Mark Steyn: Bowing To The Mob

So much for freedom of speech.    I see the Obama campaign has redesigned the American flag, and very attractive it is too. Replacing the 50 stars of a federal republic is the single “O” logo symbolizing the great gaping maw of spendaholic centralization. And where the stripes used to be are a handful of red daubs, eerily mimicking the bloody     ... MORE

Jacob Sullum: Bloomberg's Big Beverage Ban

Paternalistic precedent won't make anyone thinner.    Everyone expected that New York City’s Board of Health, all 11 members of which were appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, would rubber-stamp his proposed 16-ounce cap on servings of sugar-sweetened soft drinks. But at a meeting in June, several board members zeroed in on the most     ... MORE

Thomas Sowell - The Fallacy Of Redistribution

It is not complicated. The recently discovered tape on which Barack Obama said back in 1998 that he believes in redistribution is not really news. He said the same thing to Joe the Plumber four years ago. But the surfacing of this tape may serve a useful purpose if it gets people to thinking about what the consequences of redistribution are.     ... MORE

Warrantless Spying Bill Passes House, Moves To Senate

Legalizing tyranny. The House of Representatives voted to renew the dangerous FISA Amendment Act—which hands the NSA broad, warrantless surveillance powers over Americans’ international communications—for another five years. Sadly, the House refused to add any new oversight powers or privacy protections, despite ample evidence the NSA has ... MORE

VIDEO: A Layman's Guide To Jury Nullification

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Free Speech Is Not Negotiable

They are perhaps the most dangerous words ever written: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”          ... MORE

Adam Levine: Government's Epic Fail On Privacy

94 Million Americans exposed to identity theft.   When you hear a number like "94 million" in the news, it's usually because somebody won the lottery. This time around, no such luck. This 94 million is the number of Americans' files in which personal information has been exposed, since 2009, to potential identity theft through data breaches at government ... MORE

VIDEO: Pat Condell - A Word To Rioting Muslims


Let's just put it out on the front steps where the goats can get it.

Legalize Marijuana in 2012? It Could Happen In 3 States

Colorado, Oregon and Washington eye a new cash cow.   A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: "Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ask for more?" It's a bit more complicated than that in the three states — Colorado, Oregon and Washington — that could become the first   ... MORE

NY Times Editorial: California And The Fourth Amendment

State takes to seizing DNA without a warrant.  On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is scheduled to reconsider whether California violates the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against searches and seizures by requiring police to take DNA samples from people arrested but not yet convicted of felonies.  ... MORE

Gary North: 100 Percent Chance That U.S. Will Default

There is good reason to prepare for a catastrophe.    It is not often that readers get a clear-cut choice between two forecasts. Most forecasts have wiggle room. Not the following. 1. The United States government will default.  2. The United States government will not default. I hold the first position. John T. Harvey holds the second. He wrote a ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: Defense Of Romney's "47%" Comment

Sometimes, the truth hurts. As readers of this column and viewers of Fox News Channel may know, I have not hesitated to criticize Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and the governor himself. I have argued that his message is muddled and his values are unknown beyond his ardent wish to improve economic conditions through the use of free    ... MORE

VIDEO: Murray Rothbard - To Expand And Inflate

John Stossel: I Like Gary Johnson

Choosing against governmental coercion.   All political candidates call themselves freedom-lovers, but they are not. Neither major party really opposes government control of the economy or of our personal lives. I'm a libertarian because I see the false choice offered by political left and right: Democrats talk about personal liberty; Republicans talk about    ... MORE