POLITICS

Why is political freedom so unpopular? Throughout human history, freedom has been the exception and not the norm. The ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome, free by the standards of their time, ultimately collapsed because of the unwillingness of people to accept...

The best way of legally protecting states of privacy is via our rights to property and contract.

We're stuck here in Chicago as I'm writing this, stranded for a few extra days because the CNN weather map yesterday projected some scary red tornado splotches scattered along the Capitol Limited tracks we take to Pittsburgh. It looked even worse on holytornado.com,...

Drug companies are making fewer generic drugs for cancer treatments and other medical problems, according to Fox News and the FDA. This is creating quite a bit of stress and upheaval at many hospitals, and increases the possibility of frightening medical errors. Why...

Fox News online reports: "Joined by several moderate Republicans, Democrats controlling the Senate rejected a controversial House budget plan for turning Medicare into a voucher-like program for future beneficiaries. Five Republicans joined every Democrat in killing...

Dr. Hurd: I liked your column the other day about how Americans feel entitled to middle-class welfare benefits such as Medicare. But I think you miss one point. I AM entitled! You see, the government has been taking money from me for 25 years and telling me I will:...

Liberty is a beautiful thing. But it's a tool. It's not an end in itself that can be imposed on a people unworthy of it, or who do not want it. Advocates of liberty must be careful not to confuse cause and effect. Liberty is, in fact, the effect -- the RESULT -- of a...

People wonder how and why high-profile politicians like Arnold Schwarzenegger use such bad judgment in their personal lives. "They have so much to lose; why do they risk it?" To me, it's obvious why men such as Schwarzenegger, or any career politician, use such bad...

After Standard & Poors (S&P) lowered the credit rating of the federal government, an Obama administration official said, “This is a facts-be-damned decision.” So what are the facts? The facts are: The federal government had “revenues” of $2.16 trillion in 2010...

Much is made about how the next President should be someone with experience in business. This was the appeal of Donald Trump's phony flirtation with running, and now it's the appeal of Herman Cain, the former business executive promising to take on Obama. The...

Political commentator and former presidential advisor Dick Morris writes: "Count the corpses: 1. Hillary Clinton’s healthcare proposals led to the Democrats’ loss of Congress in 1994. 2. Newt Gingrich’s proposed cuts in the rate of growth in Medicare...

Rosie O'Donnell, comedian and celebrity, has come out against the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden -- on principle. O'Donnell no doubt speaks for many liberals and some libertarians when she claims that Osama bin Laden's execution is an injustice because he...

It's considered an absolute that self-esteem is always a good thing. In the right context, it is. But what happens when self-esteem/self-confidence and wrong-headed thinking exist in the same person?   Many people's thinking is undercut, or even corrupted, by...