Congress Criminalizes First Amendment Right To Assemble

by Mac Slavo, The New World Reporter A little known bill which seeks to fundementally erode the first admendment to the U.S. Constitution has recently been approved by the House of Representatives (H.R. 347 vote tally 388-3), and the Senate (S.1794); passing with unanimous consent, despite no vot

The Federal Reserve Cartel Part I: The Eight Families

by Dean Henderson, DumpDC The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo) own the Four Horsemen of Oil (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP Amoco and Chevron Texaco); in tandem with Deutsche Bank, BNP, Barclays and other European old money behemoths. But

John Stossel – Illegal Everything

"Illegal Everything" is a masterpiece of video journalism. Featuring John Stossel, "Illegal Everything" exposes the government's agenda to criminalize nearly every single person. This is a must-see video if you care about freedom, liberty and the right to be left alone by tyrannical governments.

First they came for the file-sharing domains…

by Mark Jeftovic, EasyDNS (Background: as you may or may not be aware, earlier in the year the US Department of Homeland Security began seizing domain names of various filesharing websites. Suddenly the agency tasked with protecting the United States from further terrorist attacks was now seiz

The Collectivist Impulse to Plan Other People’s Lives

by Dan Mitchell I’ve criticized centralization of power in Washington, and I’ve condemned efforts for global “economic governance.” The simple message is that bureaucrats shouldn’t try to control our lives, regardless of whether those pencil-pushers reside in Washington or the Unit

Hot Button

by Alan Pell Crawford, Sam Adams Alliance For a certain flavor of Republican, signs of an improving economy—well-grounded or not—are terrible news. The better things get, the worse their prospects in November seem to be. That’s why those whose most urgent priority is removing President Oba

A Mormon Leader’s Promotion of Peace

by Connor Boyack, LRC In October 1946, a high-ranking leader of a large Christian church in America rose to the podium in a tabernacle, during a large conference in which were assembled 7,000 church members, with thousands more listening via radio transmission, and a million more receiving the me

Bill Clears Path For 30,000 Surveillance Drones Over US In Next Ten Years

 ACLU Congress is poised to give final passage to legislation that would give a big boost to domestic unmanned aerial surveillance — aka “drones.” As we explained in our recent report, drone technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, and there is a lot of pent-up demand for them wi

Newt History Lesson

The Pseudo-Courage of Chris Kyle

by William N. Grigg That kind of courage, which is conspicuous in danger and enterprise, if devoid of justice, is absolutely undeserving of the name of valor. It should rather be considered as a brutal fierceness outraging every principle of humanity. – Cicero, The Offices, Book I Chapter XIX

Romney: Index Minimum Wage to Inflation

by Thomas Sowell, NewAmerican Governor Mitt Romney's statement about not worrying about the poor has been treated as a gaffe in much of the media, and those in the Republican establishment who have been rushing toward endorsing his coronation as the GOP's nominee for president — with 90 percent

Romney! Romney! Romney!

by Larken Rose I am thrilled that Mitt Romney seems to be well on his way to becoming the Republican presidential nominee. No, I'm not kidding. I think it is the best possible outcome, far better than Ron Paul winning. Now, as anyone who knows me can guess, it's not because I think Romney