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

VIDEO: Understanding The Scope Of America's Debt


Economic malfeasance of American politicians dwarf Bernie Madoff.

Where Have All The Millionaires Gone?

by Barbara Hollingsworth. Newsalert has posted a chart from a Wall Street Journal blog titled “Recession and the Rich.” The chart, based on 2009 IRS figures, shows that the number of taxpayers reporting annual income over $1 million fell 39 percent between 2007 and 2009; the number of super-wealthy individuals making over $10 million annually plunged 55 percent.  ... MORE

Sylvia Bokor: Glorious Achievement of the Tea Party

More liberty means less government. Tea Party Republicans. It is a tag to be embraced. It is a clear distinction that separates us from politics-as-usual Republicans and Democrats. It was the first two years of protest. Others had taken the initiative to start a Tea Party. We joined them and supported their efforts with our time, our work, our ideas and dollars. We helped to ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: An Unusual Economy?

Higher labor costs equal higher unemployment. Many in the media are saying how unusual it is for our economy to be so sluggish for so long, after we have officially emerged from a recession. In a sense, they are right. But, in another sense, they are profoundly wrong. The American economy usually rebounds a lot faster than it is doing today. After a recession passes,     ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Defending The Undefendable


Price gouging, ticket scalping, child labor, organ selling, insider trading and more.

Jeffrey Toobin: Can Clarence Thomas Kill Obamacare?

Thomas's intellect and influence now recognized. It has been, in certain respects, a difficult year for Clarence Thomas. In January, he was compelled to amend several years of the financial-disclosure forms that Supreme Court Justices must file each year. The document requires the Justices to disclose the source of all income earned by their spouses, and  ... MORE

Cloudy Outlook For Global Warming Faithful

New data shed light on sun's climate role. It’s not surprising that prominent members of the “me” generation who think the universe revolves around themselves also believe they hold sway over Earth’s climate. New science is dispelling their delusion and confirming that Mother Nature still is in control of the environment. It turns out the sun’s cosmic rays play a commanding ... MORE