Disempower the national elites. The bleating about broken government and partisanship continues: “Why can’t those boobs in Washington agree on anything?” We’re constantly told that the way to fix the country is to dethrone the Left and the Right and empower the middle. Americans Elect, No Labels, the Gangs of Six and Fourteen, conservative Democrats, and ... MORE
Operation Vast & Obvious grows ominous. When Operation Fast & Furious first broke into the news, many of us immediately questioned the DoJ's irrational rationale. The proffered assertion that the program was designed to track firearms purchased in America to leaders of the Mexican drug cartels simply made no sense. The glaringly obvious flaw in the ... MORE
Of socialized medicine, green energy and Keynesian economics. People are starting to worry that President Obama might be wobbling on his visionary "all of the above" program to bring on the green energy millennium, what with $5.00 gas in the Northeast states. But don't worry. Even though the administration will be changing its "optics" on energy by featuring ... MORE
Government should protect, not restrict, freedom. This country has many serious problems to address, but an activity that millions of people around the world voluntarily enjoy, mostly without incident, is not one of them and it certainly does not warrant a big new federal regulatory agency. In a recent op-ed in The Washington Examiner, former Pennsylvania ... MORE
Economic liberty means people getting what they want. "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." - Winston Churchill. Saying that capitalism is better than socialism is like saying that winning a million dollars is better than being in a high impact car crash. ... MORE
The busybody candidate's quest to save us from ourselves. The Daily Caller flags a little-discussed position paper on Rick Santorum’s campaign website—his pledge to aggressively prosecute those who produce and distribute pornography. Santorum avers that “America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography.” He pledges to use the ... MORE
Homeland Security's latest scheme to spot terrorists. The office of Homeland Security is warning that apparently innocuous behavior in passengers could be a sign that they are a terrorist. A presentation released by the New Jersey office of the agency warns that passengers yawning, developing goose bumps and appearing fidgety could all be ... MORE
"Creeping totalitarianism" is happening in America. Did you know that the federal government claims that it can take away your constitutional rights any time that it wants to? Over the past several decades, there have been an endless parade of laws and executive orders that have been slowly and methodically carving up our rights under the U.S. Constitution. ... MORE
For businesses and job seekers, that is. San Francisco recently raised its minimum wage to $10.24 per hour — $3 above both the Iowa and federal minimum pay threshold. That means, for somebody flipping burgers full-time at a Frisco In-N-Out, that comes to $21,299.20 a year. That’s the happy side of the minimum wage, and there’s no question that San Francisco’s ... MORE
What senators say citizens would be "stunned" to know. When two members of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee warn time and again that Americans would be alarmed if they knew how the government is secretly interpreting its surveillance powers under the Patriot Act, it’s time for Americans to, well, get alarmed. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and ... MORE
Standing up to relentless federal tyranny. In a stunning display of patriotism and courage, the state of Virginia is attempting to nullify parts of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), specifically the parts that include giving the federal government the power to arrest suspects on simply the suspicion of being a terrorist and indefinitely detaining suspects ... MORE