Energy Independence For America Is Here!

New boom reshapes oil world, rocks North Dakota. A couple months ago, Jake Featheringill and his wife got robbed. It wasn't serious. No one was home at the time, and no one got hurt. But for Featheringill, it was just the latest in a string of bad luck. "We made a decision," he says. "We decided to pick up and move in about three days. Packed all our stuff ... MORE

Gary Horne: How About No Taxes At All?

The unlimited power to tax. Recent debates about who pays taxes and how much miss the point. Instead, people should be asking why the current system allows unlimited power to tax, restricted only by the "wisdom" of Congress. The taxing power of the federal government was debated prior to ratification of the Constitution. The Pennsylvania minority, who ... MORE

Jonah Goldberg: Tyranny Of The Typical

Society and government are not interchangeable terms. And now let us recall the "Fable of the Shoes." In his 1973 "LibertarianManifesto," the late Murray Rothbard argued that the biggest obstacle in the road out of serfdom was "status quo bias." In society, we're accustomed to rapid change. "New products, new life styles, new ideas are often embraced ... MORE