Obama is living up to those pledges by subverting our Constitution and adopting the political style of a banana republic dictator.
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FDA Horror Stories: How the FDA Denies Drugs to the Terminally Ill
The FDA has vigorously defended its power to deny drugs to the terminally ill, and it has been successful.
“Social License to Operate” is a Violation of the Right to Liberty and Property
Companies should be free to operate in any way they choose: to develop mining and oil sands operations, to build pipelines or nuclear power plants, to start and operate biotechnology ventures or any others—as long as they do not violate the individual rights of others, including their rights to liberty and property.
Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice
How Federal Persecutors Hide The Truth To Punish The InnocentLicensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice
Crumbling Constitution
Some Americans, right and left, give up on the Constitution whenever it gets in the way of policies they like.
Why is the Gold Standard Urgent?
After President Nixon’s gold default in 1971, many people advocated a return to the gold standard. One argument has been repeated: consumer prices are rising. While this is true, it wasn’t compelling in the 1970’s and it certainly doesn’t fire people up today. Rising...
The Death of Goodwill
This is the first piece in what I intend to be a series, on the theme I think of as the Death of Goodwill. There was (and still is) a huge difference between the attitudes of people in America and the attitudes of those in third-world countries. I use the word...
The Media and the Mob vs. The Rule of Law
We have courts of law, instead of relying on the media or mobs. But politics is undermining law.
Teslas’s New Patent Policy: Long Live the Patent System!
In plain English, here’s the deal that Tesla is offering to manufacturers and users of its electrical car technology: in exchange for using Tesla’s patents, the users of Tesla’s patents cannot file patent infringement lawsuits against Tesla if Tesla uses their other patents.
A Guide for Confused Leftists on Policing a Riot
On Michael Brown, Ferguson and the militarization of the police.
Mindless Drones: Technology is a Good Thing in a Free Market
If government will just relax its regulatory chokehold, private citizens will find safe ways to deliver food, rescue lost cats and fill the skies with happy new possibilities.
Republican Attempts To Impeach Obama are Irresponsible
Republicans’ launching of foredoomed symbolic actions like lawsuits and impeachment are an irresponsible self-indulgence.
Book Review: “No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State” by Glenn Greenwald
Despite its shortcomings, Glenn Greenwald has written an important book about today’s emergent totalitarianism in America.
Who Owns You? On the Right To Try Experimental Drugs
On the FDA banning drugs that can help people.
America’s Budding Tyrants
Western values of liberty are under ruthless attack by the academic elite on college campuses across America.
Offensive Speech
It’s fine if the NBA — or any private group — wants to censor speech on its own property. But it’s important that government not have the power to silence us.
Interview: Brandeis Prof. Thomas Doherty in Defense of Infidel Author Ayaan Hirsi Ali
After being abused by Moslems in Somalia, Ayaan Hirsi Ali moved to the Netherlands. She became an outspoken critic of Islam and wrote a screenplay for Submission, a 2004 movie that specifically critiques Moslem treatment of women.
The Constitution or Good Ideas?
Should we be ruled by what are seen as good ideas or by what’s permissible by the U.S. Constitution?
American Dreaming
Government mostly hinders us, and then brags that it is waiting to take charge when we fail.
Privacy, Please
You can decide whether to use Facebook or let private sites install cookies to track your info. Johansson didn’t give that hacker permission to steal her photos. And I didn’t give the NSA — not to mention the IRS, FBI, etc. — permission to access my information.
Feminism Submits to Islam
Where are the feminists outraged by the Brandeis decision?
Statistical Frauds: War on Women
The “war on women” political slogan is in fact a war against common sense.
Minimum Wage Laws are Immoral
The government has no business in dictating voluntary trade between employers and employees. The minimum wage laws are immoral and should be abolished, leaving businesses and workers free to prosper.
Sex and Race Equality
Should we insist upon equal treatment of people by race and sex or tolerate differences in treatment?
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