Executive Branch Trampling on Privacy, Freedom of the Press
It’s a sobering thought that the executive branch has brought eight leak-related prosecutions in the past five years compared to only three under our Constitution’s previous 221.
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Second Term Presidents
The history of politics is so replete with lying, obfuscation, evasion, and cover-up that a timeless joke asks “How do you know when a politician is lying?” The answer, naturally,[…]
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Environment/Energy · Featured · Politics
A Six-Pack of Scandals Could Define and Destroy the Obama Presidency
It’s been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week at the White House—and it isn’t looking like next week will be any better. You probably know about Obama’s trifecta[…]
The Bloom is Off the Rose: Observations on the 40th Anniversary of the Watergate Hearings
Suffice it to say that – four decades after Watergate – nothing much has changed when it comes to the abuse of Executive Branch power, and the famous dictum of Lord Acton remains true: power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Economics · Featured · Health Care · Politics
Obamacare Implodes
As HSAs and similar plans have soared in the private market, health spending growth has plummeted. That is the result of market competition and incentives.
Economics · Environment/Energy · Health Care · Liberty · Politics · Regulation · Science · Taxes
Protecting Yourself from Yourself: Reflections on the Nanny State
Ever since the term “nanny state” was used by British MP Iain Macleod in a column in The Spectator in 1965, it has become a regular part of the parlance[…]
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