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Ron Paul: Peace is Popular

Here is Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the World War One Christmas Truce: One hundred years ago last week, on Christmas Eve, 1914, German and British soldiers emerged from the [...]

Rand Paul wins victory for parents

Newborn screening for medical disorders is becoming an increasingly common practice. This seems like a good thing; however, along with the potential benefits of screening, there are concerns that some states are not obtaining parental consent [...]

Lame Duck: Goodbye and Good Riddance

Last night, the Senate adjourned for the year, thus bringing to an end to the "lame duck" session of Congress.  The major piece of legislation passed in the lame duck was the "Cromnibus" spending bill. Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul [...]

Another day, another unintended consequence of Obamacare

The latest victims of Obamacare are those with eating disorders, whose path to recovery will be hampered by Obamacare's mandate that restaurants post the calorie content of their offerings. Clinical psychologist Pamela Singer, writing at Reason [...]

Cromnibus abides by budget caps but still increases spending

No, that is not a misprint... Last night, the House passed the "Cromnibus" spending bill, which mysteriously grew to 1,774 pages after 171 pages were added in the Rules Committee. The bill will be voted on in the Senate this weekend, following [...]

Christmas Eavesdrop

You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout I'm telling you why: The NSA is bugging your town They're making a list Checking it twice Government knows who's naughty or nice The NSA is bugging your town They see you when [...]

Yellen Press Conference Translated from Fedspeak into English

Our friend Paul-Martin Foss has a fun article over at the Carl Menger Center for the Study of Money and Banking on Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen's press conference yesterday: In case you haven’t gotten enough of Janet Yellen’s press [...]

Another Lame Duck Power Grab

Last week, the House of Representatives passed legislation extending the "temporary" federal terrorism insurance program. Normally this legislation would sail through the Senate, but retiring Senator Tom Coburn is delaying consideration of  the [...]

Massie to Hit Ground Running on NSA Reform in 114th Congress

Following the removal of the Massie-Lofgren amendment during the backroom wheeling and dealing over the "CRomnibus" package, the representatives joined together with Rep. Sensenbrenner to introduce H.R. 5800, the "Secure Data Act of 2014." The [...]

Thank You to the 16 House R's who voted against the Rule for the CRomnibus

Sixteen brave House Republicans voted today against moving forward with the CRomnibus legislation. Inside sources tell us House Speaker John Boehner himself was whipping votes on the floor of the House! As Tim wrote yesterday there are many bad [...]