Thomas Sowell: Gingrich And Immigration

The crux of the matter.  Now that Newt Gingrich has become the latest in a series of Republican front-runners, he is getting the kinds of scrutiny and attacks that have done in other front-runners. One of the issues that have aroused concern among conservative Republicans is that of amnesty for illegal immigrants, especially after Gingrich said that it would not be  ... MORE

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Bill Frezza: Cause Of Market Failure In Higher Education

What China knows that we do not.   A little noticed Associated Press news story last week reported that China now plans to phase out college majors that consistently produce unemployable graduates. Any program in which 60% of the graduates failed to find work for two consecutive years would face funding reductions until supply was brought back into balance ... MORE

NY Times: Democrats Abandon White Working Class

Party to focus on a welfare state coalition.  For decades, Democrats have suffered continuous and increasingly severe losses among white voters. But preparations by Democratic operatives for the 2012 election make it clear for the first time that the party will explicitly abandon the white working class. All pretense of trying to win a majority of the white working ... MORE

WSJ Editorial: The United States Of EPA

Ms. Jackson's agency takes over automobile design. Here's one good way to consider the vote in 2012: It's about whether to re-elect President Lisa Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, which these days runs most the U.S. economy. The EPA heaved its weight against another industry this month, issuing a regulation to sharply increase fuel     ... MORE

VIDEO: Ron Paul's Path To Smaller Government


Limited government begins with making the 10th Amendment matter.

Washington Times: Time To Stock Up On Light Bulbs

Government ban on mercury-free fixtures starts Jan 1.  Within four weeks, it will be a crime to manufacture a 100-watt version of Thomas A. Edison’s brilliant invention. Thanks to a Democratic Congress and the signature of President George W. Bush in 2007, anti-industrial zealots at the Energy Department received authority to blot out one of the greatest achievements of the industrial age.       ... MORE

Steve Chapman: Balanced-Budget Amendment Delusion

Wrong tool to halt the growth of government.  When I graduated from college in 1976, I got a job in Washington with the National Taxpayers Union, which was working to get a constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget. Someone graduating today could sign up there and pursue the same goal. The balanced-budget amendment has never ... MORE

Josh Wolford: Police Are Tracking Your Every Move

Law enforcement aid requires personal liberty sacrifice.  Privacy. It’s on everyone’s minds these days. A couple of months ago it was Apple and Google that were drawing the ire of consumers with the storing of location data. And of course, Facebook is always mentioned when people discuss their concerns about online privacy. But as technology gets better, and ... MORE

VIDEO: Milton Friedman - Fairness Or Freedom?

Karin McQuillan: Scientific Revolt Against Global Warming

Global warming "consensus" losing ground. Global warming became a cause to save life on earth before it had a chance to become good science. The belief that fossil fuel use is an emergency destroying our planet by CO2 emissions took over the media and political arena by storm. The issue was politicized so quickly that the normal scientific process was stunted. ... MORE

Mark Steyn: More, More, More

What does government have in common with a porn actress? I see Andrea True died earlier this month. The late disco diva enjoyed a brief moment of global celebrity in 1976 with her ubiquitous glitterball favorite: More More More.  In honor of Andrea’s passing, I have asked my congressman to propose the adoption of this song as the U.S.     ... MORE

New Poll: Ron Paul With Firm Lead In Iowa

Candidate largely ignored by all but the people.  Texas Congressman Ron Paul continues to boast high numbers in public polls despite the lack of media attention that he has received throughout the race for the GOP primary. Just prior to the start of last night’s GOP debate, Paul’s poll numbers were at their highest since the start of the race. According to Revolution PAC ... MORE