Dr. Ben Carson May Consider 2016 Run for President
Following his magnetic speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, Dr. Ben Carson revealed to the New York Times that he would be willing to consider a run for the...
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Reality Gap Between Wall Street and Main Street Widens
The battle between a stock market that moves inexorably higher and an economy that continues to languish will be won when reality is recognized: The economy is getting weaker...
Proposal to Allow States to Tax Internet Sales Passes Senate
Twenty-six Republicans sided with Democrats on March 22 when the Senate voted 75-24 in favor of a non-binding but instructive resolution allowing states to collect sales taxes from internet...
Cyprus Deal Turns Bank Depositors into Lenders, Abolishes National Sovereignty
The Cyprus deal announced late Sunday night dictated the terms to Cyprus President Anastasiades and required a "downsizing" of the country's financial sector, aided by daylight robbery of depositors'...
New York Revives Tip Line Following Passage of Anti-gun SAFE Act
In the wake of passage of New York's new gun law that will turn many gun owners into criminals on April 15, an anonymous tip line is being revived...
Cheap Abundant Natural Gas is a Game Changer, Says the IMF
A researcher at the International Monetary Fund expressed surprise at the greatly increased production of natural gas due to fracking and the law of supply and demand in a...
Florida Update: Concealed Carry Permits Up, Violent Crime Down
Florida's latest report on crime and permits once again confirms Professor John Lott's contention that carrying concealed reduces violent crime. Voices opposed are becoming muted. ...
Senator Reid Drops Schumer and Feinstein Gun Bills
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on Monday that he would drop from consideration both Sen. Charles Schumer's background check bill and Sen. Dianne Feinstein's assault weapons ban, saying...
Taxes: Soaking the Rich Hurts Rich and Poor Alike
Time and again, when taxes have been raised on the rich, the poor suffered the greatest detriment. And when taxes were lowered, the poor saw most of the benefit....
Two Colorado Sheriffs Won’t Enforce New Gun Laws
Two county sheriffs in Colorado have vowed not to enforce the bills that Governor John Hickenlooper is about to sign into law, saying that they are unenforceable and merely...
Another Judge Rules National Security Letters (NSLs) Unconstitutional
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illson on March 15 ruled that National Security Letters (NSLs) are unconstitutional and ordered the government from issuing them "in this or any other...
Henrik Fisker Quits His Company, Leaving Taxpayers With Another Loss
With the departure of its founder, Fisker Automotive appears to be on the brink of collapse and bankruptcy, taking with it some $200 million of U.S. taxpayers' money. ...
Use of Truth Serum in Colorado Shooter Case Raises Questions
Using a "truth serum" to determine whether or not the Aurora, Colorado shooter James Holmes was sane or not at the time of the shooting is more likely to...
Criticism of Mark Kelly’s Assault Weapon Purchase Misses the Point
The scorn and charges of hypocrisy heaped on Mark Kelly because he purchased an AR-15 for himself while promoting restrictions on others miss the point: His arguments that somehow...
Former Detroit Mayor Convicted for Racketeering, Extortion, and More
When it was announced on Monday that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had been convicted on 24 counts of racketeering, fraud, and extortion, the New York Times failed to mention that...
Rep. Paul Ryan’s New Budget to Repeal ObamaCare, Replace Medicare
The underlying assumptions of Rep. Paul Ryan's new budget to be unveiled on Tuesday, which include repealing ObamaCare and replacing Medicare, make his promise that the federal budget will...
Friday’s Surprisingly Strong Jobs Numbers Aren’t Real
According to Friday's Labor Department report, the economy generated 236,000 new jobs in February, dropping the unemployment rate to 7.7 percent. But these number do not reflect some unsettling...
Ammo Shortages: More Than Simple Supply and Demand?
Despite much speculation that huge government agency orders for billions of rounds of ammunition are deliberately designed to result in "de facto" gun control, a more reasoned response is...
Inspector General: Much of Money for Iraq Reconstruction Wasted
The Inspector General says a lot of money was wasted in trying to rebuild Iraq but fails to mention the real costs of war and its aftermath: the increasing...
Michigan Governor Snyder Declares Detroit a Fiscal Disaster
The headline that Detroit's financial difficulties are so severe that Michigan's governor must name an emergency financial manager to run the place obscures the renaissance that is taking place...
