Katie Kieffer: Economics Of Peace

Freedom allows wealth; wealth allows freedom.  How would a free market entrepreneur approach Afghan foreign policy? After all, our politicians seem incompetent on foreign policy given the soaring suicide rate among active duty U.S. military personnel, increasing insider attacks against NATO troops by our Afghan “allies” and numerous civilian  ... MORE

Walter E Williams - Understanding Economics

Here's a question:    If there's a disaster, a war, a severe drought or some other calamity that restricts future supplies of a commodity — such as oil, coffee or corn — what is the intelligent thing for people to do right away? If you said "use less now and try to produce more," you'd be absolutely correct. That's not rocket science, but         ... MORE

VIDEO: Bloomberg's Boob Over Bottle Dictate

Stanley Kurtz: California's Dangerous Proposition 31

The revolution will not be publicized.    We are two months away from fundamentally transforming the State of California, and barely anyone knows it. With a five to six point lead in the latest poll, Proposition 31 has a solid shot at passage. The measure is meant to bail out California’s failing cities by creating regional super-governments empowered to raid ... MORE

Wisconsin Raw Milk Advocates Hope For Jury Nullification

Citizens look for tyranny protection.    Supporters of a Wisconsin dairy farmer facing a criminal trial for selling raw milk hope they can turn up interest in jury nullification among residents of Sauk County who might be seated to hear his case. As Rick Barrett reports in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a Washington-based group defending the   ... MORE

VIDEO: Heavy-handed Cops Detain Citizens At Gunpoint


Cops pull innocent women and children from their cars for warrantless searches.

Robert Knight: Appeasement Trumps First Amendment

Submitting to mob censure whips up violence.  I was driving into Washington the other day when a radio clip of Hillary Rodham Clinton got my attention. The secretary of state was emoting hotly, using terms such as “disgusting” and “reprehensible.” At first, I thought Bill Clinton might have released a candid memoir, but I soon realized that the   ... MORE

Nick Hankoff: NDAA And Its Nullification

Insisting the Constitution be followed. Once the US Constitution is rendered unenforcebale, America becomes a mere wish. A republic of a free people ceases to exist except as delusion. The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, with its billions in wel(war)fare and military kidnapping powers against Americans on their own soil, marks a sign of the   ... MORE

Steve Chapman: Teachers' Strike Shows Need For Choice

An impediment to innovation, efficiencies and standards.   On Monday, Sept. 10, the first day the Chicago Teachers Union was out on strike, 350,000 public-school students—and their parents—were left high and dry. But for 52,000 other youngsters enrolled in public schools, it was just another day of learning. They attend charter schools, of which  ... MORE

Avik Roy: AARP Made $2.8 Billion Selling Out Seniors

Why the AARP supported MediCare cuts.   As you know if you’ve been reading this blog, Obamacare cuts $716 billion from Medicare in order to pay for its expansion of coverage to low-income Americans. It’s one of the reasons why seniors are more opposed to the new health law than any other age group. So why is it that the group that purports to    ... MORE

VIDEO: Thomas Sowell - Income Distribution

Government Dependency Rises, Number Of Taxpayers Fall

Rx for disaster: More spending, but fewer paying. The leak of a video featuring former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) has sparked debate about government dependency and the number of people in the United States who do not pay federal income tax. In the video, Romney refers to “47 percent” of Americans and says that they are “dependent  ... MORE

Abby Simmons: Jury Nullification In Minnesota?

Jury refuses to convict raw milk distributor.       A soft-spoken Minnesota farmer was cleared of violating state laws for distributing raw milk Thursday, a verdict advocates for such foods called their first major legal victory. After a three-day trial and more than four hours of deliberation, a Hennepin County jury found Alvin Schlangen     ... MORE

VIDEO: Robert P. Murphy - Econ Moment QE3


Information is power. This is an important video that all citizens need to watch.