As a caravan of thousands of illegal aliens makes their way north from Honduras, many are left wondering just how …
FFS: UN’s Solution to climate change is to end capitalism
What will it take to keep the planet habitable? According to some eco-warriors, all that’s necessary is to end capitalism—the …
Obese Americans Pose Growing Risk to National Security
A new study says a growing threat to national security doesn’t involve China, Russia, or the Middle East: It’s American …
Margaret Thatcher On Redistribution of Wealth and the Failure of Socialism
The Iron Lady explains why Socialism won’t work. And can’t ever work.
Obama talks about his drug use
So, it’s OK for some people drink beer (and more) but not for others. I get it. You just have …
The Best-Governed State Is…?
Dan Mitchell recently wrote about the Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index, which is a snapshot of current competitiveness …
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Which State Has the Best Tax System of All?
Yesterday, I wrote about the newest edition of Economic Freedom of the World, which is my favorite annual publication. Not …
Why We Couldn’t Create Our Constitution Today
Americans should be thankful not only for the rare genius that assembled in Philadelphia in 1787 to draft the Constitution, …
Logical Fallacies in the Gun Debate
In 2017, the data website FiveThirtyEight declared that the U.S. had become more polarized on the issue of guns that …
Here’s How Safe We Are 17 Years After 9/11
Seventeen years ago, 19 terrorists hijacked four planes and used them to attack the United States. Almost 3,000 people were …
TOTAL RECALL: Full Body Scanners Coming to a Subway Near You
By Former Congressman Bob Barr: Nearly 30 years ago, a young Arnold Schwarzenegger, appearing in a sci-fi movie, Total Recall, walked …
8 Stubborn Facts about Gun Violence in America
In the wake of any mass shooting there’s a lot of noise from all sides; all searching for solutions to …
Zoning Laws Are a Pile of S**t
Poop in California is a direct result of a failure in local government. And NIMBYs (Not in my backyard). Back …
The school shooting survivors the media ignore.
On May 18, a mass shooter left 10 people dead in Santa Fe, Texas. Three months later, survivors are calling …
Elderly Homeowner Calls 911 — Police Then Kill Him
When a naked intruder broke into the Aurora, Colorado home of Richard Black in the middle of the night , …
It’s official! Ethanol from soy and corn bad for the environment
When the National Wildlife Federation speaks out, the nation usually listens. It’s America’s oldest and largest conservation organization, fighting on the …
Cali – Batsh*t crazy
Since I focus on public finance, I think California is crazy because of punitive taxes and reckless spending policies. But …
Lemonade stands rile bureaucrats. Is this American?
Another weekend, another lemonade stand shut down. Last Memorial Day weekend, the city of Denver brought us the story of …
A Jittery Adam’s Apple May Land You on a TSA Watch List
Contributed by former Congressman Bob Barr Next time you board a commercial airliner, be careful not to sweat too much, glance …
The Clinton State Department’s Major Security Breach That Everyone Is Ignoring
Peter Strzok’s testimony about the email server scandal involving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised headlines because of his …
Husband Shoots Home Invader Holding His Wife at Gunpoint
This is why we have the Castle Doctrine, Stand your Ground, and the Second Amendment in our civilized states – …
The Second Social Security Crisis
If you did man-on-the-street interviews across America and asked people about Social Security, I suspect most of them would have …
Fact Check: Are Half of All Border Patrol Agents Hispanic?
Townhall editor and Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich said in a tweet Wednesday that 52 percent of U.S. Border Patrol agents are …
To Promote Gun Control, the UN Changes the Rules
In the last two weeks of June, the United Nations held another review conference on its efforts to counter what …
Why Houston is a better town than….almost anywhere (And why DC sucks)
URGH!!! Zoning laws. I’m in the middle of a fight with the Zoning Gods and I can tell you as …
The Chicken War of the 1960s led to higher-priced small trucks.
The other day my daughter, who is moving to Canada, and I were car-hunting at a Volkswagen dealership. During our …
Willis Carrier – America’s unsung hero and government enabler
This was one of the most significant events in American history. In 1906, a man named Willis Havilland Carrier from …
Calvin Coolidge, the Declaration of Independence, and Limits on the Power of Government
by Dan Mitchell To keep with tradition, it’s time to expand my collection of 4th-of-July columns. In 2010, I contemplated the issue …
US state announces: ‘Surrender Your Guns Or Become A Criminal!’
New Jersey, not exactly known for giving the people living within its borders freedom, has just passed a law that …
An Amusing Examination of Socialism
I’m a big believer that some images do a great job of capturing an issue. The essential insight of supply-side economics. The …