by John Hayward. Economic freedom is the practical expression of liberty – if we’re not free to sell our goods and labor, spending and investing the proceeds as we see fit, we’re not truly “free” to do anything except complain about how the government treats us. And if we don’t have access to valid information about the government, and ... MOREEconomic Liberty Vs. Big Government Illusions
by John Hayward. Economic freedom is the practical expression of liberty – if we’re not free to sell our goods and labor, spending and investing the proceeds as we see fit, we’re not truly “free” to do anything except complain about how the government treats us. And if we don’t have access to valid information about the government, and ... MOREJury Nullification Has Long History Of Righting Wrong Laws
by Frank Parlato. Because justice is a result, not just a process. In 1215, when the Barons of England compelled King John to sign the Magna Carta, trial by jury was established. The King now had to seek permission through 12 citizens unanimous in their verdict before he could take anyone's freedom away. That’s why we have jury trials: To ... MOREVictor Davis Hanson: The Oldest Divide - Urban Vs. Rural
The freedom culture is outnumbered. Of all the growing divides in America—red-blue, conservative-liberal, Republican-Democrat, white-nonwhite—none is sharper than that between city and country. The nation’s urbanites increasingly govern those living in the hinterlands, even as vanishing rural Americans still feed and fuel the nation. At the ... MOREAs If There Are Not Enough Crooks In Government, Obama To Sign Executive Order Forcing The State To Hire More
by Ben Shapiro. Ever in search of benefits to hand leftist constituencies, Democrats have decided to give goodies to their most natural constituency of all: criminals. According to the Associated Press, President Obama will announce executive orders Monday attempting to prevent screening for prior criminality in government hiring. ... MOREWalter E Williams: Attacking Our Founders
History, without context, is of negligible value. Many of my columns speak highly of the wisdom of our nation's founders. Every once in a while, I receive an ugly letter sarcastically asking what do I think of their wisdom declaring blacks "three-fifths of a human." It's difficult to tell whether such a question is prompted by ignorance or is the fruit ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: The Ben Carson Flap
Conservative blacks disrupt the MSM narrative. Dr. Ben Carson's whole life has been very unusual, so perhaps we should not be surprised to see the latest twist — the media going ballistic over discrepancies in a few things he said. Years ago, when I was writing some autobiographical sketches, I dug up old letters, to check out ... MORE
Stephen Moore: Does EPA Need Guns, Ammo And Armor?
Government's environmental SWAT teams. The Environmental Protection Agency spent millions of dollars over the
last decade on guns, ammo, body armor, camouflage equipment, unmanned
aircraft, amphibious assault ships, radar and night-vision gear and
other military-style weaponry and surveillance activities, according to a
new ... MOREMore Trouble For Jerry Brown's Rail Boondoggle
by Steven Greenhut. Moonbeam's plan no longer resembles original proposal. One of the biggest problems with California Gov. Jerry Brown's efforts to battle climate change is the "do or die" nature of the situation. Based on his rhetoric, there's little room for debate over costs, benefits, details and oversight. When the future of the Earth is at stake, ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: The Mistress of Deception
Don't trust that tongue, even if it's notarized. The self-inflicted wounds of Hillary Rodham Clinton just keep manifesting themselves. She has two serious issues that have arisen in the past week; one is political and the other is legal. Both have deception at their root. Her political problem is one of credibility. We know from her emails that ... MORECharles Seeburger: 10 Facts About The Economics Of Weed
From black market to free market. From the legal markets thriving in states like Colorado and Washington, to the underground trade that generates billions of Mexican cartels, the economics of weed are crazy. Ganja. Smoke. Dro. Chronic. Spliffage. The names are as varied as the opinions about it: from rather innocuous plant, to cure all, to ... MOREMarcus E. Howard: The Pentagon Has Squandered Millions Paying Pro Sports Teams To Honor Soldiers At Games
It's like paying a whore to say, "I love you." The Pentagon and National Guard paid professional sports teams to publicly honor soldiers at sporting events, according to a Senate oversight report released Wednesday that labeled the practice “inappropriate and frivolous.” Since the end of 2011, the military has spent $6.8 million on sports ... MORESheldon Richman: Representative Government Is A Fiction
If we really live under a representative government, how can a president take the country to war in Syria without even a show vote in Congress? "The success of government...," the late historian Edmund Morgan wrote,
"requires the acceptance of fictions, requires the willing suspension
of disbelief, requires us to believe that the emperor ... MOREIn Iowa, Braiding Hair Risks Heavy Fines, Even Jail Time
by Nick Sibilla. Achan Agit is no stranger to oppression. Born in what is now South Sudan, Achan was forced to flee her
homeland in 2001 during the Second Sudanese Civil War. After living in
Egypt as a refugee for three years (amid rampant xenophobia and racism),
in 2004, she came to the United States and became a lawful permanent
resident. ... MORE
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