ATF Considers Gun-sale Notification for Southern Border States
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (still known as ATF) is considering a pilot program that would require gun dealers in...
Texas Man Arrested for Warning of Speed Traps
The capitol city of Texas has added another dimension to the town motto "Keep Austin Weird" with a bizarre crusade against speed traps....
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Promises and Riots
Economists are the real "party of No." They keep saying that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and politicians keep...
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America Without Government Schools
As an advocate of full educational freedom, I am occasionally asked what America would be like if compulsory school attendance laws were done...
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Planned Parenthood: More Govt Funding, More Abortions
Planned Parenthood’s annual report for fiscal 2008-09 shows that the nation’s premier abortion provider received a banner $363.2 million in government funding through...
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Afghanistan Reconstruction: Billions Spent, But No One Knows Just How
Waste, fraud, and corruption are endemic to government projects. At least projects that take place close to home, however, can be monitored and...
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Democrats Prepare for Battle Over ObamaCare in Next Congress
Back in September, when Republicans first floated the idea of starving the ObamaCare beast, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius argued that...
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TSA: Airports Are Only the Beginning
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), notorious for groping and ogling naked passengers at checkpoints, has long claimed that its “mission” is “protect[ing] the...
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Prof. Alfred Kahn, Father of Airline Deregulaton, Passes Away
Professor Alfred Kahn, best known as “the father of airline deregulation,” died Monday at age 93. His obituary from Cornell reminded his students...
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Free Trade or Fair Trade?
At first blush, the mercantilists' call for "free trade but fair trade" sounds reasonable. After all, who can be against fairness? Giving the...
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Cancun: Global Hysteria, Wealth Redistribution
Thousands of climate dignitaries representing almost every national government on Earth flew to Cancun, Mexico, for the great event. Security precautions were extensive:...
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Al-Qaeda Targeting Christians in Canada, Austria
Not content with terrorizing the Christian minorities that endeavor to survive under Islamic rule, Al-Qaeda is now targeting Coptic Christians who have left...
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On the Dangers of Deficits and Perpetual Revenue
In the Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787, Mr. Mason of Virginia, suggested: ...
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Nigerian Muslims Responsible for Christmas Attacks
Muslim Jihadists are now claiming responsibility for the wave of bombings which struck churches in Nigeria on Christmas Eve. Although some officials within...
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Did Justice Breyer Invent History to Justify His Personal Agenda?
An oft-quoted maxim attributed (dubiously) to Mark Twain instructs writers: “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” Perhaps...
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