Newsmax RSS FeedWed, 22 May 2013 14:54:24 EDTMy kids moved out! I have two empty rooms in my apartment. Maybe I can rent them? A tourist visiting New York City could have a different experience, and save hotel money. I'd make money. Wouldn't it be great? No, says the government of my state. Wed, 15 May 2013 09:45:47 EDTAre you a real man (or woman)? Do you have "grit"? Compare yourself to the man on the $20 bill: Andrew Jackson, our seventh president. During the Revolutionary War, Jackson volunteered to fight. He was just 13 years old at the time.Wed, 08 May 2013 11:30:13 EDTForty-three million Americans moved from one state to another between 1995 and 2010 — about one-seventh of Americans. It's good that we can move. Moving provides one of the few limits on the megalomania of state bureaucrats. Wed, 01 May 2013 10:12:34 EDTMost Americans — even those who are legislators — know very little about the details of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, so-called Obamacare. Next year, when it goes into effect, we will learn the hard way.Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:37:37 EDTI wrote recently how teachers unions, parent-teacher associations, and school bureaucrats form an education “Blob” that makes it hard to improve schools. They also take revenge on those who work around the Blob. Here’s one more sad example.Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:46:45 EDTEven parts of government that look like a business never get run with the efficiency of a business. Just look at the post office. They buy commercials and tout their services the way private businesses do. They offer a service that customers want.Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:21:32 EDTPeople say government must "help the little guy, promote equality, level the playing field." People often go into government to do that. But even when people mean well, it's natural for them to help out their cronies.Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:07:37 EDTEnvironmental activists and politicians would like you to think that we must love their regulations — or hate trees and animals. I love trees and animals. But you can love nature and still hate the tyranny that environmental regulations bring.Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:42:03 EDTThe Senate did something this past weekend it hasn't done in four years: passed a budget. The law requires the Senate to pass a budget, but Congress often ignores its own laws. For most of Barack Obama's presidency, a series of continuing resolutions kept the money — your money — flowing.Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:01:12 EDTShortly after I did my first TV special on education, "Stupid in America," hundreds of union teachers showed up outside my office to yell at me. They were angry because I said union rules were a big reason American kids don't learn.Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:58:20 EDTCelebrities are now upset about fracking, the injection of chemicals into the ground to crack rocks to release oil and gas. With everyone saying they want alternatives to foreign oil, I’d think celebrities would love fracking.Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:37:47 EDTIf you're reading this, you've survived the "sequester" cuts! That may surprise you, since President Obama likened the sequester to taking a "meat cleaver" to government, causing FBI agents to be furloughed, prosecutors to let criminals escape, and medical research to grind to a halt!Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:56:05 EDTLast week, conservative pundit Ann Coulter told me and a thousand young libertarians that we libertarians are — well, she used slang for a female body part. Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:13:28 EDTPresident Obama has new priorities. That means new spending. In his State of the Union, he said, "The American people don't expect government to solve every problem." But then he went on to list how, under his guidance, government will solve a thousand problems.Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:31:58 EDTWe've heard another State of the Union speech, and my president said grand things like: "Think about . . . a future where we're in control of our own energy . . . I will not cede the wind or solar or battery industry to China."Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:24:42 EDTI like to bet on sports. Having a stake in the game, even if it's just five bucks, makes it more exciting. I also like playing poker. "Unacceptable!" say politicians in much of America. "Gambling sometimes leads to 'addiction,' destitute families!"Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:02:29 EDTWatching President Obama's inaugural, I was confused. It looked like a new king was being crowned. Thousands cheered, like subjects worshiping nobility. At a time when America faces unsustainable debt and terrible economic troubles, why such pomp?Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:57:41 EDTThanks, California! Thanks for your monstrous spending and absurd regulatory overreach! America needs you. We need Connecticut and Illinois, too!Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:42:38 EDTWe in the media rarely lie to you. But that leaves plenty of room to take things wildly out of context. Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:18:19 EDTThe Obama administration now proposes to spend millions more on handouts, despite ample evidence of their perverse effects.