A subtle lesson about incentives that both the president and the people would do well to understand.
VIDEO: Thomas Sowell - The Limits of Power
A subtle lesson about incentives that both the president and the people would do well to understand.
Steve Chapman: Should We Ban Walking While Wired?
Some people with power lack judgment about its proper limits. How Do You Shut Down the Internet in a Whole Country?
To silence dissidents, the Egyptian government made a move Jan. 28 that has no precedent: It turned off the Internet nationwide. How did they do it — and could the same thing happen here? According to David Clark, an MIT computer scientist whose research focuses on Internet architecture and development, a government's ability to control the Internet depends .... MORERand Paul: End All Foreign Aid
Tea Party favorite and freshman Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) may have crossed a "third rail" of politics by suggesting that the federal government zero out all foreign aid — including even foreign aid to Israel, America's largest foreign aid recipient over the past 30 years. MORE
California Bill Would LImit Firings of Medical Pot Users
Californians who use medical marijuana outside of work would be protected from job dismissal due to pot use under a bill that been introduced by State Sen. Mark Leno, (D-San Francisco). he bill, SB129, would make it illegal for an employer to consider either a worker's status as a registered patient or a positive drug test when making hiring and firing decisions. MOREMan Versus The State
Economist Walter E Williams reflects on his long career battling big government and advocating for the moral superiority of liberty.Overlords and The Internet
After Egypt, will U.S. get 'Internet Kill Swith'?With reports of Egypt's government completing shutting down the Internet in the country, talk about an "Internet kill switch" bill in the U.S. has reemerged. Could it happen here? The bill in question is the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010, a cyber-security measure introduced in June by Sen. Joseph Lieberman. MORE
CATO Institue: The Case for Gridlock
No action is better than bad action. In the wake of the 2010 elections, President Obama declared that voters did not give a mandate to gridlock. His statement reflects over a century of Progressive hostility to the inefficient and slow system of government created by the American Framers. MORE
Economics: The Triumphant Return of Friedrich Hayek
NEWS FLASH: Government spending does not stimulate economic growth Last year the consensus opinion was that we are all Keynesians now. Virtually everyone in the commentariat believed that John Maynard Keynes’s solution for the Great Depression—heavy government spending to resuscitate the economy— MORE
VIDEO: Porker of the Month January 2011
No budget deficit is gonna ruin the spending plans of these three.
Jeffrey Lord: Animal Farm Comes to Arizona
"Some animals are more equal than others." -- George Orwell in Animal Farm
Talk about irony.For the most unexpected of reasons, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, a supporter of Obamacare, may well become a popular symbol of the reason to repeal it. MORE
Andrew Napolitano - Central Bank Tyranny
Identified early on as a "den of vipers" by Andrew Jackson, our central bank has not disappointed.
David Harsanyi: Abortion, Science and Reason
Is it time for a new debate over abortion?
Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia doctor, is accused of killing babies with scissors after botching late-term abortions -- among hundreds of other hideous acts. The doctor, it was reported, appeared confused by the charges against him ... MORE
Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia doctor, is accused of killing babies with scissors after botching late-term abortions -- among hundreds of other hideous acts. The doctor, it was reported, appeared confused by the charges against him ... MORE
State of the Union: Government Spying
The U. S. Justice Department wants Internet service providers and cell phone companies to be required to hold on to records for a longer time. MORE
Ten Reason to Support Herman Cain
Even those conservatives who will not vote for Herman Cain to win the Republican nomination should hope that he does run -- and that his candidacy lasts a long time during the nomination process, perhaps even succeeding. MORE
Michelle Malkin: Cash for Education Clunkers
"We're going to have to out-educate other countries," President Obama urged this week. How? By out-spending them, of course! It's the same old quack cure for America's fat and failing government-run schools monopoly. The one-trick ponies at the White House call their academic improvement agenda "targeted investing" for "winning the future." Truth in advertising: Get ready to fork over more cash for Education Clunkers. MOREJohn Stossel: My State of the Union Address
President Obama fulfilled his constitutional duty and gave his report on the state of the union last night. Here's mine: We're in deep trouble. You know why. Our debt has passed $14 trillion, and yet our current spending plans will make that worse. The U.S. debt will reach Greek levels in just 10 years. MORERadley Balko: Why Cops Aren't Whistleblowers
The shameful stop snitchin' campaign among the men in blue
VIDEO: John Stossel - Blackout in a Can
FDA nannies are at it again, restricting the options of American consumers. This time, alcoholic energy drinks are the victims.
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