Movie Review: The Pencil Has Spoken!
In the new and beautifully animated six-minute film I, Pencil, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) has brought to life Leonard Read’s I, Pencil,...
Union Threatens to Paralyze Walmart Stores on Black Friday
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union has threatened 1,000 protests against Walmart on Black Friday, while the giant retailer has filed...
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EU Supports New Syrian Opposition Group
At the meeting of the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on November 19, a group of 27 European foreign ministers issued...
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Victory — and Defeat — in Battle Over Contraception Mandate
A pair of rulings covering Obama's contraception mandate demonstrates the conflict that is emerging between religious freedom and the President's audacious attempts at...
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Geithner as Buzz Lightyear on National Debt: To Infinity, and Beyond
President Obama's Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has embraced the “Buzz Lightyear” debt strategy to overcome the fiscal crisis known as the “fiscal cliff”:...
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House Committee Investigates EPA’s Secret E-mail Accounts
Citing “a pattern of behavior directed at subverting transparency,” the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is requesting information from Environmental Protection...
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Killing the Goose: Twinkies Bankruptcy
Killing the goose that lays the golden egg is one of those old fairy tales for children which has a heavy message that...
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Robert Welch Accurately Predicted Fall Off Fiscal Cliff in 1974
At a JBS Council Dinner in 1974, founder Robert Welch accurately predicted the U.S. approach to the fiscal cliff. ...
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Philosophy and Culture in the Thought of Nietzsche
Given the recent reelection of President Obama and his fellow partisans, this just might not be a bad time to acquaint ourselves with...
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Spanish Theater Owner Starts “Carrot Rebellion” to Protest Tax Increase
A Spanish theater owner is protesting the VAT increase on his tickets to 21 percent by offering carrots for sale, which are subject...
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Ohio Starts Counting Absentee and Provisional Ballots — But Where, When, and Who’s Counting?
Election officials in Ohio were scheduled to begin counting absentee ballots and provisional ballots on Saturday, November 17, 2012, but they haven't been...
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FFRF Sues IRS for Failure to Prosecute Churches, Christian Groups
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has turned its attack on one of its long-time allies, announcing that it is suing the federal...
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Xi Jinping Named General Secretary of Communist Party of China
On Thursday, November 15, at the first plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Vice President of the...
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Some GOP Governors Oppose ObamaCare Exchanges; Others Relent
Another governor is adding his name to the list of state executives opposing the ObamaCare mandates. This past week, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley...
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Florida Man Tasered by Police While Fighting House Fire
On November 8 around 6:00 p.m., a Florida man was tasered by police while trying to protect his house from a fire in...
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