Monday, February 16

Mike Powers is the guest editor today.

 

Geithner, Killefer, Daschle & Schiff

"Government has made liars of us all. Except Schiff; and him, it has made a prisoner."  Column by Jim Davies.

 

The Rutland Herald, the Modern Left, and Other Sickening Obamanations

"...except to point out how this communistic jackass feels that forcing people to pay for war at the barrel of a gun is bad and wrong, but perfectly okay when paying for a whole lot of things (education, roads, Internet service, power, etc.) that a true free market can provide more efficiently, at lower cost, and most importantly of all, without the arrogance of violent coercion."  Column by Alex R. Knight III.

 

‘Atlas Shrugged’

From fiction to fact in 52 years.  By Stephen Moore.

 

Why the Stimulus Plan Won’t Work

And several ideas that might.  By Veronique de Rugy.

 

Voting and Spending Our Way into the Fiery Depths of Hell

Paco Ahlgren explains why people put so much faith in their elected officials.

 

What Is Seen and What Is Unseen

Larissa Price on government “job creation.”

 

Grant No Man the Authority to Make You His Slave

What are you waiting for?  A classic essay by Peter Ragnar.

 

Trillions From Heaven?

“If all this stimulus worked--from 2008’s $168 billion in tax-rebate checks to the $13.35 trillion bailout-and-nationalization orgy that turned Bush’s final days pornographic--the economy would be hot and bothered. Instead, this constant stimulation functions like Viagra in reverse.”  By Deroy Murdock.

 

Adam Smith Gets the Last Laugh

He saw the crisis 232 years ago, says P.J. O’Rourke.

 

The Government Finance Bubble

“Once the ‘printing presses’ get humming along it's going to be darn difficult to slow them down.”  By Doug Noland.

 

The King Lincoln Archive

A reminder of the tyrant whose rule will be celebrated on this Presidents Day.

 

Sirius XM Preparing Possible Bankruptcy Filing

Surely, the FCC’s 16-month delay for regulatory approval of the merger didn’t help the company’s chances of survival.

 

Khmer Rouge Trial Set to Start

(VIDEO) Thirty years after the fall of Cambodia's "Killing Fields" regime, surviving senior henchmen of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot are to be tried on charges relating to the deaths of 1.7 million people.

 

100,000 Parents of US Citizens Were Deported Over Ten Years

Thanks to fedgov’s "compassionate" immigration policies.

 

Oregon Plans 1,900% Increase in Beer Tax

Because sin taxes are an easy sell.

 

No Warrant Needed to Track Internet Use

Declares a Canadian judge.

 

Improve Your Re-election Chances

By passing out free Viagra.

 

Dirt Bikes for Kids Soon to Be Illegal

So says the nanny State.

 

William Darhy

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