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The Fed: The Mismanagement of Millions
A week ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released January’s unemployment data, showing good news regarding our economic recovery: Employment in January rose by 243,000 new jobs and [...]
Indiana Becomes 23rd Right to Work State!
Congratulations to Indiana becoming the 23rd Right to Work state! This is a big win for worker freedom in the Hoosier state.This afternoon, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed right to work into law making Indiana the first "rust [...]
A Reminder Why We Must Guard Our Sovereignty
It's nice to see dictators in the dock, even if it is an artificial international tribunal located somewhere like the Hague. But there are many reasons to be skeptical of proposals to create new, super-national bodies. Consider the [...]
Liberty NewsWire Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
E-Verify is a federal background check system that its proponents intend to be used on every person seeking work in the United States. Once in place, E-Verify would expand to new uses, giving the federal government direct regulatory control of [...]
Senator Paul Calls Out Obama for "Lawless and Unconstitutional Behavior"
This morning, Senator Paul spoke out against President Obama's unconstitutional "recess" appointments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ygZjql18xsThe Hill reports Rand called out President Obama by saying: " am [...]
Liberty NewsWire: Monday, February 13th, 2012
The internet community - if there is such a thing - has risen up in anger over recent weeks. The main cause of its concerns have been perceived attempts to curtail online freedom by governments and corporations. So what makes the internet angry - [...]
The States v. NDAA Detention Provisions
Virginia, Tennessee, and Washington State are the first States to fire back at the federal government ( The Obama Administration for signing and the Congress for passing) for the National Defense Authorization Act's (NDAA) detention [...]
Liberty NewsWire: February 8, 2012
Iran is capable of hitting U.S. military forces anywhere in the world if attacked by the United States, its ambassador to Moscow was quoted as saying at a news conference on Wednesday.Reuters reproted that Russia's Interfax news agency quoted [...]
Liberty NewsWire: February 6, 2012
The idea that public education does not have to mean government education was a trailblazing one in the 1950s, when Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman first outlined the idea of school vouchers. To paraphrase Friedman, just because [...]
Liberty NewsWire: Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Much of the debate over this bill has focused on the political issue of executive authority versus rule of law. In doing so it has overlooked the indirect and insidious effects the new law may have on the United States' largely successful [...]