Private Contractors Feeding at the Public Trough
The latest ranking of contractors providing services to the federal government reveals that at least nine of the top 10 are tied to...
Opinion
E-Verify Is a Threat to Liberty!
I don’t know Peter Gadiel, and he apparently knows absolutely nothing about me. But that hasn’t stopped him from attacking me in a...
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Rick Perry: The New Bulldozer on the Block
Rick Perry’s self-propelled entry into the contest for the Republican presidential nomination is creating a bit of a stir among conservatives. He missed...
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Republican Party Blindness
Beginning in 2000, with the election to the presidency of George W. Bush, the Republican Party enjoyed control over both the legislative and...
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Ominous Parallels: Obama and FDR
People are beginning to compare Barack Obama's administration to the failed administration of Jimmy Carter, but a better comparison is to the Roosevelt...
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Mayor Nutter Spoke the Truth About Race
Someone at long last has had the courage to tell the plain, honest truth about race. ...
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Regulatory Agencies Boom Under Obama Administration
While the private-sector is drowning under a perpetual recessionary storm, U.S. regulatory agencies are flourishing. "If the federal government’s regulatory operation were a...
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Ending Ethanol Subsidies Won’t Reduce Food Costs After All
The recent attempt to terminate both the ethanol subsidies of $.45 a gallon and the $.54-per-gallon import tariff on Brazilian sugar-based ethanol by...
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Leviathan’s Laws: The Insanity of New York City Housing
I’ll be the first to agree that politicians and bureaucrats have no principles. But government itself does; like other entities, it operates according...
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Where’s My Mail?
I don’t want to sound like Lansberry, the legendary Pittsburgher who walked around town for decades with a protest sign saying that the...
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Rick Perry: Another Four Years of George W. Bush?
This past weekend, as the victors of the Ames Straw Poll were being determined in Iowa, Texas governor Rick Perry declared his candidacy...
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Warren Buffett Wants to Raise Taxes on His Friends
Warren Buffett (left), better known as the Oracle of Omaha, earned $40 million last year and paid $7 million of it in taxes....
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A Review of Russell Kirk: A Bibliography
The developments that have taken place in the 17 years that have passed since the death of Dr. Russell Kirk (1918-1994) have demonstrated...
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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...
Read moreFrom the Good News Dept.: North Dakota’s Economy Is Doing Just Fine, Thank You
Finally, some good news about the economy, from an unlikely place: North Dakota. CNNMoney reported that while the United States' economy grew at...
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