Tax Cuts for the Good Guys
Speaking on one of the political television shows before the election, Vice President Joe Biden proposed to make a deal with Republicans on...
James Madison: Taking Back the Liberal Label
Long ago scholars identified the arches and loops of John Locke’s fingerprints on the writings of James Madison. Evidence of this influence is...
Read moreReal Men Want Globocops — and Other Imperial Delusions
Some eternal verities have outlived their usefulness. Okay that's a contradiction, which I cheerfully acknowledge. To be more accurate, some things that seem...
Read morePentagon: “Mystery Missile” off California Was a Plane
Quoted in several news reports on November 10 and 11, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Col. Dave Lapan said that the elusive...
Read moreBush: “I’d have endorsed Obama if they’d asked me”
President Bush told British officials in the heat of the 2008 presidential election, “I’d have endorsed Obama if they’d asked me,” according to...
Read moreUnderstanding the Election Results beyond Skin Deep
In just the way some voters believed that Obama’s 2008 ascendancy heralded a new era of hope-and-change leftist hegemony, it’s easy to view...
Read moreBook Review: Sapping Americans’ Shrewdness
Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts With Worry, by Lenore Skenazy, Jossey-Bass Publishers (a Wiley Imprint): San...
Read moreMineral Wealth – Outside the Reach of Government
Environmentalists do not seek control of just the U.S. economy; they seek international control as well. The oceans, however, remain largely free. Here...
Read moreThe Founders Wanted Big Government? I Object.
Recently an article was published at lewrockwell.com wherein the author, Kirkpatrick Sale, asserts that it was the Founders' evident intention to establish a...
Read morePledge of Allegiance Sparks Unique Debate
The Pledge of Allegiance is often a controversial and, unfortunately, an unwelcome component in the public arena. Last month, on two separate occasions,...
Read moreSame-Sex Couple Takes on Defense of Marriage Act
Same-sex married couples find themselves confronted by federal law when it comes to federal benefits. When these couples attempt to add their "spouses"...
Read moreGates Says U.S. Willing to Extend Iraq Stay
Voice of America news reported a statement made by Defense Secretary Robert Gates on November 9 that the United States is willing to...
Read moreIllegal Aliens: Economic Consequences
Maywood, California, a small city in Los Angeles County numbering about 45,000 residents, is broke. Such are the city’s dire straits that in...
Read moreLower Wages and Unemployed Americans
Two persistent myths peddled by the open-borders lobby about illegal aliens are that they do not harm the wages or American workers, and...
Read moreMexican Trucks Welcomed by Obama Administration
In the midst of a drug war with Mexico so severe that Americans have been warned not to venture into sections of U.S....
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