The U.S. is about to enter a war against an enemy that has no capability or apparently even the desire to attack the United States. In fact, as the BBC reported, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “acknowledged that his organisation was not equipped to attack the Americans at home.” Furthermore, the U.S. government itself isn’t even … Continued
Last year, war-weary Americans forced President Obama and congressional leaders to abandon an ill-advised attack on the Assad regime in Syria. Now, nearly one year to the day later, the president has decided that it is again time to drop bombs in Syria. But this time, the targets will be a subsection of the rebels, known … Continued
When government entangles itself with religion in any manner, it ultimately leads to strange outcomes. During the period prior to the West’s embrace of religious freedom, governments involved themselves in all manner of religious matters. The Supreme Court’s decision Monday to allow legislatures to have Christian prayers and paid chaplains will regrettably throw governments back into the religion … Continued
Every September 11th, Americans—mostly our political class—gather in New York City or Washington D.C. to say, “Never again.” Never again will we allow 19 deranged terrorists hijack plans and fly them into buildings in America—a vain and hollow promise, as if simply by making an act of will we could have prevented the 3,000 deaths … Continued
Here’s great business advice: raising your prices won’t affect how many consumers you have. That’s the argument proposed by those who favor raising the minimum wage. Employment won’t be affected by forcibly raising the cost of labor. Despite the absurdity of this and the broad agreement among economists that the minimum wage will have negative … Continued
Foreign policy statists react to foreign crises the same way progressives react to mass shootings: demanding policy proposals that will do nothing to fix the problem, but will make them feel like they’re morally superior to the “Do-Nothing” crowd. Fortunately for team “Do-Something,” they have home court advantage (saturating the greater Washington D.C. area as … Continued
People should fear the economic effects of hosting the Olympics with all the same fright that they fear the economic effects of incoming hurricanes and tornadoes. It’s the smash-a-thousand-windows economic development plan. Government “waste” is too tame a title for the Sochi Olympics. Sochi is an edifice to public corruption and dissipation. One must hope … Continued
The War on Drugs appears to be winding down, and the vast majority of Americans seem think that it hasn’t been a success. A majority also would like to see marijuana legalized. Many states have already taken steps to decriminalize or even legalize. With full legalization under way for the first time in Washington and Colorado, … Continued
