Big Government

The video of student photographer Tim Tai getting roughed up by University of Missouri student protesters has gone viral and been covered extensively by the national press. Yet two of the three local papers have not mentioned it at all and the third has only run a short AP story.

This week, Darcy Olsen, president of the Goldwater Institute, released a vital and fascinating new book, The Right to Try: How the Federal Government Prevents Americans from Getting the Lifesaving Treatments They Need. It’s a must-read rebuttal of the left’s number one argument for big government: the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) protects us from evil capitalists who would alternatively poison us or toss us into meat grinders for the viewing pleasure of Sinclair Lewis.

People discovered vandalized gravestones and urns of veterans at a cemetery in West Bridgewater, MA, only days before Veterans Day.

The campus police at the University of Missouri sent out a campus-wide email this morning asking “individuals who witness of hateful and/or hurtful speech or actions” to immediately report the incident to them.

A massive $325 billion federal transportation bill passed overwhelmingly on Capitol Hill with strong support from both parties. The bill, which was not read or analyzed by most members of congress before they voted on it, is still being digested and analyzed by clean government organizations.

Republican lawmakers are cheering a federal appeals court decision preventing the Obama administration from moving forward with executive amnesty, calling it a win for the rule of law.