The Freeman
Finance for the People
Financial innovation: People like to talk a lot about it these days. But what is it? If you read the business press, it’s all about…
The Blaze
Obama Admin. Is Getting Grilled About a Massive Mortgage Database That Could Be Used for Criminal Investigations
Defying conventional wisdom as he often does, Pulitzer Prize-winning pundit (and fellow Newsmax Insider) George F. Will disputed the notion that in the wake of…
Forbes
Can Ralph Nader Get Progressives and Libertarians to Make Common Cause?
Eighty years old and still full of piss and vinegar, Ralph Nader should perhaps add honey to his repertoire, as he attempts to woo libertarians,…
Human Events
CEI Sues the NSA
The American Spectator
Exporting Solyndras?
The New York Times’ crusading columnist Joe Nocera is an unlikely supporter of crony capitalism. Yet this week he has come out unabashedly in favor of the…
Forbes
Studying the History of Feminism Might Save Feminists from Themselves
The advance of women’s rights is one of Western Civilization’s greatest triumphs. Yet, in many developing countries, women are still treated like second-class citizens. So…
Human Events
Government and Baseball
Have you heard the one about attending a boxing match and a hockey game breaking out? Good jokes always contain elements of truth to…
Newsmax
In Honor of Maya Angelou, Herb Jeffries
Washington Times
A Model for Rolling Back Outdated Regulations
Very few people would argue for maintaining horse-and-buggy rules in the era of driverless cars, such as Google’s recently introduced prototype. Most rules still manage…
The Freeman
Earthquake Europe
An earthquake, they called it. The European political establishment looked on helplessly over Memorial Day weekend as elections for representatives to the European Parliament showed…
EU Observer
Italy’s ‘trust no one’ culture holding back growth
For visitors this spring, a trip to Bella Italia’s countryside and picturesque towns will feel like taking a trip back in time. Because it is.
Forbes
There’s A Way To Pay Off America’s Budget Deficits That Is Easy, And Wholly Painless
Whatever your views on the role of government, one thing is clear: There will be no way to pay for it if the economy doesn’t…
The Oklahoman
Think Tank Fellow: Taxing At Place Of Origin Is The Best Method
Starved for cash, cities in Oklahoma and across the nation are looking to new sources of revenue. Their latest target? The Internet. Municipal officials are…
Washington Times
Inflamed Debate Over A Soda Additive
A recent announcement by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo that these companies are pulling the ingredient brominated vegetable oil (BVO) out of their soft drinks is no big…
Fox News
EPA: The Obama Administration’s New Legislative Branch
Will the Environmental Protection Agency resurrect the defunct Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill, a 1,428-page behemoth that threatened to slam the brakes on the U.S. economy before…
Financial Times
Capitalists ought not to be cowed by their critics
Sir, Lynn Forester de Rothschild’s recent column (“Capitalism thrives by looking past the bottom line,” May 21) provides new evidence of the prescience of legendary…
Forbes
Lumber Union Protectionists Incited SWAT Raid On My Factory, Says Gibson Guitar CEO
“Henry. A SWAT team from Homeland Security just raided our factory!” “What? This must be a joke.” “No this is really serious. We got guys…
Daily Caller
Punishment Without Trial: The Department of Education Attacks Students’ Due Process Rights
How would you feel if you could be expelled from your dorm, or prevented from attending a class, just because someone accused you of something…
Wall Street Journal
On Colleges and Evidence Standards
Tucker Reed claims "it would be unduly burdensome" for a college "to apply a higher level of scrutiny than the 'preponderance of evidence' standard" in…
Forbes
Questions For Advocates Of Net Neutrality Regulation
Flawed premises notwithstanding, the Federal Communications Commission’s self interested campaign to inflict net neutrality rules on the private communications infrastructure continues with a new rulemaking…
Forbes
“Worst Mom in the World” Urges You to Set Your Children Free
“Go play outside. Come back when the street lights come on.” I can’t tell you how many times my Mom said that to me. And…
Human Events
Watergate Don’t Bother Me, Does The EPA Bother You?
