For starters, let’s stipulate that most “gun control” bills proposed in Congress the last few years have been symbolic assurances meant to soothe the segment of the public concerned with the issue of gun violence. They fall short of being effective… more »

News Item: “The FCC wants to start making 5G possible this week”   “The Federal Communications Commission, led by Chairman Tom Wheeler (pictured above), is set to circulate a proposal that will kick off implementation of 5G, and if passed, this proposal… more »

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit gave the Obama administration a victory today in the battle over the FCC’s “net neutrality” rules. Last year, the FCC promulgated rules designed to prevent the major Internet service providers (the major… more »

Last week, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) signed into law a bill that permits Kansas residents over 21 years old to carry concealed weapons without any permit or training. Rep. Travis Couture-Lovelady, (R), who guide the bill through, downplayed the… more »

News Item: "Kansas Fiscal Woes Forcing Brownback To Consider Medicaid Expansion" Talking Points Memo is reporting this morning that "Gov. Sam Brownback (R) and the Republican-controlled legislature in Kansas is inching ever so slowly toward expanding… more »

One of the touchstones of American political and economic libertarianism is the free market. This is the one place where the contradictions inherent in America’s oxymoronic version of the social compact are on display. If you doubt this is so, please… more »