Voices

• Baby ordered off plane: JetBlue’s or TSA’s fault?
  An 18-month-old baby girl had cleared security at the Ft. Lauderdale Airport and, along with her parents, had already boarded [...]
• The Revolution Was: 1938
  Garet Garrett (1878-1954) is a voice largely forgotten or altogether unknown today. Born in Illinois, by the age of twenty-five [...]
• Is Obama Negotiating A Treaty That Would Essentially Ban All “Buy American” Laws?
  69 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sent Barack Obama a letter expressing their concern that a new [...]
• The People’s Pottage: Foreword
  Garet Garrett (1878-1954) is a voice largely forgotten or altogether unknown today. Born in Illinois, by the age of twenty-five [...]
• 95% Of The Jobs Lost During The Recession Were Middle Class Jobs
  Who is the biggest loser in the ongoing decline of the U.S. economy?  Is it the wealthy?  No, the [...]
• Soros Election-Rigging Project Dies?
  Whatever happened to the left-wing Secretary of State Project liberals promised would save our elections from the dirty tricks of [...]
• How much worse can the TSA behave?
  When you’re on probation, you steer clear of trouble. You try to to avoid any appearance of impropriety, and [...]
• Garet Garrett: Ex-America, part VII
  Garet Garrett (1878-1954) is a voice largely forgotten or altogether unknown today. Born in Illinois, by the age of [...]
• China’s Dilemma: Power vs Freedom
  In a recent survey of nearly 6,000 high-income, college-educated individuals in 25 countries, the Edelman Trust Barometer found [...]
• If You Break the Law, Argue a Higher Law
  Civil disobedience requires arguing higher law before a judge. You cannot win by playing by their rules in their sandbox. [...]
• One Nation Under Debt With Endless Debt Slavery For All
  Debt is a “soft” form of slavery.  In America today, it is not legal to bind people up with [...]
• TSA goon squads at the bus station: police state, here we come
  Paul Joseph Watson writes for Prison Planet that Big Sis has started a program with the TSA and [...]
• Garet Garrett: Ex-America, part VI
  Garet Garrett (1878-1954) is a voice largely forgotten or altogether unknown today. Born in Illinois, by the age of [...]
• Nancy Pelosi’s Constitution
  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi — the speaker of the House when Obamacare was passed — has an op-ed [...]
• You Owe the IRS? Welcome to the Hunger Games
  Senate Bill 1813 denies your right to travel if you owe the IRS tax. This could be the first step [...]
• Christie the Prophet
  New Jersey governor Chris Christie recently warned that America is in danger of becoming a country of “people [...]
• What You Missed Over Recess
  Shocker: Obamacare Will Increase the Deficit: Medicare public trustee Chuck Blahous released a report last week explaining how, after taking [...]
• Another TSA agent charged with child porn
  Yet another TSA agent has been brought up on child pornography charges. This makes a total of 12 child [...]
• Garet Garrett: Ex-America, part V
  Garet Garrett (1878-1954) is a voice largely forgotten or altogether unknown today. Born in Illinois, by the age of [...]
• Leftist California Professors “Corrupt” Higher Education
  “I don’t know any polite way of putting this — but he’s lying,” said professor John Ellis, president of [...]
• DHS asks: Do you have “malintent”?
  Ya know, you just can’t make this stuff up. Every time the Department of Homeland Security comes out with [...]
• Garet Garrett: Ex-America, part IV
  Garet Garrett (1878-1954) is a voice largely forgotten or altogether unknown today. Born in Illinois, by the age of twenty-five [...]
• Why you must protect your children from TSA groping
  A parent or guardian of a child does not have the right to allow anyone to touch a child’s [...]
• Morgan Stanley Is High On Chinese Rail!
  Morgan Stanley is in fact very high on Chinese Rail. No thank you. I am not suggesting Morgan Stanley is [...]
• Garet Garrett: Ex-America, part III
  Garet Garrett (1878-1954) is a voice largely forgotten or altogether unknown today. Born in Illinois, by the age of twenty-five [...]
• 20 Signs That We Are Witnessing The Complete Collapse Of Common Sense In America
  What do you do when an entire nation begins to lose the capacity to think rationally?  Many Americans spend [...]
• Yes, We Can Wait
  In pushing through parts of the New Deal, President Franklin Roosevelt reportedly told one wavering congressman, “I hope you [...]
• Woman exposed by TSA screener
  A Florida woman, Jennifer Sisk, reports that her body was exposed by a TSA screener during a “pat-down” at [...]
• Garet Garrett: Ex-America, part II
  Garet Garrett (1878-1954) is a voice largely forgotten or altogether unknown today. Born in Illinois, by the age of twenty-five [...]
