Obama Further Inflates Student Loan Bubble
The president's plan to make student loan borrowing easier will merely insure that more and more graduates will become debt slaves, assuming they can find work. ...
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Chinese Economist at IMF Warns of Global Housing Bubble
IMF deputy Zhu Min has learned nothing from history, announcing another housing bubble that will be "fixed" only by more interference. Â ...
Obama, Media Mislead on Gun Crime Statistics in U.S., Australia
In the ongoing war against guns, facts, history, logic, or experience don't matter. A lie repeated often enough becomes truth. ...
Google Buys Skybox for its Eye-in-the-Sky Technology
Google has expanded its ability to keep an eye on everyone by buying "eye-in-the-sky" technology from Skybox. ...
Teacher Tenure Laws Struck Down in California
In the ruling on Tuesday in Vergara v. State of California, all of the egregious laws protecting incompetent teachers were thrown out. ...
Va. Landslide: Virtually Unknown College Prof Defeats Eric Cantor
The electoral "earthquake" in Virginia on Tuesday proves that establishment icons such as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor can be exposed and defeated. ...
A Hero Emerges From the Horror of the Las Vegas Shootings
The national media largely ignored the actions of an unsung man who delayed the attackers long enough to allow the police to arrive to neutralize the threat. ...
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case on Reporter’s Privilege
By refusing to consider James Risen's petition, the Supreme Court lets stand its offensive and anti-First Amendment ruling from 1972. ...
Oklahoma Affirms Gold and Silver as Legal Tender
On June 4, Oklahoma joined Utah, Texas, and Louisiana in affirming that gold and silver coins are legal tender in the payment of debts within the state. ...
More Than One in Five Children Remain in Poverty
If further proof is needed that the so-called War on Poverty continues to fail, the latest report from the Census Bureau has just provided it: 21.3 percent of children...
Seattle Goes for Broke: Raises Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour
The Seattle City Council's decision to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour was much more about advancing a political agenda than about improving economic conditions of...
Ride-sharing Revolution Adds Thousands of New Jobs Each Month
Ride-sharing apps such as Lyft and Uber illustrate the unexpected and welcome benefits the free market provides when it is left alone. ...
Jay Carney, Obama’s Artful Dodger, Resigns
The new White House press secretary is going to have to go some to beat the record of obfuscation set by outgoing Jay Carney. ...
House Passes Bill to Increase Funding for Background Checks
Late last week the House voted 260-145 to increase federal grant money to states to improve their reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. ...
Large Employers Face Huge Fines for Not Complying With ObamaCare Rules
A new IRS rule prohibits large employers from canceling their plans and dumping their employees onto the ObamaCare exchanges. ...
Michigan Joins Other States in Raising Minimum Wage
Freedom has suffered another blow, this time in Michigan, which has just raised its minimum wage along with its unemployment rate. ...
Two Supreme Court Decisions Grant Immunity to Police, Secret Service
The Supreme Court on Monday extended its doctrine of "qualified immunity" to two cases, both unanimously. ...
Book Review: No Place to Hide, by Glenn Greenwald
Greenwald makes his connection with Edward Snowden sound like a John Grisham thriller, with this difference: The NSA's surveillance state is no fantasy. ...
California Shooting: The Missing Element
How long, indeed, before citizens will be allowed to defend themselves against such malcontents? ...
Government Cuts California Oil Reserve Estimates 96 Percent
The joyous celebration by environmentalists that California's Monterey shale oil formation is presently inaccessible will likely turn out to be premature. ...