Daniel J. Flynn: Manny Pacquiao Vs The IRS

Enough to make taxpayers cry, "no mas."  Manny Pacquiao takes on his toughest opponent in his next fight: the Internal Revenue Service. Roy Jones, Evander Holyfield, and Floyd Mayweather all fought the most powerful three-letters in boxing and lost. Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino who doesn’t possess their home field disadvantage, has already     ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Voting With Our Feet

Minimum Wage Legislation & The Small Business Scam

by Michael Saltsman.     A group calling itself the Small Business Majority (SBM) recently released a survey to support its argument that two-thirds of small businesses support a hike in the minimum wage. It’s a counterintuitive result: After all, if small businesses don’t mind a minimum wage hike, then pursuing the policy should be a    ... MORE

VIDEO: Federal Food Stamp Spending Since 1950

Redskins Owner Vows To Never Change The Name

by Chris Lingebach.    “We’ll never change the name. It’s simple. NEVER.” That’s what Redskins owner Daniel Snyder told USA Today Sports Thursday, with the added caveat, “you can use caps.” Snyder putting his foot down, so to speak, may be what it takes to bring some finality to a debate that’s raged on all offseason over the offensive nature of ... MORE

Matt Welch: Benghazi Hall Of Shame

On death, lies and an obscure YouTube trailer.     Yesterday's dramatic congressional testimony about the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attacks on U.S. interests in Benghazi, Libya convincingly corroborated what was widely reported within days of the attack: that senior American officials on the ground knew immediately,     ... MORE

VIDEO: Walter E Williams - TSA (Thugs Standing Around)

Republicans Are Refusing To Appoint Death Panel Members

Another ObamaCare impediment.     One of the most politically intense fights over the Affordable Care Act was over the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, infamously dubbed a "death panel" by Republicans during the 2010 elections. On Thursday, Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch      ... MORE

VIDEO: Death, Lies And A Scapegoat Video


Public servant or public master?

Media Scrambles To Minimize Team Obama Deception

by Dan Gainor.  In the real world, when you cover up four murders after the fact, you likely go to jail. In government, you retire with dignity and run for president with full media support. Up until yesterday, that was the Benghazi scenario following the death of four Americans including our ambassador to Libya. The Obama administration has lied,         ... MORE

Why All Of Us Should Mistrust The Government

by Andrew Napolitano.   It should come as no surprise that President Obama told Ohio State students at graduation ceremonies last week that they should not question authority and they should reject the calls of those who do. He argued that "our brave, creative, unique experiment in self-rule" has been so successful that trusting the government is the same    ... MORE

The Economic Ripple Effect Of The Bakken Shale Oil Boom

by Mark J. Perry.      The Minneapolis Fed recently performed an interesting analysis of the economic ripple effect of shale oil activity in North Dakota as it spreads out from “ground zero” in the Bakken area, here’s an excerpt: The Bakken oil boom has led to strong growth in employment and record low unemployment rates in that region.  ... MORE

VIDEO: Rick Perry - Reject The Medicaid Expansion

Reid J. Epstein: President's Cigarette Tax Up In Smoke

Fortunately, it just hot air all along.      Remember the cigarette tax hike President Barack Obama proposed in his big budget rollout? The White House barely does. Presidential budgets are all about theater. But this year’s was more theatrical than most: Its biggest single new proposal — the sin tax to generate $78 billion to fund a preschool     ... MORE