• Asthmatic Children: Pawns in Obama’s Reelection Campaign
  Is Obama or the EPA anti-asthmatic? One would think from their recent braggadocio that they are asthmatic children’s best friends. [...]
• Obamacare, Two Years Later
  This week marks two years since of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and if [...]
• UK: Response Crews Limited by Government Regulations, Drowning Man Dies after 36 Minutes
  Here’s the scene. It was an overcast day in southern England last March. That is to say, a normal day [...]
• Garet Garrett: Ex-America, part I
  Garet Garrett (1878-1954) is a voice largely forgotten or altogether unknown today. Born in Illinois, by the age of twenty-five [...]
• A President without an Energy Plan?
  I can’t seem to get that catchy tune out of my head, “mmm mm mm! Barack Hussein Obama.” It [...]
• Can the Secret Service Tell You To Shut Up?
  The First Amendment to the Constitution prohibits the government from infringing upon the freedom of speech, the freedom of association [...]
• Who Decided That It Would Be A Good Idea…
  Do you have faith in the people running this nation?  When answering that question, most people would bash either [...]
• Are we spending too much on the TSA?
  If Jon Corbett’s viral video about how he outsmarted the TSA’s full-body scanners doesn’t end the controversial screening program, then [...]
• Hitting the Ceiling
  If you liked last year’s battle over raising the debt ceiling, just get ready for the fight to come. Last summer’s [...]
• Just War and the Iran Crisis
  It would be wrong for the United States to engage at this time in an attack on Iran or [...]
• Not Super, but Good Enough
  BOSTON — The band at the Westin Copley played the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” as Mitt Romney supporters [...]
• Inflation Is A Tax And The Federal Reserve Is Taxing The Living Daylights Out Of Us
  Ronald Reagan once famously declared that inflation is a tax, but sadly most Americans did not really grasp what [...]
• Gasoline Prices Are Not Rising, the Dollar Is Falling
  Panic is in the air as gasoline prices move above $4.00 per gallon. Politicians and pundits are rounding up [...]
• Are the detainment provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act serious?
  Are the detainment provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act serious? Yes they are. This is a complicated area, and there [...]
• 55 Interesting Facts About The U.S. Economy In 2012
  How is the U.S. economy doing in 2012?  Unfortunately, it is not doing nearly as well as the mainstream [...]
• Court Says GPS Tracking a Search Within the Scope of Fourth Amendment
  The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees Americans a certain expectation of privacy from governmental intrusion. Specifically, the [...]
• Is TSA just another airline subsidy?
  Before 2001, the airlines were responsible for providing airport security; the costs were included in the base fare structure. [...]
• Up From Big Government Conservatism
  It was yet another embarrassing spectacle of Republicans squabbling over who was for big government first. Jim Talent, a former [...]
• Contraceptives and Catholic hospitals: The primary issue is Obamacare, not the First Amendment
  Does the mandate forcing Catholic hospitals to offer abortifacients and contraception violate the First Amendment? The surprising answer [...]
• Why Are Record Numbers Of Young Adults Jobless And Living At Home With Mom And Dad?
  In the United States today, unemployment among those age 18 to age 34 is at epidemic levels and the [...]
• Rebuttal: Troops Aren’t Helped By Being Coddled
  The following piece is a response to Obama Pulls Combat Pay for U.S. Troops, which was shared on Conservative Action [...]
• Highway Robbery by Republicans
  Anyone still wondering why there is a disconnect between grassroots limited-government conservatives and the Washington establishment need look [...]
• According to the FBI, Internet Privacy is Considered to be Suspicious Activity
  When you use the Internet in a public place, do you prefer to have as much privacy as possible?  [...]
• Truth, lies and Afghanistan
  I spent last year in Afghanistan, visiting and talking with U.S. troops and their Afghan partners. My duties with [...]
• ACTA is a Bad Agreement
  ACTA was negotiated in extreme secrecy by a small group of wealthy nations. As leaked documents make clear, the [...]
• TSA Agents do the Strangest things
  What’s with TSA agents’ bizarre behavior lately? Take Ellen Terrell, who was flying out of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. As [...]
• The Federal Reserve’s Crony Capitalism
  The Federal Reserve’s decision to release forecasts for short-term interest rates is supposed to clarify monetary policy and reassure [...]
• Nanny State Giving Out Free Cell Phones, Minutes To Welfare Recipients
  Did you know that the federal government is giving out free cell phones and free cell phone minutes to [...]
• No More Bipartisan Bailouts
  One of the few lines in President Obama’s State of the Union address that actually received bipartisan applause was [...]
• If the Economy is Getting Better …
  Everywhere you turn these days, someone is proclaiming that the economy is improving.  Barack Obama is endlessly touting the [...]
• A Redistributive State of the Union
  Shortly after President Obama was elected, NBC News interviewed a young woman from Detroit named Peggy Joseph. She explained [...]
