VIDEO: Ayn Rand - Is Atlas Shrugging?

Gustin L Reichbach: A Judge's Plea For Medical Marijuana

A law that requires the innocent to suffer. Three and a half years ago, on my 62nd birthday, doctors discovered a mass on my pancreas. It turned out to be Stage 3 pancreatic cancer. I was told I would be dead in four to six months. Today I am in that rare coterie of people who have survived this long with the disease. But I did not foresee that after having dedicated    ... MORE

What Does Ron Paul Have Against Gary Johnson?

by Ben Jacobs.   Why won’t Ron Paul back Gary Johnson? On a campaign conference call today, campaign spokesperson Jesse Benton said that Paul would not back Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson under any circumstances.  This was the most definitive language used by Benton on a call laced with caveats.  Benton said that Paul was “not likely” to   ... MORE

VIDEO: 3 Lies About Wisc Gov. Scott Walker Recall

Tricia Escobedo: Group Argues Weed Is Safer Than Booze

Ad campaign injects reality into Colorado debate.   Colorado advocacy group is spending thousands of dollars to convince people that smoking pot is safer than drinking alcohol. It's an attempt by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol to rally support for a vote in November that would legalize the drug for recreational use.  ... MORE

Investors.Com: ALEC And The Left's War On Free Speech

Journalists show their "free speech" colors. If you want an insight into today's left, look at its multifront war against the American Legislative Exchange Council for committing the grave sin of pushing free-market bills in state legislatures. At a recent meeting in Washington, Aniello Alioto of ProgressNow Colorado summed up the left-wing's campaign against  ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: Is There A Drone In Your Backyard?

What happened to the right to be left alone? Earlier this week, the federal government announced that the Air Force might be dispatching drones to a backyard near you. The stated purpose of these spies in the sky is to assist local police to find missing persons or kidnap victims, or to chase bad guys. If the drone operator sees you doing anything of interest  ... MORE

ObamaCare Patient-Dumping, Privacy Meddling & Cronyism


by Michelle Malkin.   The stench of Chicago cronyism over the White House just got fouler. Inhale this: A shadowy $10 billion Obamacare agency with zero oversight just awarded first lady Michelle Obama’s pet patient-dumping scheme at the University of Chicago Medical Center a $5.9 million taxpayer-funded grant. It will enable Mrs. Obama’s cronies to build a ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Regulation Nation

Ted Nugent: The Great California Nightmare

Bankrupt state serves as a warning to the rest of AmericaI was reminded of that last week when I heard from Sergei Shevchuk, a reader who was flying from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Delta Air Lines. "I was pleasantly surprised when an officer advised me not to take out my laptop and liquids and to keep my shoes and jacket on," he told me. "They said they've been   ... MORE

When Will Obama Evolve On The Drug War?

by Sheldon Richman. Much is made of how President Obama’s position on same-sex marriage has “evolved” to an endorsement of legalization. One hopes his position on the atrocity called the “war on drugs” is evolving. It’s not really a war on drugs. It’s a war on people, most of whom have committed no violence or other aggression against person or     ... MORE

VIDEO: Don Boudreaux: Why I Am A Libertarian

Christopher Elliot: What Do Really Know About The TSA?

Enough to know they should be defunded?  When it comes to the TSA, you may know less than you think. I was reminded of that last week when I heard from Sergei Shevchuk, a reader who was flying from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Delta Air Lines. "I was pleasantly surprised when an officer advised me not to take out my laptop and liquids ... MORE

Julie Stachowiak: Confirmed. Medical Marijuana Helps MS

Could scientists know more than politicians? I'll admit, I found it a little weird to see this all over the news of the multiple sclerosis world. I kind of thought we already pretty much knew that marijuana helped with certain MS symptoms. I guess the big news here is that this was a well-run, rigorous (albeit small) study. In this study, published in the      ... MORE

Robert Costa: The Younger Paul Eyes 2016

Libertarians take heart, Rand Paul rises.    As Representative Ron Paul, a 76-year-old Texan, slows down his presidential campaign, libertarians are looking for their next champion. But their search will be short. Over the past two years, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, the candidate’s charismatic son, has established himself as a favorite ... MORE

John Stossel: Making Life Fair

Do you really want to surrender your fate to politicians?   When my wife was a liberal, she complained that libertarian reasoning is coldhearted. Since markets produce winners and losers -- and many losers did nothing wrong -- market competition is cruel. It must seem so. President Obama used the word "fair" in his last State of the Union address   ... MORE

VIDEO: FOX NEWS - Government Eyes In The Sky

NY Post: The Senate's Foolish USPS Bailout

A good reason for taxpayers to go postal. The US Postal Service is so mired in debt that nothing can save it from going bust — but the Senate is trying to dump a $33.7 billion bailout in its lap anyway. Against the Postal Service’s wishes. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe did something brave last year: He tried to bring USPS into the age of instant electronic  ... MORE

Paul Joseph Watson: Talking Surveillance Cameras

See what's coming to a street near you.    Talking surveillance cameras that bark orders at passers-by and can also record conversations are heading for U.S. streets, with manufacturer Illuminating Concepts announcing the progress of its ‘Intellistreets’ system. As we first reported last year, high tech street lights with “homeland security       ... MORE

VIDEO: Is Free Enterprise Really Based on Greed?

Emily O'Neill: Public School Is Prison For Patriots

Public education teaches not to question authority.   When I was twelve, my mom took me out of public school and homeschooled me. I chose my own reading list and learned all I could about politics, law, and history. Eventually my mom didn’t have to call meetings at the kitchen table to check on my progress. I wanted to learn — and I wanted to arrive at my  ... MORE