Freedom lives in the Granite State. Among the many advantages of moving to New Hampshire, these 101 reasons are at the top. New Hampshire has no general sales tax. New Hampshire has no general personal income tax. Dividends and interest are taxed at only 5%. New Hampshire state law prohibits the use of eminent domain for ... MORE
Sheldon Richman on licensing. The federal budget deficit was big in 2013, but not as big as the freedom deficit. We should all resolve to make 2014 the year that we secure our freedom from government, the biggest threat we face. We can start with freedom for low-wage workers. Hundreds of occupations are closed shut unless one has a
license. To get ... MORE
2014 is 1984. When mobile phones first came into use, the big fear was radiation. Governments and the big phone companies said everything was safe but the worry remained that all of that electromagnetic energy pouring in and out from our ear-held phones would cause brain tumors. More recently, the biggest controversy over the new era of ... MORE
Freedom of expression is under assault. College is where inquisitive minds go to be exposed to new ways of
thinking. But on some campuses, the quest for knowledge is frustrated
when administrators censor speech they would prefer be kept out of the
marketplace of ideas. To close out the year, we at the Foundation for Individual Rights ... MORE
The obliteration of privacy. After Edward Snowden released some of the most significant national
security leaks ever, we've been fed a constant stream of sickening
revelations. Snowden's message has mostly been listened to, and the
year culminated with him even getting a spot on prime time TV to tell us that “a child born today ... MORE
Walter McLaughlin on Medicaid cost recovery. When a bill the size and scope of Obamacare is dropped onto the desk of the average member of Congress, it’s safe to assume that they haven’t read it cover-to-cover before casting their vote. Had they done so with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, however, they ... MORE
Education stagnation vs school choice. My TV producers asked our Facebook audience to vote for a topic they'd most like to hear discussed on my year-end show. The overwhelming winner, for some reason: the education standards program Common Core. Most Americans don't even know what that is. But they should. It's the ... MORE
