Why no centennial celebration? December 23, 2013 marks the centennial of a disastrous transformation of the American Republic. On December 23, 1913, the Federal Reserve System was created. Woodrow Wilson believed that central planning could make America better. His informal deputy, Colonel House (who was not really a colonel ... MOREBruce Walker: The Federal Reserve's Century Of Failure
Why no centennial celebration? December 23, 2013 marks the centennial of a disastrous transformation of the American Republic. On December 23, 1913, the Federal Reserve System was created. Woodrow Wilson believed that central planning could make America better. His informal deputy, Colonel House (who was not really a colonel ... MOREWesley Pruden: A Global Warming Scam That Will Not Die
We were all supposed to be dead by now, fried to a toasty potatolike chip. Or doomed to die with the polar bears. It was to be a soggy end for the most beautiful planet in the cosmos and for all the passengers riding on it. The global alarmists never quite got their story of fright and fear straight, whether by now we would be fried or ... MORE
Ryan Goodman: A Blow Against Big Brother
Edward Snowden brings the world together. The United Nations General Assembly is expected to approve a resolution
recognizing an international “right to privacy in the digital age” — a
significant political development in response to the controversy over
the surveillance tactics of the United States National Security ... MORE Peggy Noonan: The Grinch Who Stole Health Care
You know what I am talking about. This is the year that the Democrats "have blown up the American health-care system." The quote is from Peggy Noonan's qualified approval of the Ryan-Murray copout. You see, back in the golden age of George W. Bush, Democrats were mad as hell. How could the American people be so stupid, ... MORE
Ten Ways The War On Drugs Changed Forever In 2013
If the people lead, leaders will follow. 2013 will go down in history as the beginning of the end of our disastrous war on drugs. Fifty-eight percent of Americans nationally support marijuana legalization. World leaders like former U.N. head Kofi Annan are calling for an end to the drug war. U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., is ... MORETSA's Mission Creep Making America A Police State
From patdowns to checkpoints and roadblocks. Ever since 2010, when the Transportation Security Administration started requiring that travelers in American airports submit to sexually intrusive gropings based on the apparent anti-terrorism principle that "If we can't feel your nipples, they must be a bomb", the agency's craven apologists ... MOREJeffrey A. Singer: Vaccination And Free Choice
A free society must tolerate bad choices. In the 2002 sci-fi noir film Minority
Report, PreCrime, a specialized police agency,
apprehends people who are forecast to commit crimes. No trial is
necessary because the not-yet-committed crime is considered a
vision of the future and thus a matter of fact. The film’s plot
challenges ... MORE
Walter E Williams: The Pope And Capitalism
Economic theories that are far from divine. Pope Francis, in his apostolic exhortation, levied charges against free market capitalism, denying that "economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world" and concluding that "this opinion ... has never been ... MOREThe Legacy Of Obama's Health Care Lies
by Peter Suderman. Less than a week before the
October launch of the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance
exchanges, President Obama delivered a speech in Largo, Maryland
explaining how the new health care would work, and what Americans
in different circumstances could expect. “Even before the Affordable Care Act fully takes effect, about
85 ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: The End Of Childhood
In the era of the emerging American police state. It wouldn’t be a week in America without another slew of children being punished for childish behavior under the regime of zero tolerance which plagues our nation’s schools. Here are some of the latest incidents. In Pennsylvania, a ten-year-old boy was suspended for shooting an imaginary ... MORESheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control
by Erica Goode. When Sheriff John Cooke of Weld County explains in speeches why he is not enforcing the state’s new gun laws, he holds up two 30-round magazines. One, he says, he had before July 1, when the law banning the possession, sale or transfer of the large-capacity magazines went into effect. The other, he “maybe” obtained afterward. ... MOREFederal Prison Population Grows 27% In Ten Years
Who says government fails to stimulate growth? The number of federal prison inmates has grown 27 percent in the last decade, according the Government Accountability Office (GAO). In a report examining the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) budget, the GAO found that prison population is rising: The Department of Justice’s ... MORECop Shoots Mother Of 3 In Head During Botched Drug Raid
The war against drugs is a war against us. The American Drug War claimed another casualty when a woman was shot in the head while sitting on a couch by an incompetent police officer, who fired his weapon through an exterior wall prior to raiding the home. At about 10:30 p.m. on December 11th, a group of cops calling themselves ... MOREMinimum Wage Hikes Are Too Good To Be True
by Steve Chapman. If you offer people something that is too good to be true, you will always find takers. Ask Bernie Madoff. Or ask Barack Obama. He recently proposed an increase in the minimum wage—an idea that suits the natural predilections of many people enough to distract them from the unsentimental and unwelcome logic of ... MORE
Relentless Quest For Child Safety Making Us Very Stupid
by Scott Beaulier. Regulations are on the rise in almost every area of our lives. While
some regulations, such as requiring kids to be buckled in automobiles
make sense, others are plain silly. In Corlaville, Iowa and Midway, Georgia, for example, kids are not allowed to run lemonade stands without permits and government approval. In the entire ... MORE
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