Debra J. Saunders: Price Of Obama's 'College Affordability'
Soaring debt encouraged by the president. "No family should have to set aside a college acceptance letter because they don't have the money," President Barack Obama told the Democratic National Convention as he accepted his party's nomination in Charlotte, N.C., this month. That sentence -- key in Obama's "college affordability" agenda ... MOREDrug Sentences Driving Federal Prison Population Growth
by Phillip Smith. In a report released Wednesday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that growth in the federal prison population is outstripping the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) rated capacity to house prisoners and that the bulge in federal prisoners is largely attributable to drug prisoners and longer sentences for them. That growing ... MORE
Rich Tucker: Limits On Free Speech? A Dangerous Message
So much for American values. Diplomats abroad represent the government of the United States. They must, therefore, speak with tact, but also with honesty. After all, most of the people they’re speaking to have no firsthand experience with the U.S. Our diplomats are teaching foreigners about America. In fact, the “primary purpose of United States ... MORESteve Chapman: Obama's Auto Fairy Tale
Taking credit for every car sold since 2009. I'm a little hazy on the particulars, but as I understand things from the Democratic convention, a team of Navy SEALs landed in Detroit to save General Motors, and then autoworkers ran over Osama bin Laden repeatedly with a Chevy Volt. Or something like that. What was clear, regardless, is that the same ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: What If November Changes Nothing?
What if the system is fixed? What if the principal parties’ candidates for president really agree more than they disagree? What if they both support the authority of the federal government to spy on Americans without search warrants? What if they both support confining foreigners, uncharged and untried, in Guantanamo Bay? ... MORERobert Rector: How Poor Is 'Poor'?
What's it mean to say 46 million people live in poverty? Yesterday morning, the U.S. Bureau of the Census released its annual report on income and poverty, saying that some 46.2 million Americans –15 percent of the population — were poor in 2011. The poverty rate did not fall from the prior year but remained at a near record high, the agency said. ... MORE8 Reasons To End Prohibition Of All Drugs Immediately
by J. G. Vibes. The drug war is one of the most misunderstood subjects in the mainstream political dialogue, even among people who are sympathetic to the plight of responsible drug users. It is rare for someone to come out and say that all drugs should be legal, but in all honesty this is the only logically consistent stance on the issue. To say that ... MORERandall Hoven: What's Strangling Job-Creation?
The mountain of government obstacles. Recessions were never fun, but we used to bounce back from them fairly quickly. The phrase "bounce back" actually applied. They were more like injuries in our youth: we could "walk them off." Healing was natural, speedy, and expected. But now it seems like every minor injury sends us to the hospital; ... MOREWhat The Federal Government Can Learn From The iPhone
by Robert Herritt. During the 2008 election, the Obama campaign touted a vision for a more user-friendly federal bureaucracy they called “iPod government.” It was one of the many pieces of rhetoric that was unceremoniously discarded once the votes were counted. But whether they knew it or not, they were onto something. And with today’s ... MOREJohn Stossel: The Clinton Myths
Here's to arrogance and delusion. Bill Clinton got rave reviews for his speech at the Democratic National Convention. My wife said: "Clinton was great. He made Republicans look like liars and losers." Clinton, now a sainted elder statesman, also gets credit for the booming economy of the '90s. Today, he appears in an Obama commercial — in full "I feel ... MOREJacob Sullum: The Democrats' Fake Freedoms
Unable to distinguish between rights and subsidies. Sandra Fluke’s claim to fame, aside from provoking Rush Limbaugh's misogynistic ire, is that she chose to attend Georgetown Law School, knowing full well that the Catholic university's student health plan did not cover birth control, and then demanded that the policy be changed ... MORE
Jake Horowitz: FBI Displays Police State Behavior
Ron Paul warned us this would happen. Ron Paul has long warned Americans of the dangers of a federal government-supported police state, and now, it seems his worst fears are coming to life. A 16-year-old Ron Paul supporter has been questioned by the FBI after he created a YouTube video for a school project which highlights how America is slipping into ... MOREVIDEO: Should Government Track Your Political Activity?
Technology takes 1974 legislation to a new level.
Robert Zubrin: Dethrone The EPA
Prosperity through liberty or depression by strangulation. The current presidential campaign hinges on jobs and the economy. Yet most of the debate has centered on peripheral issues such as the Bush tax cut, when there is a Tyrannosaurus in the room that is being virtually ignored. That monster is the EPA. The EPA is today the primary enemy of ... MOREElisabeth Meinecke: Domestic Drones And Spying
Should you be worried? There are two types of people that have anything to fear from domestic drones: those who have done something wrong … and those who haven’t. In the next 10 years, there will be a projected 15,000 drones, also known as Unmanned Aircraft Systems, in the U.S. This projection is cited by the Joint Planning and ... MOREEd Morrissey: Ending Privacy As We Know It
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s Nano-Drone! A new report from the Congressional Research Service warns that privacy may become a thing of the past in the approach Drone Age, and it may not just be the government taking a look down from the sky. The technology that allows us to fight a war with less risk also creates ... MOREThomas Sowell: Depending On Dependency
Shameless, but effective. The theme that most seemed to rouse the enthusiasm of delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte was that we are all responsible for one another — and that Republicans don't want to help the poor, the sick and the helpless. All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the ... MORE
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