Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). New York: Center Street, 2012. 280 pp. Most Americans have read or...
There has been much discussion in news outlets about proposals to use eminent domain to acquire “underwater mortgages”—mortgages where the owner owes more than the worth of the home. State...
The wisdom of enforcing the First Amendment against government efforts to squelch speech—even corporate speech—was made real to supporters of same-sex marriage last week. T-Mobile, the cell phone powerhouse, announced...
If you take the rural Tennessee back roads that meander east out of my home county of Rutherford and into Cannon County, you’ll soon find yourself at the front gates...
The Supreme Court’s upholding of the Affordable Care Act cemented the largest expansion of domestic social policy in a generation. A graver significance of the decision, however, rests in the...
Few things are as enduring and permanent in American politics as the administrative state. The endless list of federal agencies—including such vital commissions as the “Board of Tea Appeals”—gives crushing...
