Terry Paulson: Choice, Not Compromise

Individual rights were to supersede any government power.

Rep. Paul Ryan’s response to President Obama’s State of the Union provides a clue to the political battle that is coming: “The principles that guide us; they are anchored in the wisdom of the founders in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and in the words of the American Constitution. They have to do with the importance of ... MORE

Amy Sullivan: Stay Classy, TSA

MALE TSA AGENT: "Hey, I thought she was mine! I was gonna do her!"

Ever since the TSA started putting back-scatter devices into use at selected airports last fall, I've been waiting to have the chance to opt out and register a one-woman protest against the machines. (Jeff Goldberg doesn't get to have all the fun.) However, most of my recent air travel has been with a tiny traveling companion,  ... MORE

VIDEO: Davy Crockett - Not Yours to Give

The lesson learned by Davy Crockett has been lost on today's Congress.

CBO: Obamacare Will Cost 800,000 Jobs

That's one number Democrats will not be able to fudge.

by Rick Moran. I feel for CBO director Doug Elmendorf. He is stuck between Democrats giving him fabricated Obamacare numbers to base his estimates on and his duty to give Congress accurate information. Yesterday, Elmendorf got it right. Testifying before the House Budget Committee, the Weekly Standard Blog relates the following ... MORE

Damon W. Root: Are We All Originalists Now?

On May 27, 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down the New Deal’s National Industrial Recovery Act for exceeding Congress’ lawful authority “to regulate commerce...among the several states.” In response, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt denounced the Court for adhering to the Constitution’s original meaning. “The country was in the horse-and-buggy age when that clause was written,” Roosevelt ...   MORE

VIDEO: Ayn Rand - Collectivized Ethics

Does society have an obligation to care for the poor and the less fortunate?