The president's unprecedented power grab. President Obama went over the constitutional cliff this week, demanding more power than the U.S. Constitution allows any president to have. All Americans — regardless of party affiliation — should shudder at the president's attempted power grab and say no. Compromising on taxes and ... MOREBetsy McCaughey: Obama Dives Over Constitutional Cliff
The president's unprecedented power grab. President Obama went over the constitutional cliff this week, demanding more power than the U.S. Constitution allows any president to have. All Americans — regardless of party affiliation — should shudder at the president's attempted power grab and say no. Compromising on taxes and ... MOREAnother State To Consider ObamaCare Nullification
Four and counting. Since the Supreme Court rendered its opinion on the constitutionality of a mandatory federal health care system last summer, many Americans consider the matter settled. But others recognize that despite the pronouncement of five robed federal employees, the Constitution still does not delegate Congress the ... MOREVIDEO: Censorship and "Unlearning Liberty"
Greg Lukianoff (FIRE), spoke with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie about his new book.
The Enterprise Of Law: Justice Without The State
A book review by George C. Leef. Nearly everyone agrees that a few core government functions —foremost among them the provision of law and justice—can’t be performed in a free market. A handful of rogue thinkers, however, questions this conventional wisdom. Foremost among them is Florida State University economics professor Bruce ... MOREPeter Schiff: The Fantasy Of A 91% Top Income Tax Rate
An Edsel of an economic idea. Democratic Party leaders, President Obama in particular, are forever telling the country that wealthy Americans are taxed at too low a rate and pay too little in taxes. The need to correct this seeming injustice is framed not simply in terms of fairness. Higher tax rates on the wealthy, we're told, would ... MOREMajority Of Young Voters Favor Bigger Government
Public school is serving its purpose. A Pew Research post-election poll found that a majority of young voters who were 18-29 years of age preferred bigger government. According to the survey, 59% of young voters said “government should do more to solve problems” while only 37% felt “government is doing too many things better left to businesses ... MOREDefending The World, Bankrupting Ourselves
by Steve Chapman. The argument for leaving 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 is more or less reasonable on its face. The Kabul government is fragile; our gains might be reversed; the Afghan military is not ready to stand on its own. Here's the unreasonable, unavoidable part: If we don't leave then, we probably never will. The lesson of the past ... MORECalifornia's Prop 30 Hits Entrepreneurs Hard
By Ethan Anderson. Nothing terrifies investors or entrepreneurs as much as the concept of expropriation.
When governments decide to expropriate legally obtained assets,
entrepreneurs who worked tirelessly to build businesses and investors
who risked scarce capital end up with little to nothing for their
troubles. In fact, developing countries often ... MORERichard Branson: War On Drugs A Trillion-Dollar Failure
Time for a reality check. Richard Branson is the founder of Virgin Group, with global branded
revenues of $21 billion, and a member of the Global Drug Commission. In 1925, H. L. Mencken wrote an impassioned plea: "Prohibition has not
only failed in its promises but actually created additional serious and
disturbing social problems throughout ... MOREJohn Stossel - Food Bunk
We'll all be poisoned! With America's "fiscal cliff" approaching, pundits wring their hands
over the supposed catastrophe that government spending cuts will bring. A
scare newsletter called "Food Poisoning Bulletin" warns that if
government reduces food inspections, "food will be less safe ...
(because) marginal companies ... ... MOREWarren Beatty: Global Warming Meets Economic Reality
Is global warming a myth or a reality? It all depends upon who you ask. This study says "yes." This study says "no." That world famous climatologist AlGore says that there is a "scientific consensus" that global warming is real. Really? From Skeptical Science, we get this. "There is no consensus. The Petition Project features over 31,000 scientists ... MORECops To Congress: We Need Logs Of Text Messages
Government's relentless war on privacy. AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and other wireless providers would
be required to record and store information about Americans' private
text messages for at least two years, according to a proposal that
police have submitted to the U.S. Congress. CNET has learned a constellation of law enforcement ... MOREThomas Mullen: Juries Can Nullify ObamaCare & Drug War
Nullification and secession? For libertarians, the reemergence of ideas like secession and state
nullification couldn’t be more welcome. Both are attempts to resist the
exercise of arbitrary power, which is power never delegated to the party
attempting to exercise it. They should remain the last resort for free
people to resist tyranny. ... MORELucy Madison: Poll Shows Voters Support Pot Legalization
Split on same-sex marriage. A month after voters in Colorado and Washington voted to legalize the use of recreational marijuana, a new poll from Quinnipiac University shows
a majority of Americans support the legalization of pot, signaling
potential support for similar ballot measures nationwide. According
to the poll, conducted between November ... MOREZach Walton: Verizon Patents A DVR That Spies On You
Cameras and microphones that monitor your home. Verizon is moving into the targeted ad business in a big way. The wireless carrier announced a new campaign yesterday called Verizon Selects
that would allow them to share a customer’s info with advertisers. Now
the carrier has patented a device that makes its previous tracking
efforts ... MORESylvia Bokor: Limiting Government
Individual rights have been bastardized. There is no such thing as "a right to a job," "a right to health care," "a right to a decent home," et cetera. No one can transform the actions of those that create products and/or services into another's purview. Today, violations of individual rights are so pervasive that many Americans are ignorant of ... MOREThomas Sowell - Fiscal Cliff Notes - Part II
Anything to expand the size and scope of government. One of the big advantages that President Obama has, as he plays "chicken" with the Congressional Republicans along the "fiscal cliff," is that Obama is a master of the plausible lie, which will never be exposed by the mainstream media-- nor, apparently, by the Republicans. A key lie that ... MORE
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