Home of capitalism. The United States, perceived to be a champion of economic freedom, plunged to a new low, number 18, in the latest rankings of the 2012 Economic Freedom of the World report co-authored by Florida State University economics Professor James Gwartney. The report is published by Canada's Fraser Institute in cooperation with ... MOREFSU: U.S. Drops To 18th In Economic Freedom
Home of capitalism. The United States, perceived to be a champion of economic freedom, plunged to a new low, number 18, in the latest rankings of the 2012 Economic Freedom of the World report co-authored by Florida State University economics Professor James Gwartney. The report is published by Canada's Fraser Institute in cooperation with ... MORENew Technology Gives Police Power To Block Devices
No more shooting video of protests, cops? Apple has patented a piece of technology which would allow government and police to block transmission of information, including video and photographs, from any public gathering or venue they deem “sensitive”, and “protected from externalities.” In other words, these powers will have control over ... MORE
Why Business (& The Rest Of Us) Need Limited Government
by Jaana Woiceshyn. Many people take government involvement in the economy for granted. They agree that government should, among other things, determine who business should hire (equal opportunity/affirmative action legislation), what and how to pay employees (minimum wage laws, insider trading laws) and how ... MORERalph R. Reiland: We're Going Backward
Obama keeps saying we're moving forward. They say the economy is moving in the right direction, that we should stay the course, that it takes time to pull out of the recession that began in late 2007. In fact, things are getting worse. The economy was creating 153,000 new jobs per month last year. That dropped during the first seven months ... MOREWalter E Williams - Academic Dishonesy
Preparation for failure? Many of the nation's colleges and universities have become cesspools of indoctrination, intolerance, academic dishonesty and an "enlightened" form of racism. This is a decades-old trend. In a 1991 speech, Yale President Benno Schmidt warned: "The most serious problems of freedom of expression in our society today exist on our campuses. The assumption ... MOREBruce Bialosky: Crony Capitalism Running Rampant
No limits to political arrogance. “Government ’help’ to business is just as disastrous as government
persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national
prosperity is by keeping its hands off.” That is what Ayn Rand has to
say about government involvement in the world of business, but the full
extent of this practice is difficult to nail down ... MORERaquel Okyay: Golden State Devalues Gun Rights
California's political thugs seek to shred basic rights. We know America is in big trouble when power corrupted law enforcement and California’s liberal state legislature ban together to create new laws that regulate, pre-punish, and harass law abiding gun owners. In the name of safety and protection, lawmakers being obsessed with violating ... MORENew Hampshire Jury Exercises Its Nullification Powers
Empowered jury just says 'no' -- to the law. In a developing story that has hit Reason.com, an NH jury has acquitted a man facing a felony for growing cannabis! It’s our first real-life case of jury nullification here in NH and the jury nullification law hasn’t even gone into effect yet. Kudos to the judge for reading a fair and easy-to-understand jury ... MOREChicago Strike Shows Why We Need School Choice
by Star Parker. It says something about today’s public education reality that the two sides in the teachers’ union dispute in Chicago are the union and the mayor. Allegedly the point of schools is to educate children. But which side in this dispute has sole interest in children and their parents? The answer, of course, is neither side.Unions are about ... MOREVIDEO: Social Security As A Wealth Redistribution
Walter E Williams explains Social Security is really a handout.
A. Randazzo: How Quantitative Easing Helps The Rich
And soaks the rest of us. The decision is in: Unlimited quantitative easing. That was the announcement from the Federal Open Market Committee this afternoon, launching a third round of purchases of securities in a bid to boost the economy and reduce unemployment. This time, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and crew are ... MOREWashington Times: Saving Gas, Wasting Lives
Costly consequences of the new fuel-efficiency standards. President Obama’s latest fuel-efficiency decree means consumers will have to turn in their SUVs and pickup trucks for tiny, European-style city cars within the next few years. It’s also likely to produce another, more costly consequence: a lot more death on America’s roads. Last month, ... MOREDebra 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? ... MORE
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