Carol Roth: Insider Trading Should Be Legalized
Information makes the market efficient. Former SAC Capital trader Mathew Martoma’s insider trading investigation is
just one of a bevy of high-profile insider trading cases that have come
to light in the past few years and I think spending time and effort on
these cases is a farce. Should
the allegations prove to be true, I am not ... MOREManny Fernandez: 'Secession Fever' Hits Texas
The bumper stickers are everywhere. In the weeks since President Obama’s re-election, Republicans around the country have been wondering how to proceed. Some conservatives in Texas have been asking a far more pointed question: how to secede. Secession fever has struck parts of Texas, which Mitt Romney won by nearly 1.3 million votes. ... MOREYaron Brook: Why The Glass-Steagall Myth Persists
Lies about the free market. The growth of government intervention over the last century was built on the back of a handful of myths. A generation ago, the dominant myth was that free markets had caused the Great Depression, a falsehood ultimately debunked by economists like Milton Friedman. Today, the key myth is ... MOREMore Evidence Of Growing Police State in America
California man jailed four days for recording cops. A California man was jailed for four days for attempting to record police officers on a public street. Daniel J. Saulmon was charged with resisting, delaying and obstructing an officer
but the video shows he was standing well out the way of a traffic stop
and was only arrested when ... MOREThomas DiLorenzo: The American Tradition Of Secession
"This country was born through secession." Leftists and neocons in the media who tend to agree on the propriety and desirability of an ever-growing welfare/warfare/police state were predictably apoplectic when Ron Paul recently stated on his House Web site that secession is "a deeply American principle." Congressman Paul ... MORELaurence M Vance: Why Are Brothels Illegal?
Contempt for the principles of liberty and self-ownership. In contrast to the boring and predictable presidential candidates, there are some unusually colorful candidates who somehow manage to get into office each time there is an election. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was twice elected to the California governorship. Professional wrestler Jesse ... MOREWhy Minimum Wage Laws Hurt, Not Help, Employees
by James Street. I began working at the ripe old age of 15. I refereed paintball on
the weekends. And it sucked. It was hot, stinky, I wasn't a big fan of
most of my fellow employees, my boss was a jerk, and I got paid $6 an
hour. I only worked 12 hours a week or so, and being a single teenager,
Uncle Sam raped me royally on taxes. One would think that such a ... MOREWhat Pot Legalization Means To The Pro-Freedom Agenda
by Steven Greenhut. When it comes to real political change, the people almost always are light years ahead of the politicians, most of whom are so worried about re-election that they take only carefully crafted positions that appeal to their core constituencies. If anything, the general election reaffirmed the big-government
status quo, but ... MOREDHS Wants To Double Predator Drone Fleet Within The U.S.
Despite safety and privacy concerns. Despite renewed criticism from both parties in Congress that domestic drones pose a privacy danger to US citizens—and a report from its own Inspector General recommending to stop buying them—the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has indicated it wants to more
than double its fleet of Predator ... MOREUnion Fail: Walmart Reports Record Sales
The people vote with their pocketbooks. Despite union efforts to target retailers like Walmart, businesses are reporting record Black Friday traffic – the biggest sign yet that the unions are out of touch with the American people. Starting at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, Walmart put its products on Black Friday sale, sparking a run to the stores and ... MOREDavid Davenport: The ObamaCare Battle Is Far From Over
The House could make implementation difficult. With the defeat of Mitt Romney, Obamacare dodged a presidential repeal bullet, but serious threats to the sweeping reform of healthcare remain. In fact, given that the most important piece of domestic legislation in nearly fifty years was enacted on a party-line vote, it should not be surprising that as ... MOREPreacher Fights City's Warrantless Search Requirement
by Bob Unruh. A Pennsylvania preacher is taking a fight over his city’s demand for a warrantless search of his residence to the U.S. Supreme Court, contending the requirement forces him to choose between two fundamental civil rights. The appeal has been filed by the Rutherford Institute on behalf of street preacher and evangelist Michael ... MOREGlenn Garvin: States' Rights? They Aren't Just For Racists
The people's esistance to federal tyranny. Trying to lend one of his 2008 campaign speeches a little literary heft, Barack Obama borrowed a phrase from William Faulkner: “The past isn’t dead and buried. In fact, it isn’t even past.” Four years later, the president may be considering himself, however ruefully, a prophet. For it looks like much of his second ... MOREGeorge Neumayr: Enlightened Bribery
What Lincoln and Obama share in common. "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul," said the English writer George Bernard Shaw. Mitt Romney would agree. His post-election analysis of Obama's success at bribing voters ran along the same lines. "What the president's campaign did was focus on ... MOREJohn Stossel: About That Fiscal Cliff
It's less frightening than the bankruptcy cliff. Yikes, we're headed toward a fiscal cliff! It will crush the
economy! Or so the media and politicians tell us. The "cliff" is a series of tax increases and budget cuts that automatically go into effect Jan. 1 unless Congress acts. Will Congress act? It will! I see the future: The politicians will meet ... MORE
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