VIDEO: Johnny Carson Show - Interview with Ayn Rand

Investors.com: Better Off? Let's Count The Ways We're Not

No, the country is not making slow progress.      All weekend, Democratic party leaders kept fumbling their answer to a simple question: Are we better off than we were four years ago? There's a good reason for that: We're not. It wasn't until Monday that the campaign was able to figure out how to answer the question, with Obama's deputy campaign   ... MORE

Ramesh Ponnuru: Obama Vs. The Constitution

The rule of law is on the ballot.       There were warning signs about President Obama’s fealty to the Constitution even before he took the oath of office. As a senator he had voted against the nomination of John Roberts to be chief justice of the Supreme Court, arguing that Roberts was deficient in the “empathy” required for the position. In a speech during his  ... MORE

VIDEO: Land of The Freebies, Home of the Enslaved

Zack Colman: Obama, EPA Move Toward Cap-And-Trade

Pushing up fuel costs. President Obama’s use of executive authority and his Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) interpretation of existing laws might have laid the groundwork for renewed cap-and-trade efforts, political experts said Wednesday. The courts have approved many of the EPA’s pollution regulations, giving Obama license to propose new rules, former EPA Administrator Carol Browner said during a Politico-hosted panel discussion at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.... MORE

Neal Boortz: The 'Risk' Of Being Poor

Please stand back.   I’ve been waiting for day to say this; waiting to calm down enough that my keystrokes won’t break the keyboard. I heard some lady say something on TV, and seldom have I heard a more idiotic statement from someone in a position to know better … I mean this is so magnificently ignorant – even stupid – that if this woman’s ignorance were   ... MORE

Steve Chapman: Gas Prices And Political Mythology

Don't count on political lip service.   If there is any issue you can be sure will come up during a presidential election campaign, it's gasoline prices. They are simple, important and plainly visible to anyone who drives. They're the classic pocketbook issue: When prices are low or at least falling, voters somehow feel better than when prices are high or rising.   ... MORE

John Stossel: What I Ask Of Romney And Obama

Free people should be left alone by government. The Republican Convention ended on the theme "Believe in America." That sounded nice, but it was just another platitude. Mitt Romney's speech was filled with platitudes: "We will honor America's democratic ideals. ... We're united to preserve liberty." Please. Liberals and conservatives have real     ... MORE

VIDEO: Richard Bernstein - Multiculturalism & Diversity

Barry Farber: The 'Polls' That Tell The Real Story

Why Obama loses handily.    A few weeks ago, I predicted an Obama defeat by a wide margin. Many of you responded with typical scorn and rage. Not all of you. Some of you reacted with pity – and one or two of you, devoid of political passion, even offered to give me the medication such a dire condition obviously required. Now that my out-on-a-limb lunge ... MORE

CNN Fact Check: About Those 4.5 Million New Jobs ...

Dems neglect to mention 5 million jobs lost.   Anyone watching the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night heard the number 4.5 million several times. "Despite incredible odds and united Republican opposition, our president took action, and now we've seen 4.5 million new jobs," San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, the party's keynote     ... MORE

VIDEO: The Truth Behind Teachers Unions

Amy Payne: $16,000,000,000,000

Debt increases 50 percent under Obama.     Yesterday, the U.S. national debt passed $16 trillion. On President Barack Obama’s watch, the debt has increased by 50 percent, as campaign promise after campaign promise has drowned in a sea of federal spending. When he was running for President, Obama condemned George W. Bush for adding $4 trillion  ... MORE

Romney And Obama Foolishly Ignore The War On Drugs

by Ted Galen Carpenter.      One of the least discussed issues in the presidential campaign is the war on drugs. That's unfortunate, because that crusade has been an expensive catastrophe both domestically and internationally. During the decades since Richard Nixon declared a "war" on illegal drugs in 1971, the United States has spent nearly one    ... MORE