Opinion

Sen. Rand Paul Defends Property Owners from Federal Agencies

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has just introduced legislation designed to rein in out-of- control federal agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency...

Tom DeWeese March 21, 2012

The ‘Inevitability’ Vote

Thomas Sowell March 21, 2012

Many people may be voting for Mitt Romney because of the view in some quarters that he is the inevitable Republican candidate for...

Phones, Jobs & Folly

Ralph R. Reiland March 21, 2012

I wasn't surprised by the latest report from the Commerce Department that shows the U.S. trade deficit, the excess of imports over exports,...

Speech: Bernanke Fails at Transparency, Rails at Gold Standard

Bob Adelmann March 21, 2012

When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke donned his professorial cap and addressed 30 undergraduate students at George Washington University on Tuesday, he claimed...

Racial Quota Fallout

Thomas Sowell March 20, 2012

Many years ago, I learned of an episode in the life of a promising young black man that is relevant to things happening...

Obama Economic Recovery Still Underwater

Bob Adelmann March 20, 2012

For proof that the Obama “recovery” remains unimpressive compared to previous recoveries, Cato Institute scholar Dan Mitchell gathered evidence from a number of...

Is Ryan’s Budget Plan Headed in the Right Direction?

Bob Adelmann March 20, 2012

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) announced on Tuesday the Republican budget plan to take into the election debate; it is in sharp contrast to...

Was Andrew Breitbart Murdered?

Sam Blumenfeld March 19, 2012

Is it not a rather strange coincidence that the man who blew ACORN out of the water and threatened to expose the mainstream...

North Dakota’s Oil and Economic Boom

Wallis W. Wood March 16, 2012

The average prices of a gallon of gas and a barrel of oil are near 150-year highs. Most pundits expect them to go...

Encyclopædia Britannica Adjusts to Reality, Stops Printing

Bob Adelmann March 15, 2012

Encyclopædia Britannica’s president Jorge Cauz (left) announced on Tuesday that his company would no longer print its 129-pound, 32-volume sets of its iconic...