Katie Kieffer: RINOS Play FarmVille
Farming is a game to RINOS (Republicans In Name Only). But farming is not a game. Not in America. We are the world’s No. 1 exporter of wheat, corn and soybeans. If we mess up, global food prices soar, livestock die, and streets erupt in riots. The GOP is supposed to be the party that “gets” economics. Republicans pride themselves ... MOREDaren Jonescu: The Last Line Of Defense: Property
The fight for property rights is the fight for reason. "Property is theft." Proudhon's classic anarchist paradox is more than a catchy slogan for international leftism. It encapsulates a complete and comprehensively absurd view of humanity -- one which finds its contemporary apotheosis in President Obama's more prosaic rendition, "You didn't build that." ... MORE
James V. DeLong: America's Crisis Of Political Legitimacy
Finding the road back to consent and stability. The Founders were right to posit that a breakdown of the limits of government would cause a breakdown of consent. Only 22 percent of likely voters say the current government has the consent of the governed. Across many decades, my mind’s eye sees Professor Samuel Beer pacing the ... MORE
Daniel Greenfield: Why You Will Never Buy A Car Again
Obama cars are coming. If you’ve been waiting around to buy a new car, better hurry up. If Obama gets his way, the only car you will be able to buy will be a small hybrid cube and will cost more than you can afford. The Obama administration has finalized new fuel economy rules that will require the fleet-wide average of new cars and trucks sold in ... MOREThomas Sowell: Entitlement Reform
The young, not the elderly, should be alarmed. For those of us who like to believe that human beings are rational, trying to explain what happens in politics can be a real challenge. For example, that segment of the population that has the least to fear from a reform of Medicare or Social Security is the most fearful — namely, those already receiving ... MOREStephen Mauzy: Why Free Markets
The best political economy imaginable. To exchange for greater benefit is as natural to humans as any innate bodily function. Exchange needn't be taught or explicated. No inculcation need occur. It just happens. A kindergartener exchanges his juice box for another kindergartener's cupcake. Because of inequality of wants -- ... MOREJennifer Alexander: Why The Feds Won't Reschedule Pot
International treaty trumps national self-interest. Activists have been working for years to reform state and local marijuana laws throughout the nation through decriminalization, implementation of medical marijuana laws and, most recently, attempts at legalizing marijuana. Many opponents, and even some activists, argue ... MORE
Russell Hasan: Prostitution And Coercion
Economic pressure is not coercion. I was recently thinking about why prostitution is illegal. As a libertarian I think that it should be legal, as an extension of people’s absolute right to own their own bodies. But many Americans disagree. If there is a rational, persuasive argument against the legalization of prostitutes (or “sex workers,” as they should be ... MOREOmar Ghate: Ayn Rand's Appeal
The real question is why her appeal isn't greater. Paul Ryan is Romney’s pick for Vice President and now Ayn Rand’s name is on everyone’s lips. Many on the left are pillorying Ryan as an unrealistic “ideologue” because of his Rand connection. Many on the right accede, quickly trying to set aside Ryan’s admiration for "Atlas Shrugged" as youthful ... MORE
Walter E Williams: The Rich Don't Pay Enough?
Obama exploits ignorance on taxes. If you listen to America's political hacks, mainstream media talking heads and their socialist allies, you can't help but reach the conclusion that the nation's tax burden is borne by the poor and middleclass while the rich get off scot-free. Stephen Moore, senior economics writer for The Wall ... MORESteve Chapman: Truth About Obama & Welfare Reform
Detaching work mandates from welfare checks. The old line is that there's a simple way to know a politician is lying: His lips are moving. Odds are good that any lurid charge leveled against a candidate is largely fraudulent. So it was no surprise that when Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama of gutting welfare work requirements, fact checkers ... MOREBarry Farber: Who Can Blame Democratic Defectors?
Party faithful jump off a sinking ship. The deli restaurant in Miami Beach where I busboyed one college summer was Dubrow’s, on the south side of Lincoln Road. Our competitor, Wolfie’s, across the street leapt into the lead. About the only customers we ever got were when Wolfie’s was full. One night the boss came in and caught Jimmy, ... MORERonald Bailey: Someone's Watching
You can't escape the intrusive state. Privacy encompasses the real and virtual spaces where you can think your most heretical thoughts without the fear of social and political consequences and where you can seal the bonds of love and friendship. In Privacy, Garret Keizer grapples with the meaning and importance of maintaining places where ... MOREGary Owen: Housing Crisis Redux
New wave of subprime loans demanded by government. The 2008 melt down of the economy was a lesson. The government learned well and is doing it better this time. A new wave of subprime mortgages is here, more powerful than the tsunami that washed away the worlds economy with the Community Reinvestment Act. William Tucker informs us ... MORE
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