Oh-Oh, Even California's Turning On Obama

by Andrew Malcolm.     As everyone knows, California is the la-de-dah, laid-back land of liberalism that's been Barack Obama's political ATM for six years. Hollywood stars have loved him, fronted multi-multi-million-dollar fundraisers for him. The most populous state (home to 12 of every 100 Americans) has a Democrat governor again, two female     ... MORE

VIDEO: FOX NEWS - The ObamaCare Payment Scheme

John Stossel: Real Charity

'Tis the season for giving.       But when you give, do you know your money will help someone? Social workers say, "Don't give to beggars." Those who do give are "enablers," helping alcoholics and drug users to continue bad habits. It's better to give to charities that help the "homeless." I put "homeless" in quotes because my TV       ... MORE

Katie Kieffer: Hope For A Cure To ObamaCancer

Mr. Forward, Barack Obama, is not forwarding health;     he’s forwarding cancer. He’s on “one more campaign” to pitch ObamaCare, which is quickly metastasizing into ObamaCancer. Where’s our hope for a cure? Two weeks ago, President Obama said: “I’ve run my last political campaign, but I’ve got one more campaign in me, and that’s   ... MORE

Crony Capitalism Drives Airport Security

from The Dollar Vigilante Blog.     There is yet another reason not to fly into or within the US. “Nazi-style detention pods” – that's what opponents of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have called the new “exit pods” being tested at the Syracuse (NY) airport. But the pods are not primarily a rape of civil rights. Their import       ... MORE

Keith Laing: Bill Would Nearly Double Federal Gasoline Tax

Government continues to make life more expensive.      Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) is introducing legislation that would nearly double the 18.4-cents-per-gallon federal gas tax that is traditionally used to pay for federal transportation projects. Blumenauer's bill would increase the gas tax by 15 cents, matching a proposal that was     ... MORE

VIDEO: Murray Rothbard - The Government Is NOT Us

Kimberley Strassel: How Bureaucrats Wield Anti-Trust Laws

Piano sonata in FTC minor.       Teddy Roosevelt busted Standard Oil. The Obama administration? It's making the world safe from rapacious piano teachers. Every month, it seems, brings a new story of this presidency leveling the intimidating powers of the federal government against some law-abiding citizen. Now comes a terrifying tale     ... MORE

High Court Hides From Online Retailers Tax Case

One government arm serves the other.       Amazon.com Inc and other online retailers with no physical presence in New York State must go on collecting sales tax after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a legal challenge to the law that requires it. The court order means the New York law remains intact and the high court  ... MORE

VIDEO: Government Is A Little Sensitive About Free Speech


Surprising that shirt maker wasn't charged with passing federal secrets.

Andrew Stiles: ObamaCare And Its Cronies

The best government money can buy.         Despite the myriad problems with Obamacare’s rollout, health-insurance companies are not tempering their support for the controversial law. The industry is even gearing up for an expensive “PR blitz” to enroll people in the exchanges, which should come as no surprise. In the words of former        ... MORE

Peter Suderman: ObamaCare Is Working Fine

As long as no one tries to use it.        In an op-ed for USA Today published yesterday evening, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius touted recent progress the Obamacare tech team has made on repair efforts to the health law’s troubled online insurance portal, HealthCare.gov. “The site is running faster, it's         ... MORE

Forbes: The Bankruptcy Of Modern Economics

Examples of intellectual illness.    The resounding victory of N.J. Governor Chris Christie has people speculating about the 2016 presidential race, particularly on the Republican side, since it’s a given among pols and pundits that Hillary Clinton’s nomination for the Democrats is a foregone conclusion (it isn’t, but that’s another discussion).     ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: A Challenge To Our Beliefs

Do facts matter more than social visions?       Depressing news about black students scoring far below white students on various mental tests has become so familiar that people in different parts of the ideological spectrum have long ago developed their different explanations for why this is so. But both may have to do some rethinking,   ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Spreading Liberty Online

Doug Altner: Why 1.4 Million Americans Work At Wal-Mart

With many more trying to.        Observe any hiring center for a new Walmart and you will see thousands of individuals eager to become a Walmart associate. Many already have jobs at fast food restaurants, supermarkets, or other retail stores. LaShawn Ross, 29, worked for McDonald’s and Winn-Dixie before taking a job at a brand new  ... MORE

Walter E Williams: Blacks And Obama

The shadow cast by the president's failure.     In a March 2008 column, I criticized pundits' concerns about whether America was ready for Barack Obama, suggesting that the more important issue was whether black people could afford Obama. I proposed that we look at it in the context of a historical tidbit. In 1947, Jackie Robinson, after      ... MORE

VIDEO: Why Are So Many Violent Criminals Walking Free

Bob Livingston: The Extra-Constitutional President

Congress is abdicating its power.         In delaying portions of Obamacare, President Barack Obama — the undocumented usurper currently occupying the people’s house — has taken on powers not granted him under the Constitution. This is very simple to understand, yet most people seem to be turning a blind eye to the fact.      ... MORE

Brian Doherty: Higher Is Healthier?

Surprising findings from psychedelic science.      Despite what you might have learned from old government-sponsored black-and-white educational films or hippie-era exploitation flicks, psychedelic drugs do not drive you inexorably insane. A new study in PLoSOne, an online peer-reviewed journal from the Public Library of Science,          ... MORE