Ryan James Girdusky: Big Government And Big Business

A heart attack waiting to happen.  A new study on obesity in America entitled “F is for Fat” by Trust For America’s Health, made headlines across the country.  It found Americans are fatter than ever. Two-thirds of American adults and 25 million American children are now overweight or obese.  This level of unhealthy living has severe repercussions in regards to health care costs ... MORE

VIDEO: Ayn Rand - A System of Selfish Greed

Rand explains the philosophy driving capitalism to commit suicide.

A. Barton Hinkle: THE TSA's Invasive Search Contest

All it takes to win is the right attitude and rubber gloves. To: All TSA Personnel From: Paul Witchowski.  Dear Fellow Officers, Many of you have written to ask me about the status of our Invasive Search Contest. Knowing this is a subject of great interest to all of you and that there has been a lot of rumors and innuendoes going around the "grapevine," I have decided ... MORE

Gene Healy: The Ultimate Bridge To Nowhere

Friday marked the space shuttle's swan song, as the Atlantis lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center for the program's 135th and final flight. It was President George W. Bush who announced the shuttle's retirement with his 2004 "Vision for Space Exploration," which included a moon base and "human missions to Mars and to worlds beyond." But it was President Obama who put the kibosh ... MORE

VIDEO: Underwhelming Spending Cuts

No More Taxes, No More Debt, No More Obama

by William Kristol. The debt ceiling fight has now reached a point typical of many dramas of this kind, when participants and commentators alike start to lose sight of the forest for the trees. That's inevitable. Trees are what Congress and pundits do for a living, and in any case which trees are left standing just where is not unimportant. So lots of underpaid congressional staffers will be ... MORE