Gene Healy: "Mission Accomplished" in Libya?

The Obama Doctrine is nothing to celebrate. Mission accomplished! As Libyan rebels took Tripoli last week, liberals practically draped that banner across the nation's op-ed pages. Now was the time for all good men to come together and praise a famous victory. In Newsweek, liberal columnist Michael Tomasky pronounced Libya "completely the right thing to do," ... MORE

VIDEO: Government Assault On Private Property


The power of the state pitted against vulnerable property owners.

California Politicians Now Take Aim At Hot Food

New anti-job measure would ban foam containers. Restaurant owner Gary Honeycutt says a push in California's state Legislature to ban the plastic foam containers he uses to serve up takeout meals could cost him thousands of dollars in an industry where profit margins already are razor thin. BJ's Kountry Kitchen, in the heart of California's farm country ... MORE

Kim Murphy: $75 Billion A Year On Homeland Security

Has all the homeland security spending paid off? On the edge of the Nebraska sand hills is Lake McConaughy, a 22-mile-long reservoir that in summer becomes a magnet for Winnebagos, fishermen and kite sailors. But officials here in Keith County, population 8,370, imagined this scene: an Al Qaeda sleeper cell hitching explosives onto a ski boat and plowing into the dam at the head ... MORE

Anthony Gregory: More Liberty Up In Smoke

 Tobacco and the limits to utilitarianism. Tobacco companies are suing the U.S. government over a policy forcing them to put ghastly images on their product to dissuade consumers from smoking. Along with warning labels, which have long been mandated, would come graphics depicting diseased lungs, corpses, rotting teeth, even tracheotomy holes. The businesses claim this is an ... MORE

VIDEO: Robert P Murphy - What Is Capitalism?

Steve Chapman: Injustice, In Plain Slight

The trouble with eyewitness testimony. In 1989, a Waukegan, Ill., woman was raped after three men invaded her apartment. She told police the rapist had a tattoo, wore an earring in a pierced ear, and spoke English. Two days later, the cops took her to an office and said, "Watch the one sitting on the chair." Alejandro Dominguez, age 16, had no tattoos or pierced ...  MORE

Jack Kerwick: Why Ron Paul Is Ignored By GOP

Neoconservatives fear classical conservatives. It is hard not to be amazed by the blackout of media coverage of Ron Paul’s presidential campaign. Had Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman, or any second-tier candidate been performing as remotely as well as Paul has, he would no longer be regarded as a “second-tier” candidate. To the credit of such    ... MORE

Alan M Aszkler: Fracking Fluid Fear-Mongering Farce

Chicken Little's latest eco-sham. EPA bureaucrats and Green Avengers perpetrate a daily nonsensical assault touting the grave consequences of fracking fluid and its secret ingredients. Carnival barkers in the media blindly parrot fear-mongering articles from such noble sounding groups as "Natural Resources Defense Council" without offering a single shred of scientific ... MORE

VIDEO: Thomas Sowell - Dismantling America

John Stossel: Almost Everything We're Taught Is Wrong

Using economics to explode fallacies. We grow up learning that some things are just bad: child labor, ticket scalping, price gouging, kidney selling, blackmail, etc. But maybe they're not. What I love about economics is that it can show that what seems harmful is actually good for society. It illuminates what common sense overlooks. This was the subject of my Fox ... MORE

Art Carden: Lemonade And Liberty

Government regulators seek to restrain individual liberty. What do you do when life hands you lemons? If you’re about to say “make lemonade,” make sure you have a permit first or you might get an unwelcome visit from a government official. This Saturday is “Lemonade Freedom Day,” which is a protest against governments shutting down–wait for it–kids’ lemonade stands. ... MORE