Medicine Chests, Guns, and 20¢: Precedents for ObamaCare?

Yesterday, the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein argued ObamaCare (2010) has legal precedent in supposed purchase-of-product mandates Congress passed in the late 1700s.  Similar to ObamaCare’s individual mandate to purchase health insurance, early Congresses passed such mandates to groups or individuals … [Read more...]

Interview with Ed Timperlake, Editor of Second Line of Defense Forum

Ed Timperlake is the Former Principal Director of Mobilization Planning and Requirements for President Ronald Reagan and a former Marine fighter pilot. He is currently the editor of SLD Forum, a website dedicated to a robust discussion of national security issues. We sat down earlier this week to … [Read more...]

Via Mo Co, Maryland: Shrinking Local Governments

In President Barack Obama’s era of big government, many upset voters have justifiably focused on shrinking federal and state government.  However, voters should also shrink many local governments.  Just consider Montgomery County (Mo Co), Maryland, among America’s biggest local … [Read more...]

Interview with Jonathan Bydlak, President of Coalition to Reduce Spending

Jonathan Bydlak is the President of the Coalition to Reduce Spending, a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization dedicated to one thing: reducing federal spending to balance the federal budget. Jonathan, a former fundraiser for the 2008 Ron Paul for President and 2012 Gary Johnson for President campaigns, … [Read more...]

Forced to Be Free

Over 200 years ago, the French Enlightenment’s political philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau posited that humans must be “forced to be free.” Rousseau’s counterintuitive principle held that there was a so-called general will, which he roughly defined as “one will which is directed towards their common … [Read more...]

Who Should Determine College Attendance?

College graduation rates have again hit the peak this summer. Despite the gloomy unemployment rate, a considerable number of college graduates will join the work force. Politicians did nothing to stop student loans from reaching $23,000 per borrower in 2011. Many wonder if college education will … [Read more...]

Dana Milbank Says the GOP Should Sacrifice the Unborn for Asian-American Votes

In his column this past Wednesday, Dana Milbank said Rep. Trent Franks’ (R-AZ) bill aimed at preventing sex-selective abortions will alienate Asian-Americans. From the column: Republicans long ago lost African American voters. They are well on their way to losing Latinos. And if Trent Franks … [Read more...]

Movie Review: “For Greater Glory”

Over the last several years Catholics in America and Europe have experienced what they believe are the stripping of religious rights, and many are concerned the situation could easily turn into a public confrontation with various governments. One example of this is in England, where just this week … [Read more...]

Senator Tom Coburn versus Everyone Else in Washington

In The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan To Stop Washington From Bankrupting America, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) explains how Washington's career politicians, staffers, and lobbyists have set the nation up for fiscal failure.  Pulling few punches, Coburn targets sacred cows of each party and explains that … [Read more...]

Copy the Thermometers? Scarcity and Rights to Medical or Health Care

If the good can be [copied or] taken (shared) without displacing the original, it is always nonscarce. If taking the original means that it can no longer exist in the possession of the original owner or possessor, it is a scarce good. -Jeffrey Tucker & Stephan Kinsella, 2010 For the past 70 … [Read more...]

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