Personal Freedoms and the Internet

by Ron Paul The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions. We do not have the right to rob our neighbors to make up... | Comments (6)

Plato, SCOTUS, and You on Gun Bans and Independence

by Micah Tillman As I was preparing for my Wednesday lecture (school ain’t out for the summer for everyone), I was reminded that Plato was a libertarian. Almost an anarchist. For instance, he thought: If we were as we should... | Comments (4)

Life After Kelo: Looking Back and Forward

By Chuck Muth It’s one of the most hated Supreme Court decisions in decades, and it happened just three years ago. I’m talking about Kelo vs. New London, where a bare majority of the justices decided that it was OK... | Comments (0)

Speculation and the Price of Oil

Why pay more at the pump? There are solutions by Fred E. Foldvary Saudi Arabia's King has accused speculators of driving up the price of oil to $140 per barrel. Saudi Arabia has increased output to dampen speculation, but as... | Comments (1)

Every Contest Tells a Story

by Paul Jacob Subway, America’s leading fast-food sandwich franchise, is sponsoring a contest for kids. It’s an essay contest entitled “Every Sandwich Tells a Story.” This contest itself is something of a story. First, the contest explanation and rules contain... | Comments (1)

Can the Candidates Answer Politics' Most Important Question?

by Micah Tillman Quoth Barr: "It is the duty of the federal government to secure our borders from criminals, terrorists and those seeking to take advantage of the American taxpayer." Responds Ponnuru: With the letter surrounding that sentence, Barr is... | Comments (11)

Mideast peace or war by 2009

The Truce and the Noose by Fred E. Foldvary The six-month truce between the Israeli government and the Hamas chiefs in Gaza offers opportunities which if not fulfilled could lead to greater dangers. There are two purposes of a truce.... | Comments (15)

Good to the Bone

by Paul Jacob Jared Gray is an 18-year-old high school student who works as a janitor for Southern Utah University. One day he found a bag of cash lying in the parking lot, obviously one of the school’s deposit bags.... | Comments (46)

Iraq or the Economy?

by Ron Paul What is the importance of the war in Iraq relative to other current issues? This is a question I am often asked, especially as Americans continue to become increasingly aware that something is very wrong with the... | Comments (0)

Constitutional Conservatism Condones Gay Marriage

by Micah Tillman Apparently it’s 1849 all over again. Genderless marriage certificates just became available in California, and Lisa Neff’s AP article on the subject got titled, “Gay couples rush to get married in California” on Yahoo! News. “Rush,” eh?... | Comments (13)

Is there such a thing as too much money?

Inflation Rising by Fred E. Foldvary What is inflation? There are two economic meanings of inflation. The first meaning is monetary inflation, having to do with the money supply. To understand that, we need to understand that the impact of... | Comments (2)

An F for Academic Freedom

by Paul Jacob Just "being a professor" doesn't make you smarter than your students. Or more grounded in reality. Or common sense. Take Priya Venkatesan, a Dartmouth academic who teaches a class in something-or-other to do with science, postmodernism and... | Comments (2)

Rising Energy Prices and the Falling Dollar

by Ron Paul Oil prices are on the minds of many Americans as gas hits $4 a gallon, and continues to surge. How high can prices go? How can we solve these problems? What, or who, is to blame? Part... | Comments (0)

Lead (from Behind)! Change (with the Flow)!

by Micah Tillman Leadership is putting things to a vote. Jumping on the bandwagon. Doing what everyone else is. Right? After all the derision of Bush for his "cowboy diplomacy" and "unilateralism," what do people mean when they say that... | Comments (0)

Ain't Got No Job

Opportunity to make money could be wide open by Fred E. Foldvary The unemployment rate in the USA jumped from 5 to 5.5 percent in May. This ten percent jump was the largest monthly increase since the 1980s. There was... | Comments (0)

The Wrong Book?

By Paul Jacob Last November, Keith Sampson, a college student, was found guilty of “racial harassment.” He’d been caught reading a book while on break from a part-time job with the school. Uh-oh. The book is titled Notre Dame vs.... | Comments (2)

Sowing More Big Government with the Farm Bill

by Ron Paul Recently Congress sent the latest Farm Bill to the president. The bill features brand new federal programs, expansion of existing subsidies, more food stamps and more foreign food aid. This bill hits the taxpayer hard, while at... | Comments (1)