The Supreme Court's ruling on Obamacare could come Thursday, or Monday. In my syndicated column this week I say this about the constitutionality of the mandate that requires us to buy insurance:

Seems like a no-brainer to me. How can forcing me to engage in commerce be constitutional?

But there's a deeper question: Why should government be involved in medicine at all?

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New York City proposed to make it illegal to sell containers of soft drinks, sweetened coffee, and some fruit juices that are larger than 16 oz.

Give me a break. This infringes on my right to make my own contract with a merchant. It also doesn’t work. Americans have gotten fatter since the government launched its “war” on obesity... continue reading »

Why did the Soviet Union collapse? I was told that President Reagan's U.S. military buildup forced the Soviets to spend more on their own military than their communist economy could afford, and that led to collapse. ... continue reading »

Or maybe it stands for "Thousands Standing Around."

Under the guise of making us safer, government has greatly expanded its role in airport security... continue reading »

Last night on The O'Reilly Factor, Bill asked me skeptically about Ron Paul's wanting to "do away with the Fed."

I replied that I agreed that it was a fatal conceit to think that a committee of twelve men should have so much power. I also said that a recession that began in 1920 ended quickly, and there was "no Fed " at the time. I was wrong! The Federal Reserve was actually created seven years before. Also, it's called the "depression' of 1920-21... continue reading »