Debt Ceiling Déjà Vu: The Government That Cried Wolf
On Feb. 7 the United States will once again reach its statutory debt limit, meaning it cannot legally borrow any more money. Since the …
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The NSA Speech: Obama Accepts the Logic of Staying Terrorized
For critics of the surveillance state, it is tempting to see President Obama’s speech a few weeks ago as a partial victory: Prompted by …
The Corruption of Power
We’ve pointed out in the past that President Obama’s views on the surveillance state shifted completely from when he was Senator to when he …
Why Great Entrepreneurs Are Older Than You Think
Continuing revelations of the extensive scope of the U.S. government’s mass spying program, piled on top of decades of foreign intervention and liberty suppression …
The Sordid History of IRS Political Abuse
The power to tax has long conferred the power to destroy one’s political opponents. When the latest IRS politicization scandal erupted in May, many …
Private Exchanges: How Individual Health Insurance Will Become the Standard
Professor John H. Cochrane of the University of Chicago had an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Dec. 25, in which he gave …
ACA Security Worries? Trust Us, We’re the Government
You’ve probably heard that President Obama signed up for Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. ObamaCare) health care. Well, sort of. He won’t actually be using …
Dump the Contraception Mandate and All the Rest
“Nowadays to be intelligible is to be found out.” — Oscar Wilde In the wacky world of American politics, if you as an employer …
The Death of Obama’s “Noble Lie”
Back in 2009, to accuse President Barack Obama of lying about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was to crawl onto a pretty …
Government Is the Problem
Last spring, Barack Obama told the graduating class of Ohio State University: “Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as …