• Are George Soros, The IMF And The World Bank Purposely Trying To Scare The Living Daylights Out Of Us?
  Over the past couple of weeks, George Soros, the IMF and the World Bank have all issued incredibly chilling [...]
• How Dumb Do They Think We Are?
  I’ve been called a fascist by communists and a communist by fascists.  I’ve been called a pagan by Christians and [...]
• The Income-Inequality Myth
  As we listen to President Obama, Occupy Wall Street, and much of the mainstream media working themselves into a [...]
• Can Freedom Survive or Is the Fix In?
  The Republicans have a habit of nominating moderates who have served the Party well, or as the Soviets called them [...]
• Checklist: How To Prepare For The Difficult Years Ahead
  How should people prepare for the difficult years that are coming?  I get asked about that a lot.  Once [...]
• Tebow Time (We Need It)
  As a result of the absolutely stunning 29-23 overtime victory by the Denver Broncos over the Pittsburgh Steelers, it seems [...]
• Hayek Vindicated Again
  Way back on the Federal Page of today’s Washington Post is an article that ought to be on the [...]
• Santorum’s Big-Government Conservatism
  Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum’s surprisingly strong performance in last night’s Iowa caucus has thrust him into the [...]
• Mitt Romney and Globalism
  Once again, the Republican Party is being tempted to vote for “the lesser of two evils”.  A lot [...]
• Are Unintended Consequences the Intention?
  Joining the slow motion delivery of Iraq to the Ayatollahs of Iran and the decade long quagmire of Afghanistan America’s [...]
• A Government of Fallible Men to Rule Fallible Men
  In America today a debate rages concerning the legitimate role of government.  Currently the Federal Government is controlled by a [...]
• The Obama Nation: Even More Debt And Even More Store Closings
  Well, it is time to raise the debt ceiling again.  Right now we are about to hit the current [...]
• A Declaration of Independence
  This article was originally published on August 8, 2011. It has happened just as foretold.  The Progressive Republicans have joined [...]
• Another Gospel
  A Pew Research Center national survey found that nearly one-in-five Americans (18%) believe President Obama is a Muslim and 43% [...]
• The Government as Lawbreaker, Again
  Can Congress make legal something [...]
• How Speaker Newt Gingrich Betrayed the Republican Revolution
  One thing that makes Newt Gingrich an attractive presidential candidate to many conservatives is his term as Speaker of [...]
• Applied Hayek: Why Sound Economics, Like Political Philosophy, Begins with Socratic Ignorance
  Hard to believe, but my fall course for the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University on the political economy of a [...]
• Have You Heard About The 16 Trillion Dollar Bailout The Federal Reserve Handed To The Too Big To Fail Banks?
  What you are about to read should absolutely astound you.  During the last financial crisis, the Federal Reserve secretly [...]
• Internet Copyright Protection Bills Threaten ISPs, Web Sites, Users
  Two bills intended to stem digital piracy of movies, software and music are winding their way through both houses [...]
• Closing USPS
  This article was written by a CAA member in July of this year: For those who are unaware, USPS has announced [...]
• President Obama’s Top 10 Constitutional Violations
  One of the biggest political changes that 2011 brought — in large part due to the tea parties and [...]
• Cell Phones Are Tracking Devices That Governments, Police, Big Corporations, et. al. Can Use To Track Your Movements
  If you regularly carry a cell phone around with you, you might as well say goodbye to your privacy.  [...]
• 22 Reasons Why We Could See An Economic Collapse In Europe In 2012
  Will 2012 be the year that we see an economic collapse in Europe?  Before you dismiss the title of [...]
• Tea Party and Occupy say ‘This Government Is Failing’
  Working with Governor Cuomo, and across party lines, in NY, we have balanced the budget, made tough spending cuts [...]
• Obama’s EPA is killing the economy with costly rules
  Anybody who wonders why the U.S. economy continues to stagger along with 9 percent unemployment and an anemic 2 [...]
• The Plymouth Thanksgiving Story
  When the Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, they landed on the rocky shores of a territory that was [...]
• Conservatives Side With Pepper-Spraying Thugs
  If you want to know [...]
• Applied Hayek: NPR Slip-Up Edition
  Well, it’s happened again: NPR slipped up and ran a mostly positive story on Hayek, today on Morning Sedition Edition. Yes, [...]
• United States of Europe?
  It’s fascinating to watch the [...]
• The Police State Vs. Occupy Wall Street
  Over the past decade, the homeland security apparatus of the federal government has been slowly but surely turning this [...]
• How Can The American People Ever Trust Congress Again After Learning Of The Rampant Insider Trading That Has Been Going On?
  Will the shocking insider trading revelations that have come to light in recent days finally be enough to motivate [...]
