John W. Whitehead: The FBI - America's Secret Police

Secret police.   Secret courts.   Secret government agencies. Surveillance. Intimidation tactics. Harassment. Torture. Brutality. Widespread corruption. Entrapment schemes. These are the hallmarks of every authoritarian regime from the Roman Empire to modern-day America, yet it’s the secret police—tasked with silencing     ... MORE

Democrats Turn On The REAL Enemy: Each Other

by J.D. Tuccille.       Even before the Democratic Party's...drubbing (that seems to be the favored term this time around) in yesterday's elections, the White House was already blaming its supposed allies for the defeats that were (correctly) anticipated once voters trooped to the polls. "Ultimately, you know, it's the quality of these candidates ... MORE

VIDEO: A Discussion On Equality And Affirmative Action

Dan Mitchell: How Washington Profits By Pillaging America

Why politicians love to shear the sheep.    I’ve been banging the drum for years about Washington being a racket for the benefit of politicians, cronyists, bureaucrats, contractors, lobbyists, interest groups, and other insiders. I’ve written about horrific examples of bloated spending that line the pockets of the well connected.        ... MORE

David Leonhardt: Football, The Newest Partisan Divide

Dismantling the gridiron.      To the list of issues that divide the country along partisan lines, you can add an unusual item: football. Yes, virtually every slice of America still watches football in enormous numbers. But blue America — particularly the highly educated Democratic-leaning areas of major metropolitan areas — is    ... MORE

VIDEO: Righteous Drug Warriors Burn The Evil Weed

California To Release All Non Violent Drug War Prisoners

by Kelsie Paige. Voters may room in prison for the violent. California just voted to release all their drug prisoners and will no longer allow felony convictions for drugs! Wow and Wow! Peace, Love and NeverGetBusted. California approved a major shift against mass incarceration on Tuesday in a vote that could lead to the    ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: More Culture Wars?

Will the Republican victory make a difference?          Because of the way the news business works, I am writing this column before the close of the polls in the so-called midterm elections, and hence as I write, I do not know their outcome. Will the Republicans or the Democrats control the U.S. Senate for the next two years?   ... MORE

IRS Rules Make Federal Government Primary Pot Profiteers

by Katie Kuntz. A 70% Tax? Voters in Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C., will decide Tuesday whether to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana. But any new pot shops that voters approve may not be able to survive a drug war-era tax code that already threatens many businesses in Colorado and Washington state. Under this tax code the federal  ... MORE

Joel Gehrke: Election Eve Dump - Eric Holder Releases Fast And Furious Documents That Got Him Cited for Contempt

Holder contempt vote vindicated?    Justice Department officials provided House investigators with thousands of documents related to Operation Fast and Furious that President Obama had previously claimed were exempt from congressional review. In an “election eve dump,” as House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman   ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Crime In America

Pot Legalization Spreads Through The West And Into D.C.

by Evan Halper.  Joints, pot brownies, cannabis–dosed sodas and other marijuana products will soon be sold in retail shops to any adult who wants them throughout a large chunk of the West, after voters in Oregon and Alaska approved legalization measures Tuesday. And an initiative approved overwhelmingly by Washington, D.C., voters legalizes   ... MORE

Michael Zennie: Hillary Mocked By Rand Paul After Almost Every Democrat She Campaigned With LOST In Midterms

Hillary's inconvenient truth.        Tuesday night's victory for the Republicans wasn't just a blow to President Barack Obama - it was also a knock on Hillary Clinton, who campaigned for almost all of the candidates who lost Democratic US Senate seats on Tuesday. And Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, a likely challenger to Clinton in the 2016 presidential   ... MORE

VIDEO: Learn Repugnance - Stop Obeying Them

Drugs And Prostitutes Help Bring Italy Out Of Recession

by Shane Ferro.   Italy is no longer in a recession, thanks to its black market. Because the European Union changed the way it calculates GDP to include illegal revenue from things like underground alcohol sales, drugs, and prostitution, Italy found out Wednesday that its 0.1% GDP decline in the first quarter of 2014 was actually flat— or 0.0%    ... MORE

John Stossel: Electing Liberty

Yearning to live as a free man. I watch election results to gauge whether America has become freer or more tyrannical. It's hard to know whether Tuesday's results will make much difference. Often, individual liberty erodes in ways that neither major political party much cares about. Last weekend, I suffered through the New York       ... MORE

With a Big GOP Wave, Americans Wisely Voted for Gridlock

by J.D. Tuccille.    On election night, TV talking heads watching the Republican wave/surge/tidal flow across the country earnestly looked at each other and asked if the new Republican Senate majority can work with the president and overcome the gridlock that has so turned off voters. Umm...what?  Yeah, I know Americans keep telling      ... MORE

Joanne Moudy: Politically Correct Or Prostitution?

Can we be honest?    Personally, I’ve never been one to mince words, which has occasionally gotten me into a bit of boiling water. But since I’d rather deal with a few uncomfortable moments now than burn forever in the fires of hell, I’ve stubbornly clung to clarity and honesty over doublespeak and lies. Considering the never ending, illogical   ... MORE

VIDEO: Journalist Targeted By Obama Administration

Citizenfour: A Thrilling View Of History In The Making

by Bill Goodykoontz.       Snowden documentary gets high marks. "Citizenfour" captures history in the making. That may sound like an exaggeration, but it's not. Director Laura Poitras takes her camera to Hong Kong, where she and investigative reporter Glenn Greenwald meet with a whistleblower who will, even during the course of the making  ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Voter Fraud And Voter I.D.

