David Grant: Rand Paul Wants To Abolish The TSA

Petition to establish a passenger bill of rights. Forget the Fed, for now – Sen. Rand Paul wants to shut down the TSA. The Kentucky Republican is drafting legislation to end the Transportation Safety Administration and to establish a passenger bill of rights, according to a spokesman from his office. When those bills hit, they'll likely be accompanied by a deluge of ... MORE

Peter Morici: Discouraged Americans Quit Looking To Work

Despair is setting in.    The economy added 115,000 jobs in April -- much less than expected and not enough to keep up with natural population growth. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1% because another 522,000 adults quit looking for work and are no longer counted. In the weakest recovery since the Great Depression more than four-fifths of the reduction in ... MORE

R B Parrish: Supremes Uphold Your Right To Be Framed

"A prosecutor ... may receive absolute immunity from suit for acts violating the Constitution in order to advance important societal values." -Elena Kagan, Solicitor General, 2009      After the Civil War, Congress passed several civil rights laws, including one allowing anyone whose said rights had been violated to sue those       ... MORE