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Great Moments in Local Government

Dan Mitchell wrote 5 hours ago: As a good libertarian, I believe in the right of contract, including the right to insist on stupid e … more →

Tags: government stupidity, waste, Liberty

Listen To This Man3 comments

Conservative Wanderer wrote 23 hours ago: Amazing how much of this is as relevant today as it was back when The Gipper gave this speech. … more →

Tags: General Conservatism, Society, Domestic Policy, History, Healthcare, Health Care, Socialism, socialized medicine, Ronald Reagan

ObamaCare Link Fest Update: Changed size of Picture

The Climate Heretic wrote 1 day ago: Well, this was going to be an anylsis on ObamaCare, but it has, for the most part, become a Link Fes … more →

Tags: The House of Representatives, The Senate, Government Control, Fascism, Socialism, Progressivism, President Obama, Healthcare, Tea Party

America Suffers When Washington Wins

Dan Mitchell wrote 2 days ago: The Washington Post has a “feel-good” story about how the huge expansion in the federal … more →

Tags: Economics, Fiscal Policy, Spending, waste, Government Spending

Social Security Administration Bureaucrats Have a Party…and Taxpayers Pick Up a $700,000 Tab1 comment

Dan Mitchell wrote 3 days ago: With so much money being squandered in Washington, $700,000 does not even rise to the level of an as … more →

Tags: Competitiveness, Fiscal Policy, Politics, Spending, waste, corruption, Government Spending

Should the Obese Pay?

Josh wrote 3 days ago: Source. As Congress barrels toward a complete entanglement of government into the health care syste … more →

Tags: Personal Commentary, Congress, Health Care, health-care reform, obesity, taxes

You couldn't make it up #2: Brown backs Blair as 'President of Europe'1 comment

xenophon19 wrote 3 days ago: This is the frankly disturbing headline from the Belfast Telegraph. Jesus! could you imagine? Anyway … more →

Tags: Absurdity, Politics, libertarianism, Liberty, Freedom, Government, tragedy, Totalitarianism, european union

Why people have Roe v. Wade completely backwards

Rob wrote 4 days ago: Row v. Wade gets spun this way: there is some hidden and unwritten right to privacy in the US Consti … more →

Tags: Politics, U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court, Liberals, Tyranny, Abortion, Roe v Wade, sotomayor

The "Washington Monument Syndrome" Backfires in Massachusetts

Dan Mitchell wrote 4 days ago: While politicians and bureaucrats generally are on the same side, there are occasional conflicts. Fo … more →

Tags: Economics, Fiscal Policy, Spending, Government Spending, States

Looks like Peggy Joseph may get the last laugh4 comments

Procrustes wrote 4 days ago: Not quite sure where this might be headed but what follows sounds like Peggy Joseph might have … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, peggy joseph, Politics, rbo, Real Barack Obama, the real barack obama, Unemployment, Welfare State

Can a Story About Government-Run Health Care Have a Happy Ending?1 comment

Dan Mitchell wrote 5 days ago: In a previous post, I commented about how Oregon’s government-run health system gives people a … more →

Tags: Economics, Fiscal Policy, Health Care, Spending, waste

Holdren: Eco-Eugenicist

The Climate Heretic wrote 5 days ago: I HATE eugenics.  It is why I oppose Abortion.  It is why I oppose Embryonic Stem-Cell Research. I a … more →

Tags: Global Warming, Fascism, Socialism, Progressivism, President Obama, Church of Global Warming, Czar, embryonic stem cell research, Eugenics

Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Bureaucrats' Fancy Party at Posh Resort1 comment

Dan Mitchell wrote 6 days ago: Remember the much-deserved outrage when AIG executives partied at five-star resorts after getting ba … more →

Tags: Fiscal Policy, Spending, waste, Government Spending

Eugenicists on the Hill

The Climate Heretic wrote 1 week ago: Recently, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has admitted that she is a Eugenicist.  And I must say, that I am not … more →

Tags: Global Warming, The Supreme Court, Government Control, Fascism, Socialism, Progressivism, racism, President Obama, Ginsburg

Al Gore Seeks Global Governance

The Climate Heretic wrote 1 week ago: It would seem that Al Gore, Lord High Profit of Global Warming, has finally admitted what he is actu … more →

Tags: Global Warming, Government Control, Socialism, Progressivism, hr 2454, Church of Global Warming, United Nations, Boxer, Chirac

"Ideas, hypotheses and, yes, even theories have a legitimate place in life. It's just that they're a part of the picture, often a small part. One danger is that theories, due to their clarity, simplicity and whatever other characteristics theories possess, is that they can become more real than reality to theory-lovers."2 comments

onparkstreet wrote 1 week ago: “Planning is usually based on some sort of idea structure, often one or more theories. People … more →

Tags: Excerpts, Interesting Links, Theory, Ivy League

Drivers Use Technology to Fight Snooping by Greedy Government

Dan Mitchell wrote 1 week ago: The Washington Examiner has an encouraging story about how citizens are using high-tech to thwart th … more →

Tags: Politics, Spending, Taxation, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending

Jane Goodman Be-all End-all Hypocrite

Kris wrote 1 week ago: This evening I read an article written by Jane Goodman, you know, that SCIENTIST that studied apes i … more →

Tags: global warming hoax, Liberals, socialist, Socialism, capitalism, lies, deceit, Earth, planet

“Positive Rights”: An Ethical Perversion to Pacify the People

freedomslighted wrote 1 week ago: Contemporary society has unfortunately succumbed to quite perverted and badly conceived views of hum … more →

Tags: Police State, Property Rights, libertarian, libertarianism, anarchism, Liberal, Liberalism, Fascism, totalitarian


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