The Economist: Jury Nullification Rights In New Hampshire

The "live free or die" state chooses the former. Before I dive into the subject of this post, let me warn you that it has absolutely nothing to do with John Roberts, the commerce clause, cultivated crops of the Brassica oleracea species or how Americans get their health care. In honour of independence day (which I'm spending indoors revelling in the one  ... MORE

Jim Yardley: Ever Wonder Why We Even Bothered?

We the People trust ourselves, not government. When it comes to the concept of limited government, which is really at the heart of the recent imbroglio over Obamacare, the Constitution has been described as the law that controls the government. The Constitution starts off with a preamble that states: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a  ... MORE

New Taxes You're Going To Pay To Pay For ObamaCare

You didn't think it was free, did you?    Well, Obamacare is now official, which means that a lot more people in the United States will have health insurance. And it also means a lot more people will be paying more taxes. Here are some of the new taxes you're going to have to pay to pay for Obamacare: A 3.8% surtax on "investment income" when your    ... MORE

VIDEO: Ronald Reagan - America 2012


Ronald Reagan directs his words toward the 2012 election.

Advocacy Replaces Science On Minimum Wage Debate

by Michael Saltsman.   Determined to see President Obama make good on a campaign pledge to raise the federal minimum wage to $9.50, four Congressmen have introduced bills to make this promise a reality. (A number of states have considered similar bills this year.) Advocates for a higher minimum wage—most notably, the National Employment  ... MORE

Washington Examiner: Congress Robs Taxpayers Twice

A bipartisan fleecing of the American taxpayers. While the nation was distracted with the Supreme Court's Obamacare ruling last week, Congress passed a $96 billion double-bailout that only guarantees future bailouts in the years to come. On Friday afternoon, within half an hour of one another, both the House and Senate voted to reauthorize the  ... MORE

VIDEO: Sign Codes vs. Free Speech

Uncle Sam Simultaneously Attacks And Subsidizes Soda

Tail-chasing politicians mindlessly spend and regulate.    The federal government has financed a multi-million dollar ad campaign in New York City and elsewhere attacking sugary soft drinks. But legislation passed last week continues subsidizing sugar producers, and allows food stamp recipients to buy soda and other supposedly unhealthy foods    ... MORE

Rush H. Limbaugh Jr: They Risked Everything For Liberty

Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor. It was a glorious morning. The sun was shining and the wind was from the southeast. Up especially early, a tall bony, redheaded young Virginian found time to buy a new thermometer, for which he paid three pounds, fifteen shillings. He also bought gloves for Martha, his wife, who was ill at home. Thomas Jefferson arrived early at the statehouse. The temperature was 72.5 degrees and the horseflies weren't nearly so bad at that hour. It was a lovely room, very large, with gleaming white walls. The chairs were comfortable. Facing the single door    ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Judicial Betrayal

Betrayal is hard to take,   whether in our personal lives or in the political life of the nation. Yet there are people in Washington -- too often, Republicans -- who start living in the Beltway atmosphere, and start forgetting those hundreds of millions of Americans beyond the Beltway who trusted them to do right by them, to use their wisdom  ... MORE

Shikha Dalmia: Detroit's Run Out Of Other People's Money

Motown is overtaxed and broke as a joke. A sigh of relief swept through Detroit recently after a judge threw out a legal challenge to the “consent agreement” the city just signed with the state to clean its books and avoid bankruptcy. The lawsuit, filed by the city’s megalomaniacal legal counsel, represented a level of overreach ridiculous even by ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel A Nation Of Moochers

Mytheos Holt: Gun Stocks Shoot Through The Roof

Guns are becoming the new gold. Given the increasingly uncertain political and economic climate, it’s no big surprise that people are continuing to buy guns in record numbers. However, at this stage it’s surpassed just an issue of being record numbers. We’d say guns are selling like hotcakes, but there might not be market data showing that  ... MORE

Daily Mail: It's Too Doggone Easy To Search For Drugs

Police utilize pooch that alerts for drugs in every car. A dog with a sharp nose for drugs can be a great asset to any police department, but in the case of a German shepherd named Bono, accuracy is not his strongest suit. The four-legged crime fighter working for the Virginia State Police has been on a hot streak, detecting drugs nearly every time he’s on the ... MORE

VIDEO: Gov't Ad: Food Stamps Make You Look Good




Government spends millions on radio ads to stimulate more handouts.