• Applied Hayek: AFL-CIO Edition
  Chapter 18 of The Constitution of Liberty is on “Labor Unions and Employment,” which will be considered in my [...]
• So Long, America
  Here is Judge Napolitano’s closing [...]
• 15 Statistics Which Prove That The U.S. Economy Is In Much Worse Shape Than Most Americans Think
  Yes, most Americans realize that the economy is not doing well right now, but most of them also believe [...]
• The Real “1 Percent”
  So just who are those top 1 percent of Americans that we’re all supposed to hate? If you listen to President [...]
• Applied Hayek: Update Edition
  A good friend and frequent collaborator wrote in a few days ago to suggest that my Hayek post a couple [...]
• Let Them Eat Cake: 10 Examples Of How The Elite Are Savagely Mocking The Poor
  There is absolutely nothing wrong with working hard and making a lot of money, but there is something wrong with [...]
• From 7 Billion To 500 Million – The Sick Population Control Agenda Of The Global Elite
  The United Nations has officially designated October 31st as 7 Billion Day.  On that day, the United Nations estimates [...]
• ‘Idolatry of the Market’?
  The document released yesterday by [...]
• Joe Biden: There Will Be A Huge Increase In Murders And Rapes If The Federal Government Doesn’t Spend More Money To Help The Economy
  An increasing number of politicians and celebrities are openly declaring that if the economy continues to decline, it could [...]
• Equally Poorer
  As President Obama continues to base his reelection hopes on resentment toward the “1 percent” who are supposedly not [...]
• Applied Hayek: OWS Envy Edition
  As we continue to fixate on the inchoate but plainly radical demands/desires of the lefty-losers Wall Street Occupiers, this passage [...]
• The George Soros Connection to ‘Occupy Wall Street’
  Until now, I have held back on making the accusation that some others have that George Soros has been [...]
• 50 Random Facts That Make You Wonder What In The World Has Happened To America
  Our world is changing at a pace that is so staggering these days that it can be really hard [...]
• Occupy Wall Street vs. Jobs
  The last week brought us a striking contrast that tells us much about the current debate over the direction of [...]
• Applied Hayek: The Nation Magazine Edition
  The Nation magazine thinks it has hit a two-fer in a recent issue, calling attention to the supposed hypocrisy [...]
• The Fascist Threat
  Everyone knows that the term fascist is a pejorative, often used to describe any political position a speaker doesn’t like. [...]
• Applied Hayek: Socialism vs. “Socialism”
  I’m back in Ohio today for my Monday class for the honors students at the Ashbrook Center, and though [...]
• Do Not Allow President Obama To Impose Martial Law
  Some people are predicting that [...]
• The Secret Memo That Explains Why Obama Can Kill Americans
  Outside the U.S. government, President Obama’s order to kill American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki without due process has proved [...]
• Obama: A disaster for civil liberties
  With the 2012 presidential election before us, the country is again caught up in debating national security issues, our [...]
• 130 years of Ludwig von Mises
  Today is the 130th birthday of Ludwig von Mises. Mises was, in my opinion, the greatest economist of all [...]
• Jim DeMint: Venture Socialism
  A year ago, President Obama jetted off to Solyndra’s California headquarters to sing its praises and tout other green [...]
• Monopoly Money and Federal Reserve Notes side by side — you won’t believe it
  Someone at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing has a sick sense of humor… and the joke’s on you. [...]
• Still Spreading the Wealth
  Back when Barack Obama was running for president, he famously told Joe the Plumber that his goal was to [...]
• Policy Analysis: Abolish the Department of Homeland Security
  After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), an umbrella [...]
• Grow jobs, repeal the minimum wage
  Time to repeal the minimum wage. This might not sound like something any candidate for elected office would dare say. [...]
• The Federal Reserve’s Flawed Approach To Monetary Policy
  After two rounds of quantitative easing, unemployment is still above 9% while annual CPI inflation stands at 3.6%. [...]
• Unintended consequences of EPA’s regulatory zeal
  With concern over a slowing U.S. economy and 13.9 million unemployed, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating new [...]
• Yes, It Is a Ponzi Scheme
  Texas governor Rick Perry is being criticized for calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme.” Even Mitt Romney is [...]
• Stay on Vacation
  As the economy continues to teeter on the precipice of a double-dip recession, there is a growing demand for [...]
• More Leviathan?
  You can’t “starve the beast” — but there is no reason to feed it. In a classic “Saturday Night Live” skit, [...]
• SCOTUS Should Side with 11th Circuit
  “The judiciary is called upon not only to interpret laws,” the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, “but at times [...]
• Conservatism and the Old Right: a personal view
  I am, what is considered, a member of the “Old Right.” The right wing of Sen. Robert Taft, and [...]