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Amazing Gizmos but Depleted Capital
Americans today live like there’s no tomorrow. You can see this in the data regarding retirement. People behave like they will never retire, and …
The 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War
“Active duty military personnel in uniform, and people needing a little extra time or assistance, are free to board at this time.” U.S. Airways …
None Dare Call It Theft
The euro elites don’t call it theft or robbery or even a tax, much less an outright default by the banks of Cyprus. They …
Gun Control: It Backfires
If I were an extremely cynical gun manufacturer, I would save some extra profits to give to Democratic candidates for president. Such presidents come …
How Three Neighbors Got Gas
I live out in the country. Among my few neighbors is a man we like to call “Mr. Mow-it-All.” This guy has the most …
Annie, get your gun! You’re gonna need it
Conservative activist and all-around muckraker James O’Keefe’s latest hidden-camera video draws inspiration from Milwaukee County’s controversial sheriff, amid the national battle over guns. Last …
Why You Should Oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline
There is one reason why you should oppose the proposed $5.3 billion Keystone XL Pipeline. And it has nothing to do with “green religionists,” …
4 New Bills From the Political Elite in the Land of the Free
It’s a pretty sad state of affairs in the Land of the Free when they have to pass a law making it illegal for …
Entrepreneurs Are the Good Guys
Why is business so often scapegoated for all the problems of society? The term scapegoat comes from the Bible and refers to the goat …
How Money Buys Freedom
“As long as I live under the capitalistic system, I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I …
“Can I Get a Candy Bar?” — Sen. Rand Paul
Twitter began by calling it “libertarian porn” — the longest and most sustained attack on leviathan from the Senate floor in modern history. But …
When Is It Okay to Steal a Cow?
It’s bitter cold outside and the winter storm has lasted for days. The snow is two feet high and getting worse. It’s 1872 and …
Where To Go as Swiss are Shutting Out U.S. Taxpayers
For some years now, Swiss Banks have not been willing to take on U.S. clients because of the aggressive tactics of the U.S. IRS. …
In Istanbul:The Rise & Fall of Society
It’s Istanbul, not Constantinople, as the song goes. In this history is an omen for any powerful state (read: the U.S.). A somewhat obscure …
The Sequestration Boondoggle
Illegal immigrants will flood in! You will be stuck in security lines for hours! Children will go hungry! Planes will fall from the sky! …
Benny and the Monetary Jets
“My inflation record is the best of any Federal Reserve chairman in the postwar period,” said the great bearded one, a bit annoyed, responding …
Digits Won’t Destroy Music After All
What’s called the “music industry” — which really means the big players in recording and performance — just climbed over the mountain. Global sales …
Bubble Trouble: Is There an End to Endless Quantitative Easing?
The publication earlier this week of the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee minutes of Jan. 29-30 seemed to have a similar effect on …
Laws Tie Moving Companies in Red Tape
In 2004, Maurice Underwood was just a man with a van. When he made the decision to start his own moving company, Underwood was …
Top Alternatives to Paper Money
I leave Liberty Forum in New Hampshire, a three-day gathering of hundreds of people who are trying to find ways of living freer lives in times of despotic control. With me I have three types of nonpaper, nongovernmental monies. They all operate in competition with the government’s dollar. These include Bitcoin, the mind-blowing digital currency that has techno-geeks, edgy global traders, and even the World Bank buzzing about its potential to finally separate money from the state.
Forcing Ayn Rand on the Students?
John Goedde, chairman of the Idaho Senate’s Education Committee, introduced legislation a couple weeks ago that would require every Idaho high school student to …
The Case of the 5-Year Old Bubble Gun Terrorist
A few weeks ago in the Land of the Free, a five-year-old girl in Pennsylvania was labeled a terrorist threat. Fortunately for the citizens …
National Security and Your Digital Data
One of the most dangerous threats to liberty and privacy today is called the “Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act,” or CISPA. The activists …
To Drone, or Not to Drone?
Decent folk don’t need Dick Cheney to describe something as “a good policy” to know it’s probably a bad idea. But just in case …