Collusion Against Our Youth
I've grown somewhat weary writing about the devastating effects of minimum wage laws but The Wall Street Journal's "Black Youths Miss Out on Good Job News," (Dec. 4, 2009) warrants another...
Opinion
Unemployment Wreaking Havoc on Middle America, New Poll Shows
The economic conventional wisdom of the moment is that the U.S. economy has begun to turn around. According to mainstream economists, a tentative recovery can be found in the third-quarter numbers,...
“Invictus” Means Invincible, Like Hollywood Myths
“Remember this day, boys,” the white soccer coach tells his players on the field as he watches the new President of South Africa Nelson Mandela pass by in Clint Eastwood's latest...
U.S. Postal Service Goes Multicultural
In its efforts to be politically correct, the U.S. Postal Service has decided to issue holiday stamps to accommodate the beliefs and non-beliefs of everyone. In the old days the Postal...
Liberty’s Limits
Government is — or ought to be — limited. Severely, in fact. But what about liberty? Does it have limits, too?We’re tempted to answer, “Heck, no!” because freedom is so intoxicating. Who...
Al Gore’s Propagandistic “Our Choice”
Al Gore's new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, is an exercise in emotionally charged propaganda calling for mankind to give up its standard of living and...
Jobs Summit – More talk? Yes. More jobs? No
When ABC News asked if the "jobs summit" would make real progress or would just be "simply a glorified public-relations stunt," it studiously avoided asking the real question: How can the...
“The Mysterious Islands” Challenges Darwin
A recently released documentary challenges Charles Darwin on “Ground Zero” of evolution: the Galapagos Islands. Led by Vision Forum founder Doug Phillips, the expedition covers the territory and animals Darwin visited...
Copenhagen: UN Calls for Trillions in Reparations for “Climate Debt”
The United Nations summit on global warming in Copenhagen is less than a week away, and UN agencies are trying to pre-set the dials with calls for massive funding of various...
Clemmons’ Clemency
Cheer that rarest of events: one of our rulers told the truth! Granted, presidential wannabee Mike Huckabee has an ulterior motive — but heck, he wouldn’t be a politician otherwise. ...
Book Review: Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue”
“I love to write, but not about myself,” wrote Sarah Palin on page 409 of a book that is almost entirely about herself. Going Rogue is subtitled “An American Life,” but...
Recession “Double-Dip” Coming?
In spite of forecasts by some commentators of an improving economy, several factors point to a coming, even worse, "double-dip" recession: false government statistics that hide the real unemployment rate of...
Government Schools Are Bad for Your Kids
The closure of St. Rose of Lima in Buffalo, New York, ignited a fury in libertarian activist, attorney, and LewRockwell.com contributor James Ostrowski. Ostrowski was furious that his children, who were...
Obama’s Crashing Economic Recovery
There’s a new picture of Obama that’s sticking in my mind, like a song that keeps playing in your head (the one that keeps playing for me this week is “Empire...
Bernanke Attacks Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed Bill
Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Chairman Ben Bernanke is pulling out all the stops to kill Congressman Ron Paul's legislation to audit the Federal Reserve Bank, this time with a November...