U.S. Economy Creates No Jobs in August

First time since 1945. Employment growth ground to a halt in August, as sagging consumer confidence discouraged already skittish U.S. businesses from hiring, keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary stimulus to aid the struggling economy. Nonfarm payrolls were unchanged last month, the Labor Department said Friday. It was the first time since 1945 ... MORE

Gary Jason: A State Of Total Insanity

Bankrupt the people, save the public employees.  Two recent stories out of California that what is already the most stupidly governed state is slipping into outright insanity. ... MORE

VIDEO: TSA Assault On Liberty


We should have heeded Ben Franklin.

Bob Barr: The War on Gibson Guitars

Owners of vintage guitars beware  Are you a guitar owner? More important, do you own a guitar made by Gibson, one of the most well-known American guitar manufacturers? If so, listen up; you may be in Uncle Sam’s cross hairs – as a criminal. Just ask Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitars. Last week, heavily armed federal agents raided two guitar ... MORE



Jacob G. Hornberger: Doubling Down in the Drug War

For some, the drug war has worked out well. Why can’t the U.S. government ever learn lessons from any of its failed programs? The biggest lesson it fails to learn is the importance of ending programs that are obvious failures, especially ones that are inherently incapable of succeeding. Instead, in its usually bullheaded, headstrong fashion, the government maintains the program ... MORE

Obummer! More Touted Green Jobs Bite The Dust

Another half billion tax dollars down the tubes. Solyndra, the Northern California solar panel manufacturer, has filed for bankruptcy and will cease business operation. The firm received $535 million from the Obama administration's Energy Department as part of the big stimulus push during the first year of the Obama interregnum. See LAT, "Solar panel firm ...    MORE