NY Times: Companies Fined For Not Using Unavailable Fuel

Goofy green government strikes again.  When the companies that supply motor fuel close the books on 2011, they will pay about $6.8 million in penalties to the Treasury because they failed to mix a special type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel as required by law. But there was none to be had. Outside a handful of laboratories and workshops, the ingredient ... MORE 

Thomas Sowell: Kodak And The Post Office

Why government works so poorly.   The news that Eastman Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy, after being the leading photographic company in the world for more than a hundred years, truly marks the end of an era. The skills required to use the cameras and chemicals required by the photography of the mid-19th century were far beyond those of   ... MORE

Pedophiles To Be Given Disability Pay In Bankrupt Greece

Peeping Toms and pyromaniacs to also cash in.  Greek disability groups expressed anger Monday at a government decision to expand a list of state-recognized disability categories to include pedophiles, exhibitionists and kleptomaniacs. The National Confederation of Disabled People called the action "incomprehensible," and said pedophiles are now ...   MORE

VIDEO: America CAN Change Its Direction


In 1940, Charlie Chaplin unwittingly made a pitch for Ron Paul.

Bob Aldelmann: Each Chevy Volt Costs Taxpayers $250,000

Green policy = wasting the green from citizen wallets.   The Mackinac Center for Public Policy just released a study showing that by the time all federal and state loans, grants, subsidies, and tax credits are figured in, each Chevy Volt costs taxpayers upwards of $250,000. James Hohman, the center’s assistant director of fiscal policy, counted a total of 18  ... MORE

Walter E Williams: In Greed I Trust

Have a second look at greed. Last week's column started off asking: "What human motivation gets the most wonderful things done?" The answer is that human greed is what gets wonderful things done. I wasn't talking about fraud, theft, dishonesty, special privileges from government or other forms of despicable behavior. I was talking about people trying ... MORE

VIDEO Obama's Stunning Abuse of Power

Tony Newman: Juries May Declare Peace In The Drug War

Liberty's last stand may take place in the jury room. Should juries vote "not guilty" on low-level marijuana charges to send a message about our country's insane drug policies? Jury nullification is a constitutional doctrine under which jurors can acquit defendants who are technically guilty but don't deserve punishment. As law professor Paul Butler wrote recently ... MORE

TIME: Regulating the Net Tops Congress' New Year Agenda

This anti-piracy law is a pretense for tyranny.    When Congress gaveled for the year in December, opponents of two Internet-censoring piracy bills cheered. Their efforts seemed to have blocked the legislation’s movement. But when Congress comes back later this month, it already has a first order of business: regulate the net. The House Judiciary      ... MORE

VIDEO: Milton Friedman - Questions For The Professor


On income disparity, minimum wage, school vouchers, health costs and more.

Viveca Novak: Military Donors Prefer Ron Paul

Military personnel support Paul on defense.   GOP presidential candidate and Air Force veteran Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) continues to highlight his strong support from members of the armed forces as he hits the campaign trail following his third-place finish in Iowa. And the numbers continue to bear him out, according to research by the Center for ... MORE