VIDEO: Susan Jacoby - The Dumbing Down Of America

AP: Marijuana Backers Courting Conservatives

What happened to the clamor for 'states' rights?      It's not all hippies backing November's marijuana legalization votes in Colorado, Oregon and Washington. Appealing to Western individualism and a mistrust of federal government, activists have lined up some prominent conservatives, from one-time presidential hopefuls Tom Tancredo ... MORE

Kevin D. Williamson: The Last Radicals

Homeschoolers occupy the curriculum.       There is exactly one authentically radical social movement of any real significance in the United States, and it is not Occupy, the Tea Party, or the Ron Paul faction. It is homeschoolers, who, by the simple act of instructing their children at home, pose an intellectual, moral, and political challenge to the ... MORE

VIDEO: How Cops Legally Steal Innocent People's Money


Civil forfeiture provides incentive for government abuse.

Matt Cover: Obama Bailout Claim Off By $24 Billion

Obama: "got back every dime."  CBO: lost $24 billion. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that “we got back every dime we used to rescue the financial system." According to the Congressional Budget Office, however, the government will lose about $24 billion on the bailout. “We got back every dime we used to rescue the financial system, but    ... MORE

Ron Paul: Keeping Up Statistical Appearances

Could the real unemployment be 22 percent?      Last week, supporters of the current administration rejoiced over job numbers released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS).  For the first time since the administration came to power, the official unemployment number fell below 8%.  Keynesian cheerleaders all claimed the  ... MORE

Shikha Dalmia: ObamaCare's Rationing By Another Name

About the Independent Payment Advisory Board.  The stunning post-debate reversal in Mitt Romney’s fortunes may not last through the elections. But win or lose, he’ll do the country a big favor if he continues to expose the Independent Payment Advisory Board—the beloved center-piece of Obamacare—for what it is: An effort to give an ... MORE

Katie Kieffer: Dagny Taggart Goes To War

The battle for freedom. Dagny Taggart is not just the entrepreneurial heroine of Ayn Rand’s magnum opus novel, Atlas Shrugged. She is the inspiration of real women everywhere who are taking up her shield and fighting her battle for freedom using the weapons of entrepreneurship, education and free speech. The media continually talks about the ... MORE

VIDEO: Liberty & Virtue

Walter E Williams: Poverty Nonsense

Bad decisions can be hazardous to your economic health. Here's a recent statement frequently suggested by leftist academics, think tank researchers and policymakers: "People were not just struggling because of their personal deficiencies. There were structural factors at play. People weren't poor because they made bad decisions. They were poor  ... MORE

Zack Fulkerson: Privacy Under Attack

TSA and police drag 4th Amendment through the mud.    The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America reads: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,  ... MORE

VIDEO: The Broken Window Fallacy

Mike Riggs: How Asset Forfeiture Helps Police Departments

Provides funds to buy drugs and prostitutes for cops. Former Romulus Police Chief Michael St. Andre, his wife, and five Romulus detectives pled not guilty last week to using asset forfeiture funds aquired during narcotics and prostitution investigations to buy...narcotics and prostitutes. The Detroit Free Press reported ... MORE

William Sullivan: Social Justice Is A Proven Failure

... and so is Obama. There is a reason that Obama's ideological policy efforts have failed America. It is because they, like his ideology, are not American. No, I am not suggesting that he wasn't born here or that he's not an American citizen. I am stating with absolute certainty that his core ideology is predicated upon anything but liberty. And since     ... MORE