VIDEO: Walter E Williams - Power for Purchase


The problem is larger than campaign reform.

A Bright Idea: Rescue the Incandescents

CFL's can cause migraines and aggravate epilepsy. 
Why is Paris known as the City of Light?  Is it because the U.S. Congress banned Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulbs, so he had to take his invention offshore?  MORE

When Booze Was Banned but Pot Was Not

What can today's antiprohibitionists learn from their predecessors?
Of the 27 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 18th is the only one explicitly aimed at restricting people’s freedom. It is also the only one that has ever been repealed. Maybe that’s encouraging, especially for those of us who recognize the parallels between that amendment, which ushered in the nationwide prohibition of alcohol, and current bans on other drugs.  MORE

Why Gun Control (Still) Won't Work

Restricting the Second Amendment is not the answer to the Tucson shootings.

Michael Savage Was Right!

Barry Farber has been convinced.  Liberalism IS a mental disorder.

VIDEO: Grading the Governors in 2010


Chris Edwards, the CATO Institute's director of tax policy studies, has analyzed and graded the fiscal records of 45 state governors. The only A Students: S.C.'s Mark Sanford (R), La.'s Bobby Jindal (R), Minn.'s Tim Pawlenty (R), W.Va.'s Joe Manchin (D). Otherwise there were 15 B's, 8 C's, 11 D's and 7 F's.