“War on Sudafed” Fails to Solve Meth Problem
Back in 2005 Congress passed a law, which President George W. Bush then signed, forcing sellers of products containing the decongestant pseudoephedrine to store such medicines behind the counter...
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Iraq Attacks Leave Three U.S. Soldiers Dead
According to President Barack Obama, combat in Iraq involving U.S. troops ended on August 31. Four-and-a-half months later, American soldiers are still dying in the sands of Mesopotamia. The...
Tax Hikes in ObamaCare
ObamaCare was marketed to the American people as healthcare reform — something that would ensure that everyone could obtain health insurance and never lose it. It was most certainly...
Americans Arm Themselves in Wake of Tucson Shootings
Despite — or perhaps because of — politicians’ and pundits’ handwringing about the dangers of guns in the hands of ordinary citizens in the wake of the January 8...
If You Don’t Pay This Tax, We’ll Shoot Your Dog
German sociologist and political economist Max Weber once defined a state as an institution that “successfully upholds a claim on the monopoly of the legitimate use of violence in...
Rep. Clyburn Miffed That TSA Treats Congressmen “Like Everybody Else”
“We’ve had some incidents where TSA authorities think that congresspeople should be treated like everybody else,” Rep. James Clyburn (left, D-S.C.) told Fox News Sunday. ...
ObamaCare Repeal: Just What These Doctors Ordered
You wouldn’t know it from watching TV, but a large percentage of doctors are adamant that ObamaCare must be repealed. These doctors are trying to air physicians’ views. ...
Will Repealing ObamaCare Bust the Budget?
Prior to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known colloquially as ObamaCare, the Congressional Budget Office issued an analysis of the bill stating that it...
Cops Can Search Cellphones Without a Warrant, Says California Court
The War on Drugs has been chipping away at the Bill of Rights for decades. If a January 3 California Supreme Court ruling is upheld by the U.S. Supreme...
Obama the Lawgiver?
Although President Barack Obama correctly understood that his party had taken a "shellacking" in the November elections, he seems not to have drawn the obvious lesson from that defeat:...
Feds’ Financial Statements Impossible to Audit, Says GAO
According to the federal government’s 2010 financial statements, released in late December, the 2010 deficit was $1.29 trillion, a slight decrease from the 2009 deficit of $1.42 trillion. Despite...
Let Down by Public Schools, South Africa’s Poor Educated by the Free Market
South Africa’s public school system, like most government school systems, is a disaster. According to the Associated Press’s Donna Bryson, “Only a third of third-graders in South Africa meet...
Baby Boomers Bring Budget Bust
Benjamin Franklin is supposed to have said, quite presciently, “When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” Americans found out...
ObamaCare Repeal: Just What These Doctors Ordered
When, in 2009, the American Medical Association (AMA) endorsed President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform bill, many Americans probably assumed that most physicians therefore backed the legislation. In fact, that...
Afghanistan Reconstruction: Billions Spent, But No One Knows Just How
Waste, fraud, and corruption are endemic to government projects. At least projects that take place close to home, however, can be monitored and the corruption exposed. Imagine how much...