Big Government
Independence Day Celebrates a Nation Founded on the Right Ideals
Why the U.S. is still prosperous.
What We Know About Government Is Scarier Than What it Knows About Us
We have bigger problems than the NSA.
Big Government Is the Problem, Not Edward Snowden
If the media spent half the time investigating the NSA that they spend sneering at whistleblowers, Americans might demand an end to spying.
How Obamacare Empowers the IRS
The president's health care overhaul requires a massive expansion of the controversial tax agency.
Let's Divorce Marriage from the Government
Government neutrality is the best way to ensure fairness and social peace.
Modern-Day Puritans Want to Ban Things That Make Us Happy
The government bans fun, not danger.
Motives Aside, the NSA Should Not Spy on Us
We may have more to fear from spies acting out of patriotic zeal than those acting out of power lust or economic interest.
Federal Regulations Have Made You 75 Percent Poorer
U.S. GDP is just $16 trillion instead of $54 trillion
Michael Lind's Obtuse Attack on Liberty and Libertarianism
Statists like him are on the wrong side of history
What If Government Officials Broke the Laws We Hired Them to Enforce?
What if they prosecuted others for breaking the same laws they broke?
CBS's Sharyl Attkisson Sees Her Skepticism of Government Finally Shared by Colleagues
A big reality check is all it took
Why D.C. Is the Richest Region in the Country
All that marble in D.C. shouldn't make you feel patriotic.
Sen. Ron Johnson Launches "Victims of Government" Project
The Wisconsin Republican wants to show how the government oftentimes hurts average Americans
After Decade of Fiscal Restraint, Newly Triumphant Dems Move To Hike Minnesota Taxes
Expanding government for its own sake
America's Nation-Building Follies
The U.S. record at nation-building isn't much better at home than abroad.
Obama's Failing Plan to Provide a "College Scorecard"
The Obama administration fails to provide real criteria for college rankings
Two Cheers for the Coming Collapse of the U.S. Economy!
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel on Ending the Fed, Privatizing Money, and Why the Welfare State Will Fall
No Regulation? No Problem
Intuition leads us to think-wrongly-that without government we'd be victims of fraud.
Republicans for Big Government
Any significant movement of wealth from taxpayers to tax consumers will not enhance prosperity.
Rachel Maddow's Blind Deference to Government Power
The MSNBC host doesn't want plain people calling the shots.
Washington's Phantom Austerity
Fiscal Cliff negotiators will means-test everything except government.
R.I.P. National Greatness Conservatism, 1997-2012
A decade-plus of bloody, fruitless wars and budget-busting "energetic government"
Immigrants Reject the GOP's Big Government Vision, Not its Limited Government Ideals
For a couple of nano seconds after the Republicans' historic shellacking last week it seemed that finally wisdom was dawning and they were beginning to realize that immigrant-bashing was not a winning tactic.
State Secession Petitions: Ticked-Off Americans Want Out
One of the great joys of the Internet age is the voice it gives to myriad people whose opinions previously remained silent.
Natural Disasters and the Case for Big Government
The New York Times declares "a big storm requires big government," and my liberal neighbors agree.
Life without FEMA?
Elaborate networks of for-profit and nonprofit entities would plan ahead, mitigate damage, and provide assistance.
