Dear Representative King, It is regrettable that instead of working with your party to find an amenable solution to the budget crisis, you have opted to drive a fork into the American community by targeting Muslim Americans for acts committed by a small minority of their community. In calling this series of hearings, not only … Read more
The state of Texas remains a serious contender for the title of “America’s most controversial state.” Lawmakers have introduced legislation repealing some of the current restrictions on gun ownership on public university campuses. If the bill passes, holders of legal concealed carry permits (at least 21 years of age), will be able to carry a concealed weapon … Read more
Mark Thornton is an Austrian economist and senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a libertarian academic organization dedicated to scholarship of the Austrian School as inspired by Ludwig von Mises. In the past, he has taught in the Economics Department of Auburn University and served as an economic adviser to former Alabama Governor … Read more
The Federal government has gone too far in regulating the sugar industry, indirectly worsening the quality of food products like soft drinks. Though not pertinent to the looming budget fiasco developing in Washington, D.C. or the Middle East protests, government regulation of sugar has nonetheless had a major role in your life without you even … Read more
Ron Paul may be a maverick in a sense, but it would be wrong to write him off outright. If you represent the right-wing establishment, chances are the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference was an event you would rather forget. For the second year in a row, Texas Congressman Ron Paul won the CPAC straw … Read more
Planned Parenthood has recently caused quite a stir in the portions of the blogosphere which classify themselves as “pro-life.” Blogger Thomas Peters has highlighted a series of undercover investigations by a pro-life group, LiveAction. LiveAction members, disguised as pimps and sex traffickers, have produced footage demonstrating that they received offers of help from local Planned Parenthood employees … Read more
Update concerning the Congresswoman: Fortunately, Rep. Giffords has continued her miraculously speedy recovery, and is starting rehab. We can only continue to hope and pray that all continues to go well, if not better. In the wake of the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords by a mentally deranged man – an attack which took … Read more
Legalization of the oft-stigmatized drug is the only option. I was eating an absolutely delectable meal at the dining hall several nights ago, minding my own business, and savoring the taste of each bite of my popcorn shrimp, when a random outburst from down the table awoke me from my food-induced reverie. “You know, I … Read more
Sam, I agree with you that Rand Paul is off base in his remarks about the Civil Rights Act, but I have a few quibbles about the way you make your argument. (I see that when you aren’t going after Ayn, you are going after Rand with equal intensity. Young libertarians seem to love the Rands as much as young collectivists seem … Read more
First, I think Adam Serwer has really crystallized the basic problem with how conservatives (and a fair number of over-polite liberals) talk about race. It seems really weird to give Goldwater all this credit for not being personally racist while championing a cause supported by racists, and say this is the same thing as Kennedy … Read more