Are They Evil or Just Misguided?
The new national healthcare bill (aptly titled “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009," H.R.3962) which narrowly passed the House on November 7th,...
Opinion
A Review of Rahe’s “Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift”
In his latest book, Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift, Paul Rahe examines the roots of what he calls a “popular malaise” that has become...
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Mayhem, Money, & Morality
Anyone trying to figure out what in the world is going on in today’s economy might remember Agatha Christie’s classic, Murder on the...
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Is the Day of Great Leaders Past?
A recent column co-authored by John Eidsmoe and Ben DuPré struck me. They titled their column, "What Makes a 'Great' President?" ...
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What Dodd’s Bill to Clip Fed Powers Really Entails
Senator Christopher Dodd and fellow Senate Democrats are proposing to scale back the regulatory authority of the Federal Reserve and eliminate the Office...
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Church and State
You might think that since the State nailed the Founder of the religion to a cross, Christians would deplore government. Surely its murder...
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Erasing Racism in America
For far too long, those who oppose big-government solutions to racism have been slandered as racists. (Sadly, such attacks are similar to the...
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Obamanomics: A “Stimulus” for Backlash, not Jobs
What the Democrats should have learned from their losses last Tuesday is that the advice given by political strategist James Carville to candidate...
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Another State Introduces Firearms Freedom Act
According to a report published on the Tenth Amendment Center's website, "Introduced in the Ohio House on October 16, 2009, the 'Firearms...
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$22.7 Million to Spy on Mothers and Congressmen (Not That the Latter Don’t Need Watching)
You probably haven’t noticed the terrorists thronging airports in San Francisco, Dallas, Rhode Island, and Philadelphia, but the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) certainly...
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Ayn Rand: Conservative Heroine?
In the Sunday New York Times, Adam Kirsch, senior editor at The New Republic, writes a review of a recent biography of Ayn...
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Samuelson Ponders Unthinkable: U.S. Govt Default
In Robert J. Samuelson’s latest op-ed piece for the Washington Post, “Could America Go Broke?”, the longtime editor and economic and business writer...
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The Alleged One-million-job Stimulus
According to the White House on October 30, the $787-billion stimulus plan has created or saved about one million jobs, but that number...
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Why the Federal Government Should Get Out of Education
Most Americans want less government, smaller government and lower taxes. The only way to accomplish this is by abolishing federal departments and bureaucracies....
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When Standing Armies Cop a Plea
Let’s pretend for a moment that the cops are telling the truth and that Darren Johnson, 43, owner of a barber shop, a...
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