I can't figure out why the president is threatening to tax banks who award their employees with bonuses? The "financial crisis responsibility fee" would target major institutions. It would be levied on those that were the main contributors to the f… more »

Alexis de Tocqueville coined the term in his 1835 work entitled Democracy in America. Basically freedom is taken away incrementally, so as to disguise its absence. Of course this is done without a war or civil war; hence the term soft tyranny. Sound… more »

The choice is going to be much easier come Jan 1 of this year, at least for the people of DC. DC will place a tax on plastic bags this year. The thing that makes this so absurd is the stated reasons for the tax. Starting today, the District of Colu… more »

This is an interesting story; it also brings to light a few scary details. I just have one very simple question. If the "attempted terrorist" was so obvious that --his own father reported him to the U.S. "authorities"-- how the hell was he missed in… more »

The climate change talks in Copenhagen are taking a strange turn. First, we have nearly all of the important "developing nations" walk out at some point. First it was African nations, now today we have China and India walking out. It would seem that thi… more »