Democrats keep lying to blacks. One of the biggest voter frauds may be the idea promoted by Attorney General Eric Holder and others that there is no voter fraud, that laws requiring voters to have a photo identification are just attempts to suppress black voting. Reporter John Fund has written three books on voter fraud and a recent survey ... MORE

VIDEO: Oil Companies Have Decided Not To Be Greedy?

A Student's Campaign To Dump Michelle O’s Lunch Dictates

by Kyle Olson. Meghan Hellrood is determined to make her point about the new skimpy lunches in her school. The D.C. Everest High School senior is organizing a boycott of the new “healthy” lunches required by federal regulations that were championed by First Lady Michelle Obama. After posters announcing the boycott were taken down, she was      ... MORE

Rob Hustle: Man Calls Suicide Hotline, Then Cops Kill Him

There must be strict laws against suicide.    On October 21st, 2014, Jose Calzada, a 35 year old resident of Roy, Utah, was shot to death by a SWAT team after calling a suicide hotline for help: Jose Calzada called the hotline around 4 a.m. on Tuesday threatening to kill himself inside the home he shared with his girlfriend and her children  ... MORE

Tammy Bruce: How Democrats Broke The Spirit Of America

Jobs, ISIS, Ebola and Obamacare.   These four words explain why Democrats have lost the confidence of the American people: jobs, ISIS, Ebola and Obamacare. While seemingly disparate, they all have one very important thing in common: They exist or have been made worse because of liberal Democratic policies and general incompetence, and   ... MORE

We Don’t Need More Promises, We Just Need Freedom

by Kira Davis. This week Rebel Pundit released a video featuring four black, Chicago-area activists boldly questioning the true intentions of Black leadership and the Democrat party in general. The message resonated so thoroughly that the video went viral almost immediately, even being played by the likes of Rush Limbaugh. For me,     ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel: Who Owns Your Body?

Voting Republican Is The Smart Choice For Libertarians

by Grover Norquist.      You only have one vote. How best to use it to advance liberty? A libertarian preparing to vote in a House or Senate race this November that features three candidates, a Republican, a Democrat and a Libertarian must make a decision. Will voting for the Libertarian candidate add one more vote for a losing candidate that may    ... MORE

Jacob Sullum: How Not To Legalize Pot

Washington state presents a cautionary tale.    Voters in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, D.C., will decide whether to legalize marijuana. If they look for guidance to the two states that took that step in 2012, they will see a situation in Colorado that falls far short of the cannabis catastrophe predicted by prohibitionists. The legal industry is    ... MORE

VIDEO: Election Day And Everything Is Wonderful

Walter E Williams: Scholar-Athlete Charade

A fraudulent education is not compensation. Last year's column "Dishonest Educators" (1/9/2013) reported on the largest school cheating scandal in U.S. history. In more than three-quarters of the 56 Atlanta schools investigated, teachers changed student answers on academic achievement tests. Cheating orders came directly from       ... MORE

Rogue Pastors Endorse Candidates, But IRS Looks Away

by Rachael Bade.    A record number of rogue Christian pastors are endorsing candidates from the pulpit this election cycle, using Sunday sermons to defiantly flout tax rules. Their message to the IRS: Sue me. But the tax agency is doing anything but. Although the IRS was sued itself for not enforcing the law and admitted about 100 churches  ... MORE

214,000+ Doctors Opting Out Of Obamacare Exchanges

by Barbara Boland.      Over 214,000 doctors won't participate in the new plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA,) analysis of a new survey by Medical Group Management Association shows. That number of 214,524, estimated by American Action Forum, is through May 2014, but appears to be growing due to plans that force doctors to take on     ... MORE

Bill Tatro: Does It Really Matter?

Frick might be better than Frack.      Mid-term elections are right around the corner. The Republicans are salivating because they can smell blood in the water and victory in the air. The House will probably stay in the Republican column and the Senate could move there also. Governorships and State Houses seem to be moving also in the   ... MORE

VIDEO: Andrew Napolitano - The Natural Law

Joshua D. Filler: Time To Call In SWAT Team Reform Crew

Excessive force by cops becoming widely recognized.     In February 2013, an armored vehicle and a special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team funded in part by a Department of Homeland Security grant were deployed by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department during the manhunt for domestic terrorist Christopher Dorner. Dorner   ... MORE

Asset Forfeiture: Legalized Theft Funding the Police State

by Kelli Sladick.       Asset forfeiture is a form of legalized theft that serves as a major funding source for the rapidly expanding police state. Through asset forfeiture, law enforcement agencies can essentially take your money, your house, or any other property you own and keep it unless you can prove your innocence and that your property    ... MORE

VIDEO: A Message To America's Black Voters

Anthony L. Fisher: 3rd Generation Kennedy Fears End Of Prohibition Might Lead To People Making Lots Of Money

Head-exploding irony and hypocrisy.      Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) has just published an op-ed in Ozy titled, "What No One is Saying about Marijuana," where he sounds the alarm that "Addiction is big business, and with legal marijuana it’s only getting bigger." A recidivist drug and alcohol abuser (who has miraculously avoided jail time   ... MORE

Scientology Scheme: Foundation For A Drug-Free America

Propaganda machine is religious front group.     Pamphlets passed out with Halloween candy. The Foundation for a Drug-Free World -- at drugfreeworld.org -- is an anti-drug organization with links to and funded by the Church of ScientologyAs such it is considered one of the cult's front groupsThe Church of Scientology has a history of  ... MORE