VIDEO: Milton Friedman - Liberty and The Ordinary Man

Thomas Lifson: Sugar As A Regulated Substance

You're too stupid to know what to eat, but fortunately your betters are about to prevent you from harming yourself by eating stuff that you like. Welcome to the new America, where people who think they are smarter than you get to run your life. CBS News reports: A new commentary published online in the Feb. 1 issue of Nature says sugar is as "toxic" for people as the ... MORE

James A. Dorn: The Federal Reserve's Crony Capitalism

Private virtue is being penalized by public vice.   The Federal Reserve’s decision to release forecasts for short-term interest rates is supposed to clarify monetary policy and reassure the public.  By keeping the federal funds rate close to zero for three more years, and switching from shorter to longer-term securities, the Fed hopes to spur investment ... MORE

VIDEO: Geezers Are the True Enemy of Occupy Wall Street

David Harsanyi: The GOP's ObamaCare Problem

Both Mitt and Newt have supported individual mandate. Once the presidential nomination process is settled—and Lord knows that day can't come fast enough—Republicans will get back to doing what they do best, getting on Barack Obama's case. Incredibly, though, they'll have to do it without one of their most potent arguments. The Republican  ... MORE

Lee Moran: Police Terrorize Citizen With Gestapo Tactics

FBI chainsaws through front door; storm wrong house. Bungling FBI agents held a terrified mother at gunpoint for 30 minutes after chainsawing their way into her home - before realising they had raided the wrong address. Officers stormed into Judy Sanchez's Fitchburg, Massachusetts, apartment at 6.04am on January 26 after using the ... MORE

Theodore B. Olson: Obama's Enemies List

Private citizens have become targets for White House attacks. How would you feel if aides to the president of the United States singled you out by name for attack, and if you were featured prominently in the president's re-election campaign as an enemy of the people? What would you do if the White House engaged in derogatory speculative innuendo ... MORE

Herbert London: The Fraud In Our Entitlement System

Government "soft" money has plenty of takers.    Though some might still deny it, there is growing bipartisan belief that our nation's level of indebtedness is unsustainable. How we reduce the debt burden is another matter; this is where political knives are sharpened. Yet there is one uncontroversial issue that could result in dramatic savings and ... MORE

VIDEO: Nanny Of The Month Winner For January 2012


Perhaps LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa should use condoms on taxpayers.

Doug Giles: 13 Politically Incorrect Gun Rules

Guns have only two enemies, rust and politicians.  Gun lovers. Herewith are thirteen things to remember when carrying your weapon.  BTW- this list is not original.  I’ve Google up the bullet points but alas …I got nada in regards to who penned it. If and when someone schools me on who the author is you can rest assure that I’ll give him or her proper praise.  Enjoy. ... MORE

Gene Healy: The TSA's War On Innocent Travelers

Even though the threat of terrorism has diminished. "Rand Paul has got to be on the 'Top 10 People TSA Would Be Smart to Leave Alone' list," National Review's Jonah Goldberg tweeted when news broke of the senator's run-in with the Transportation Security Administration at Nashville International Airport last week. Kentucky's junior senator missed his ... MORE

VIDEO: 3 Reasons School Choice is Growing

Barry Farber: The Marx Brothers - Karl And Groucho

Both of America’s political parties are Marxist. The Democrats are Karl. The Republicans are Groucho. I’m weary of dear friends who’ve been reading political tea leaves, wind currents and baked turtle shells for decades now suddenly wailing in despair that the Republican Party is gift-wrapping the November election and handing it over to the Obama ... MORE

John Stossel: Policing The World


Can a debtor nation afford to police the world? With an election approaching and at least some Americans upset about irresponsible spending, the president has finally expressed a political interest in cutting something. He says the Pentagon will spend "only" $525 billion next year. That's slightly less than the current $531 billion. A cut is good, but this will barely ... MORE

A. Barton Hinkle: The Glories Of Capitalism

The free market delivers. The glories of free-market capitalism are capacious. It has lifted hundreds of millions of people from bare subsistence to astonishing wealth. It has given us life-saving medical marvels, grocery shelves groaning with plenty, and phones that let you dial long-distance in the middle of a cornfield. But its glories are not limitless. And  .... MORE

M. Catharine Evans: Big Media Covering Up Fast & Furious?

The wagons circle around Obama and Holder. Where was the public outcry for justice when Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry bled to death at the hands of a drug cartel in cahoots with the U.S. government? It happens in the Peck Canyon corridor northwest of Nogales, Arizona -- nowhere. The general public didn't hear about it. It's been one year and two months since ... MORE