Forbes
Government Employee Unions Tee Up California’s Bankruptcy
Half a Billion Dollars. That’s how much the California Teachers Association and the powerful Service Employees International Union have spent on California politics since 2000.
Money News
Johnson-Crapo Bill Furthers Govt Housing Mess
Yesterday, after delays and much opposition from many quarters on different grounds, the Johnson-Crapo housing finance overhaul cleared the Senate Banking Committee. The vote was…
National Review
The Anniversary of Anglo-American Constitutional Liberty
Roll Call
Republican Online Gambling Ban Sets a Dangerous Precedent for States’ Rights
Washington Post
The consequences of Sheldon Adelson’s push to ban Internet gambling
Human Events
Republicans Graham, Chaffetz Place the Wrong Bet on Internet Gambling
Forbes
Paul Ryan Mentor Bob Woodson Slams War on Poverty
“Keep doing what yer doing and you’ll keep getting what you got.” Thus spoke Robert Woodson, explaining why the War on Poverty, now entering its…
National Review
Operation Chokepoint: Creeping into Unconstitutionality?
Fox News
National Climate Assessment Report: Alarmists Offer Untrue, Unrelenting Doom and Gloom
Human Events
Regulation Lets Government Grow In The Shadows
“There oughta be a law.” We hear that refrain way too often in this country, from conservatives and liberals alike. The problem is that most…
Forbes
How to Ease the Crushing Costs of Federal Regulations
“You can look at the federal budget and see what we spend. There is nothing like that with respect to regulations. I tabulate the annual…
Wall Street Journal
Ranchers Harassed Off Their Land
Human Events
Will Government Get in the Way of Self-Driving Cars?
The National Review
Fannie and Freddie on Steroids
A corollary to Shakespeare’s adage “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” is that “garbage by any other name would smell as…
The Washington Post
Missing the Mark on Climate Change
For the second year in a row, we’ve had peak cherry blossoms later than the average date of March 31. In 2013, they were nine…
Forbes
Vietnam’s Road Back From Serfdom
We dropped bombs on their heads, defoliated their forests, and destroyed their villages “in order to save them.” We tore apart the fabric of…
National Review
The Worst Federal Agency
Examiner
National Park Service and Interior Dept. sued under FOIA over shutdown documents
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Print Edition Only)
Disparity Reflects a Sad Reality
Walter Williams was right to criticize a recent "guidance" letter from the Obama administration that pressures schools to have the same school discipline rates for…
Human Events
Big Labor’s Privileged Position
Today, an important hearing gets underway in Washington, D.C. that started with a billboard. Well, not quite. But that phrasing makes for better copy. Hearings…
Washington Post
The Truth About Lilly Ledbetter
In her April 13 op-ed column, “A political stunt by Democrats,” Ruth Marcus wrote that a woman who lost a pay-discrimination case in the…
Forbes
Common Core Razes Charter School Standards
A battle is raging between those who would challenge our public school monopolies and those who wish to nationalize school curricula. There is much more…
Human Events
The Rising Class-War Chorus
Forbes
Dueling Visions For Taxing Times: Grover Norquist v. Robert Reich
This is why I got into radio: A pairing of guests representing two competing visions for the nation’s economic future, each making their case in…
Forbes
Dueling Visions For Taxing Times: Grover Norquist v. Robert Reich
This is why I got into radio: A pairing of guests representing two competing visions for the nation’s economic future, each making their case in…
CNS News
NJ Court Allows Parents to Be Sued for Children’s Facebook Posts
Earlier, we wrote about a Wisconsin town whose ordinance holds parents liable for bullying by their children, including certain speech. We and law professor Eugene…
Human Events
Lawn Darts, BB Guns and the Trouble With Protecting Us From Ourselves
Forbes
Will Republican Culture Warriors Snatch Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory?
I was recently invited to speak at the annual Conservative Leadership Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, a regional red-meat gathering of the conservative faithful trying to…