Opinion

Barack Obama: the Liar’s Liar

Barack Obama certainly knows his market. He understands that with an America so dumbed-down, and a media so prostrate before him, he can...

Selwyn Duke February 21, 2013

Exposing the Con Game of Man-made Climate Change

T. Dan Tolleson February 20, 2013

Once a belief such as human-caused climate change gains a critical mass of believers, it is difficult to stamp out — even when...

Abraham Lincoln

Walter E. Williams February 20, 2013

My colleague Thomas DiLorenzo, economics professor at Loyola University Maryland, exposed some of the Lincoln myth in his 2006 book, Lincoln Unmasked. Now...

Liberal CNN Panelists Defend Murderer Dorner

Selwyn Duke February 19, 2013

CNN's Brooke Baldwin hosted a panel discussion on Dorner’s support involving MC Lyte of Café Mocha Radio; Buzzfeed sports editor Jack Moore; Lauren...

Guns and Pensions

Thomas Sowell February 19, 2013

A nation's choice between spending on military defense and spending on civilian goods has often been posed as "guns versus butter." But understanding...

Creedal Nation vs. a Civil Association

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. February 19, 2013

I show the problems that occur when America is treated as a creedal nation or community as opposed to the civil or legal...

A Really Rotten Anniversary

Wallis W. Wood February 16, 2013

It was 100 years ago this month that the 16th Amendment to the Constitution officially became the law of the land. Since this...

Is Soaking the Rich the Right Answer?

Brian Farmer February 15, 2013

Calls echo and re-echo for the government to tax the rich more, always based upon the supposition that such a tax is fair...

Ten Things That Are Right With the World

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. February 14, 2013

Recently, I was asked by someone to compile a list of 10 — 10! — things that are right with the world. I...

N.H. Considers Resolution to “Commemorate” Roe v. Wade

Jack Kenny February 13, 2013

In an event likely to produce more heat than light, a committee of the New Hampshire legislature will on Thursday, February 14...

Cultural Deviancy, Not Guns

Walter E. Williams February 13, 2013

What explains a lot of what we see today, which politicians and their liberal allies would never condemn, is growing cultural deviancy. ...

Senator Rand Paul’s National Right-to-Work Act

Bob Adelmann February 13, 2013

Senator Rand Paul's introduced his National Right-to-Work Act on January 31. His legislation is well-timed, considering the shift from forced unionism states to right-to-work...

Random Thoughts

Thomas Sowell February 12, 2013

Random thoughts from the passing scene: I can't get excited by the question of whether Senator Robert Menendez had sex with a prostitute...

Obama’s Anti-Jobs, Anti-Growth Agenda

Ralph R. Reiland February 12, 2013

Shifting the blame for a failing economy from inept politicians and counterproductive government policies to “the rich” may work politically. But it’s an...