Opinion

You Don’t Have to Stay Poor

No one can blame you if you start out in life poor, because how you start is not your fault. If you stay...

Walter E. Williams September 12, 2013

The Food Safety Modernization Act: A War on Food Freedom and Family Farms

Robert Confer September 12, 2013

The FDA recently extended the public comment period for certain aspects of the Food Safety Modernization Act, a law which is an unconstitutional...

Big Government vs. Job Creation

Ralph R. Reiland September 9, 2013

Though few kids likely aspire to be bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., working for the EPA or IRS or other agency, there are plenty...

Homosexual Lobby: Let the Christians Eat Cake

Selwyn Duke September 6, 2013

As the state tramples freedom of association further, Christians are increasingly forced to choose between obeying their consciences and making a living. But...

Warmongering Republicans Support Obama

Wallis W. Wood September 6, 2013

You’ve heard the story that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. I guess the modern equivalent is playing poker on your smartphone while debating...

Touchy Topics

Walter E. Williams September 4, 2013

What is the true test of one's commitment to freedom of association? Is it when people permit others to freely associate in ways...

Unintended Consequences

Thomas Sowell September 3, 2013

One of the many unintended consequences of the political crusade for increased homeownership among minorities, and low-income people in general, has been a...

Study: Welfare Pays More Than Minimum Wage in Most States

Ralph R. Reiland September 2, 2013

If you don’t want to work, the good news is that a new study by the Cato Institute, “The Work Versus Welfare Trade-Off,...

The Forgotten Victims of America’s Interracial Violence

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. August 30, 2013

Naming names that the media will not bring to our attention, this author highlights not only the extent the black-on-white violence occurs, but...

U.S. Has No Moral Standing to Condemn Assad

Sheldon Richman August 29, 2013

Whether or not Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, President Obama has no legitimate grounds to intervene. ...

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Man of the Hard Left

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. August 29, 2013

Martin Luther King, Jr. was no "conservative," as many Republican commentators now claim. He was indeed a man of the hard Left. ...

Re-education at George Mason

Walter E. Williams August 28, 2013

This week begins my 34th year serving on George Mason University's distinguished economics faculty. You might imagine my surprise when I received a...