Dan Mitchell: Obama's Failure On Jobs

Four damning charts. President Obama may have a buddy-buddy relationship with big labor, but he’s no friend to ordinary workers. Here are four damning pieces of evidence. 1. The unemployment rate remains above 9 percent according to the Labor Department data released on Friday. This is about 2-1/2 percentage points higher than Obama promised if would be at this stage if we ... MORE

Christopher Chantrill: Invisible Hand vs. Clenched Fist

Age old battle of freedom vs. force. The advance word on President Obama's Thursday job speech is: nothing new. According to George Stephanopoulos, it will contain tax cuts for corporations, an infrastructure bank, and the usual pabulum of job training for the unemployed. The president could take another path, according to Tony Blankley. "He could decide ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Legalize Blackmail


Note the difference between blackmail and extortion. Extortion indicates the use or threat of force to obtain money or favor. Blackmail is simply the use or threat of an inconvenient truth to obtain money or favor. To avoid blackmail, one only needs to live a life they are not ashamed of. No one is suggesting extortion be legal.