Politics & Rights

University of Virginia’s Center for Politics director Larry Sabato, citing the Founders’ approval of a Constitution open for revision, has proposed several revisions of his own. One may argue over the merits of Sabato’s proposed revisions regarding war powers, Senate structure, elections, and Supreme Court terms. But no one can…

Barack Obama’s July 13 speech, in which he tells business owners, “you didn’t build that,” has rightly generated enormous criticism. But why did he say it? Before we turn to that question, let’s review exactly what Obama said: [I]f you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. .…

If you live in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, or any of eleven other fortunate cities in the world, you can hire rides from Uber. Here’s how it works: After you register your credit card information with the company, you can use your mobile device to schedule a ride with a…

The tax hikes on “the rich” that President Obama proposes should be considered in the context of a government growing out of control. Author Arthur Herman describes some frightening statistics in a recent article for Fox News: "Public sector—state, local, and federal—now consumes 40% of GDP, compared to 33% just…

“Healthcare is a fundamental right, not a privilege,” writes New York Congressman Edolphus Towns. He offers no argument for this, but states merely, “This is what we learned last month when the United States Supreme Court upheld key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” a.k.a. ObamaCare. Towns…

Thanks to the work of the Pacific Legal Foundation, it is now legal to operate a moving company in Missouri without first complying with anticompetitive, rights-violating licensing laws. PLF reports: Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed legislation this week repealing the state’s anticompetitive licensing law for moving businesses. The development marks…

[caption id="attachment_4482" align="alignright" width="224"] Image: Wikimedia Commons[/caption] For those of us on the right—we who advocate political freedom and limited, rights-protecting government—the glow of Independence Day celebrations was dimmed by the SCOTUS ruling on ObamaCare that immediately preceded the holiday. Fortunately, there is somewhat brighter news to be found on…

Ladies and gentlemen, computer geeks and warriors, unsheathe your swords. In an extraordinary fund-raising drive, Subutai Corporation raised $526,125 from 9,023 backers (me included) to finance the creation of a video game called CLANG, a game to be built by swordsmen using a realistic sword-like interface. No doubt the Kickstarter…

NPR reports that Chinese officials forcibly abducted a 23-year old woman who was carrying a seven-month old fetus. The officials demanded that the woman’s husband pay some $6,000 in “fines” (i.e., extortion money) in order for the government to free his pregnant wife. When he didn’t pay, the officials forcibly…

Rob Natelson, who taught law for 30 years and wrote The Original Constitution, blasted the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the ObamaCare insurance mandate under the congressional taxing authority. Although I do not always agree with Natelson’s views on political matters, his comments here are spot on. When it takes effect…