From Drafting Doctors to Stealing Equipment, Politicians Violate the Limits of a Free Society
A pandemic becomes an excuse for treating people as playing pieces in a game.
A pandemic becomes an excuse for treating people as playing pieces in a game.
Most serious approaches to the crisis, however, are decidedly libertarian. They involve reducing regulations that keep industries from responding rapidly in an emergency situation.
"We have the capacity to keep this contained," Mayor Bill de Blasio told New Yorkers on March 2.
When this is all over, don’t expect politicians to lose their taste for ordering us around.
It’s all part of the international push by officials to monitor the public. You’re next.
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Philanthropy helps others. Government controls them instead.
A more active government wins growing approval, but only so long as it doesn’t raise taxes, require tradeoffs, or interfere with private enterprise.
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For all their harrumphing about the evils of corporate influence-peddling, left-wing demagogues are willfully blind to the biggest influence-seekers in state and federal capitols.
Say hello to "Cash for Clunkers 2.0."
Longstanding discipline problems at DHS provide a glimpse of what fans of bigger government on the right and left would inflict on us.
The state attempted to recall the vanity plate on the grounds that it referenced "excretory acts or functions."
"I'm an animal lover, and I feel guilty that they're wandering around out there and they have nothing to eat."
If governments can oppress, they usually will.
Karaoke and beer? No. Karaoke, pool, and beer? OK!
MUST Ministries has provided millions of children with free lunch sandwiches, but an old rule could change their program.
When libertarians dole out blame for the growth of government, perhaps we should take a look in the mirror.
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Journalists, like other Americans, will have an easier time only when the struggle for control of government stops mattering so much.
The number of structurally deficient bridges, never high to begin with, has been dropping over the past 30 years.
Government shutdowns are opportunities to reveal how unnecessary much of government is.
Putting yourself on a registry of people who engage in activities, or own goods, that are even mildly controversial makes you vulnerable to abusive officials.
Columbia's Philip Hamburger says this "monarchical" system of government grew in power just as blacks and women saw an expansion of their voting rights.
The Republican Party hates immigrants more than it hates big government.
It shouldn't surprise you when politicians show their true nature.
Conservatives who claim that immigrants import anti-liberty attitudes are wrong.
Theresa May wants to go after seniors' homes to pay for their long-term care
You got a permit for that ice cream machine?
Many of our intractable policy disputes are little more than rumbles between battling political tribes.
How many movers-and armed federal agents-does it take to evict a D.C. tenant? Too many, thanks to weird government regulations.
Soon shopping malls and theaters can run surveillance images through an app to access state, federal, and international law enforcement watch-lists.
Has the possibility of a Trump presidency caused progressives to reflect on the wisdom of an all-powerful State?
It isn't enough to end just one restrictive law, we have to disempower the prohibitionists.
For better or worse, the role of U.S. sheriffs' offices has been expanding and getting more complex.
The constitutional conservative has an ambitious plan to rebalance the separation of powers
Liberals and conservatives are short-sighted even when claiming to have learned their lessons.
Forget that "war on cops." Unaffordable penalties, incompetent courts, and heavy-handed tactics are all evidence of an official assault on regular Americans.
Can we quit blaming Hispanics for Big Government?
All major candidates in both major political parties promise a federal government that can right any wrong.
Most 2016 presidential candidates want big government their way.
So why is more big government on the menu for the election?
At Sacramento rally, rural residents say Legislature has ignored their issues