Regulation is not prohibition. Kansas recently adopted a so-called "Second Amendment Protection Act." The law provides that Kansans can ignore any federal law that attempts to regulate guns in Kansas if the guns in question were made in Kansas and stay there. It would apply, for example, to a federal ban on assault weapons. Yet more ... MOREBarry Friedman: Guns, Pot And States Rights
Regulation is not prohibition. Kansas recently adopted a so-called "Second Amendment Protection Act." The law provides that Kansans can ignore any federal law that attempts to regulate guns in Kansas if the guns in question were made in Kansas and stay there. It would apply, for example, to a federal ban on assault weapons. Yet more ... MOREPhyllis Chester: The Crisis Of Individualism
A death knell for free thought? Suddenly, the price of speaking one’s mind has gotten very high. You may agree on every issue save one; dare to share your independent or dissident view—and you might shut down the conversation or lose all your friends. Since this kind of censorship and self-censorship has been going on for some ... MORE
Washington Times: Another Crony For The Cabinet
The puppet show continues. President Obama’s choice of Hyatt hotel heiress Penny Pritzker as secretary of commerce, to be taken up Thursday by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, puts Democrats on the panel between that famous rock and a hard place. Like the loyal soldiers they are, the panel’s 13 ... MOREOAS To Whitehouse: High Time To Consider Legalizing Pot
by Tim Padgett. On the Latin American street, the Organization of American States has always borne a reputation, often undeserved, as Washington’s lackey. But the OAS, based in Washington, just sent the western hemisphere a message the White House would rather not hear: It’s time to seriously discuss legalizing marijuana as one means ... MOREShikha Dalmia: The Conservative Welfare State
Ann Coulter is no friend of liberty. Conservative crank Ann Coulter has made a career out of bad manners, so it was no surprise when she slammed her libertarian hosts at the annual International Students for Liberty confab in February as “pussies.” That was almost a compliment, compared to “drunks” and “horny hicks,” two other terms ... MOREGene Healy: Should Obama Be Impeached?
We've had too few impeachments in American history. You may be appalled about IRS inquisitions for Tea Party groups and dragnet subpoenas for investigative reporters, but what's really outrageous, according to some commentators, is that a couple of Republicans recently dared to use the "I-word"—"impeachment." ... MOREBarry Farber: Put Your Money On 'Distancing'
Barack who? OK, all of you who share my shameful habit of writing history before it happens: It’s time to lay the money on your favorite square. Will all the hydra-headed horrors whip-lashing the Obama White House spend themselves out splashing against a Democratic seawall in the Senate, and the media-corps awaken in the middle of the night ... MOREMoral Bias At The New York Times
by Tibor R. Machan. The headline said it all: “Confusion and Staff Troubles Rife at I.R.S. Office in Ohio.” No mention of mendacity, of evil, of meanness, of vice, Nada. For liberals their own pals are never morally amiss. They may make mistakes, be confused and have troubles. But guilty of malpractice never! Only Republicans and others who ... MORERalph Benko: The Rise Of Rand Paul
What it means for the libertarian movement. Libertarianism, thanks, among other factors, to the emergence of leading presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, is coming to the fore. It is presenting itself in fresh, less eccentric, and increasingly attractive ways. Moderate libertarianism may be capturing the fancy of an overtaxed, ... MORE
Senator Uses Oklahoma Tornado To Pimp Her Carbon Tax
by Michael Bastasch. California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer blamed the tornado that devastated Oklahoma on global warming during a Senate floor speech Tuesday, using the opportunity to push her own plan to tax carbon dioxide emissions. “This is climate change,” Boxer said. “This is climate change. We were warned about extreme ... MOREObama's War Against The Free Press Gets Creepier
by J.D. Tuccille. Perhaps the most chilling aspect of the U.S. Department of Justice "investigation" of Fox News chief correspondent James Rosen isn't the intrusive tracking of his movements and contacts — although that's disturbing enough — but the basis for the criminal charges he may ultimately face. At its heart, the allegation ... MOREThe IRS Targeted Conservatives Because It Could
by Peter Suderman. The opening day excuse for the
IRS targeting conservative groups requesting tax exempt status was
that the IRS was facing an unusual influx of applicants. But that
turns out not to have been the case. Applications for tax exempt
501 groups didn’t surge in 2010. In fact, the
number of applicants was
down in every category from ... MOREThomas Sowell: Undoing The Brainwashing
Help your student out. This time of year, as college students return home for the summer, many parents may notice how many politically correct ideas they have acquired on campus. Some of those parents may wonder how they can undo some of the brainwashing that has become so common in what are supposed to be institutions of higher ... MOREGarrett Quinn: The Free State Project Grows Up
Libertarians are changing the face of New Hampshire. In 2001 a Yale doctoral student named Jason Sorens published an essay in the small webzine The Libertarian Enterprise, lamenting the failure of libertarian efforts at the ballot box. “Nothing’s working,” he wrote, because libertarians are scattered. The only way to have a real ... MORE
Obama Scandals Bring MSNBC To 7-Year Low
by Dominic Patten. The scandals of the Obama administration seem to be hurting not just the White House but MSNBC as well, while Fox News Channel has just scored its second-best week of the year. After double-digit gains during last year’s presidential election, May 13-17 saw the progressive-aligned “Lean Forward” news network hit new lows ... MORECal Thomas: Tyranny Is No Longer 'Lurking'
It has become a fact of life. Given last week's revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it's worth recalling President Obama's Ohio State University commencement address. The president decried "voices" warning "that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner." It's no longer lurking. It's here. ... MOREDOJ Leaked Docs To Smear Fast & Furious Whistleblower
by Matthew Boyle. The Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General published a new report Monday that confirms former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke leaked a document intended to smear Operation Fast and Furious scandal whistleblower John Dodson. The DOJ IG said it found “Burke’s conduct in disclosing the Dodson memorandum ... MORE
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