Tax the Rich? Answering Elizabeth Warren
Former TARP chairman and Senate hopeful from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren gave a shot in the arm to “progressives” everywhere this past Wednesday, with...
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The Case for Ending the EPA
In the Republican presidential debate last evening, some of the candidates passionately stated that the Environmental Protection Agency should be eliminated. It’s a...
Statists Order High School to Change “Indians” Nickname
It’s time to originate a new joke: “What do you call 10,000 statists at the bottom of the sea? A good start.” ...
The Naked Truth and Public Nudity in San Francisco
There currently is a debate raging over public nudity in San Francisco. It’s not what you think. ...
Cherokee Nation Revokes Citizenship Rights of Black Slave Descendants
Just a week ago this Monday, the Cherokee Nation’s Supreme Court ruled that the tribe may revoke the citizenship rights of black members....
Statists Want to Force Priests to Reveal Confessions
First there were efforts to compel Catholic hospitals to perform abortions. Now statists in some nations want to force priests to violate the confidentiality...
Multiculturalism
It is 1991, and Yugoslavia, born of the ashes of WWI, is starting to break up. It is a violent affair that will...
Mars Attacks: Scientists Say Aliens May Destroy Mankind Over Global Warming
Three years after the release of the remake The Day the Earth Stood Still, a team of American researchers has made the film’s...
Only National Collapse Will End America’s Spending Problem
While many are complaining about the recent debt-ceiling deal, is it really the issue? Sure, statists say that the Republicans steered us toward...
“Why Has ‘Capitalism’ Failed?”
While discussing socialism on a talk show recently, I was confronted with the question: If “capitalism” is so great, why has it failed?...
Defend It Like Beckham: Soccer Star Condemned for Having Too Many Children
Adorning an article in the Guardian is a picture you might think represented a prototypical family: a handsome couple standing behind three healthy,...
Researchers Concerned About Creation of Human/Animal Hybrid “Monsters”
When we hear about the implantation of human genes in animals, it may conjure up images right out of the story The Island of...
The Statist Call-for-Civility Con
When I hear today’s frequent calls for civility, I’m reminded of Rodney King’s plaintive appeal, “Can we…can we all get along?” After all,...
Woman Faces Jail Time for Planting Vegetables on Own Property
Vegetable gardens may be popping on abandoned land in Detroit, Michigan, but nearby Oak Park apparently likes broccoli as much as does George...
Trashing the Constitution: The Living Document Con
Is constitutionalism akin to blind faith? Some statists certainly think so, as they have called the position “constitution-worship.” In light of this, what should...