has been obsolete for more than half a century. The Obama administration is spearheading the  ... MORE

Dunn & Milloy: A Strategy To Stop EPA Science Abuse

Promoting unjustified concerns and panics.    There is a way to stop the EPA's abuse of science and prevent their continued aggressive regulatory activity that destroys the economy and causes harm to Americans. Primarily, we have to hold the EPA to good scientific principles and stop the EPA's overreaching and panic mongering. The method ... MORE

VIDEO: FOX NEWS - Cell Phone Tracking


Private cell phones are routinely tracked without a warrant.

Thomas Sowell: Random Thoughts On The Passing Scene


Insights and observations from a brilliant mind. How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on, and stop getting swept away by rhetoric? Why should being in a professional sport exempt anyone from prosecution for advocating deliberate violence? Recent revelations of such advocacy of     ... MORE

Gary North: Tax Burden Of 40 Million Government Workers

A crushing burden for taxpayers.  How many people work for governments in the United States. Let's look at the numbers. The usual estimate of the number of employees of the U.S. government is 2.8 million. The estimate is fake. This does not count military personnel. But most important, it does not count contract workers paid by the federal ... MORE