Party rules are often used to make disfavored people shut up and protect insiders’ power and money. Sadly, the Republican National Committee’s new rules, rammed through last August at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., do exactly that.
1:45 AM 02/15/2013
Next Valentine’s Day may be significantly more expensive for millions of Americans who purchase Valentine’s Day gifts for their significant others over the Internet, thanks to big-spending politicians in Washington and state capitals across the country. The first shot of the massacre was fired on Thursday, when Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) introduced the National Internet Tax Mandate Act, S. 336, legislation allowing state governments to force online retailers to moonlight as state tax collectors.
6:16 PM 04/25/2011
Spring break is that notorious time of year when students flock to exotic locales on their parents’ dime to escape reality and party with no concern for the consequences.
10:32 AM 07/27/2010
The so-called DISCLOSE Act currently under consideration in the Senate is an affront to personal liberties protected under the First and Ninth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. This knee-jerk reaction to Citizens United v. FEC constitutes a clear and present danger not only to the expressly stated freedom of speech listed in the First Amendment, but to the reasonable expectation of privacy and freedom of association American citizens have held throughout this country’s proud history.
12:08 AM 01/28/2010
When Ron Paul reintroduced his bill in February 2009 to audit the Federal Reserve, conventional wisdom predicted that the legislation would once again fail to gain any traction.
