KOB News 4: Albuquerque Dog Becomes Registered Voter

Now we know why Democrats howl at voter ID. An Albuquerque man says he successfully registered his dog to vote in Bernalillo County. The dog owner said he saw a voter registration booth on the University of New Mexico's campus a few weeks ago and decided to see how easy it would be to register his dog to vote. He said he was trying to expose the      ... MORE  

Jeremy Pelofsky: U.S. Court Upholds Free Speech

Tobacco health labels violate free speech.    A U.S. judge sided with tobacco companies on Wednesday, ruling that regulations requiring large graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging and advertising violate free-speech rights under the U.S. Constitution. Cigarette makers challenged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's rule requiring companies    ... MORE

Greg Beato: Say Goodbye To The King-Sized Snicker Bar

Michelle Obama is acting sweet to Big Candy. In 1998, a Colorado handyman was snowmobiling in the mountains outside of Steamboat Springs when he got swept up in an avalanche that buried his vehicle and left him stranded in a blizzard. Provisioned with nothing more than two butane lighters and a Snickers bar, the man endured 40 mph winds and ... MORE

Jacob Huebert: Consumers Should Decide Who Succeeds

Politicians should get out of the protection racket.    Should a government bureaucrat have the power to arbitrarily decide who’s allowed to start a business and who isn’t?  Most readers of this website — and most Americans — have a ready answer to that question: No. But in many cities and states, government officials have the power to do just that.     ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Illegal Everything - Pt 2


Lobbyists pay politicians to regulate away their competition.

Jacob Hornerger: Libertarians Vesus Liberals On The Poor

Incentives to produce are the key.    Wouldn't it be great to have national debate between liberals and libertarians over whose philosophy and policies help the poor? For decades liberals have claimed that the welfare-state/regulated-economy way of life helps the poor. That has been the major rationale for the statist way of life under which we have all been  ... MORE

John Stossel: Rampant Fallacies Of Prohibition

A narcotic cop rethinks his position.    Unlike Bill Clinton, President Obama admits he inhaled! "Frequently," he said. "That was the point."People laugh when politicians talk about their drug use. The audience laughed during a 2003 CNN Democratic presidential primary debate when John Kerry, John Edwards and Howard Dean admitted smoking weed. Yet those  ... MORE

VIDEO: Nullify the NDAA! (Spread This Video)

Fannie Mae Needs Another $4.6Billion From Taxpayers

Government bailouts, the gift that keeps on giving. Mortgage giant Fannie Mae said Wednesday that it lost money in the fourth quarter and is asking the federal government for nearly $4.6 billion in aid to cover its deficit. Washington, D.C.-based Fannie said it lost roughly $2.4 billion in the October-December quarter, stung by declining home prices.      ... MORE

Michael Tanner: Sickening Regulation

ObamaCare regulations continue to multiply.   Never underestimate the brilliance of our federal bureaucracy. The Department of Health and Human Services has announced that it must delay implementation of new reimbursement codes for Medicare. Those new regulations would have increased the total number of reimbursement codes from the current  ... MORE

Victor Volsky: A Guide To The Liberal Mind

You might be a liberal if ....    As a great fan of Jeff Foxworthy, it occurred to me that it might be a good idea to use his hilarious you-might-be-a-redneck comedy routine in an attempt to characterize the liberal mindset (tweaking Jeff's forumla a bit to convert it from the suppositional to the unconditional). So, with apologies to the wonderful country ... MORE

Freedom Of Religion Vs. Freedom From Religion

by Ronald Bailey. “I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute,” Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum declared. “What kind of country do we live in that says only people of nonfaith can come into the public square and make their case?" Whatever can the former Pennsylvania senator be talking about? How much more ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stosell: Illegal Everything


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Dr. Milton R. Wolf: Is This Still America?

Control freeaks assault the land of the free.    “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction,” warned the late President Reagan. It’s probably a good thing the Gipper hasn’t been forced to witness what the current generation of authoritarian rulers has done to the land of the free and home of the brave. Public schools in San Antonio have ... MORE

Voice Of America: U.S. Vows To Continue War On Drugs

Homeland Security chief thinks drug war is a good cause. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the US was not losing its decades-long "war on drugs." Napolitano defended Washington's anti-narcotics efforts Monday in Mexico City after a meeting with Mexican Interior Minister Alejandro Poire. "With respect to, 'is the drug war a failure ... MORE

VIDEO: What are the Limits of Democracy?

Privacy Group Urges Privacy Rules For Domestic Drones

by Mark Rockwell. More than 100 privacy groups, experts and individuals have petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration to address the impact of aerial drones in the U.S. as the agency move to implement new rules for the vehicles’ domestic use. President Obama signed a $63.4 billion Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill on Feb. 14 that opens the ... MORE