State Dept. fires employees for looking up Barack Obama's passport information. I wonder if they would have done the same if they had looked up John McCain's information.

FBI using fake child porn hyperlinks to get Americans to click then get warrants. I thought they had been doing this for a long time.

Wall Street investment firms tap the Fed for billions. There goes the dollar again. US negotiates an understanding with large sovereign wealth funds.

Man rapes woman in complex with 200 security cameras.

Spitzer caught by the Patriot Act. I'm all for laws that target corrupt politicians, but laws should be much more limited in scope than this, or government will just use them to abuse the people. I wonder how many regular Americans have been busted by similar unintended consequences of the Patriot Act. We'll probably never know.

Cheney and Saudi King discuss oil production and markets and broad agenda.

US warns that there is no expectation of privacy for Olympic visitors to China. Chinese troops continue search for Tibetan protesters.

Reason authors believe that libertarians dominate the swing vote, and that the party that supports liberty will win for decades to come. I believe this too, except I think Americans with libertarian principles outnumber both liberals and conservatives, though they often appear to be part of one group or the other depending on the issue. Unfortunately, the 2 parties have excluded the great mainstream of America from the nomination process and then from the general election so they can keep power for themselves. The American people have to overcome those institutionalized obstacles and empower libertarian candidates.

Democrats call for resignation of HUD secretary. The Democrats have cried wolf so many times, waisting American's tax dollars and newspaper money, I have no idea if there is merit to this call.

So now we find out that all 3 candidates' passport files had been breeched. But the State Dept. only publicized the Obama breech in an attempt to make it appear he was a victim and change the story about him from his embracing of his racist pastor and gross stereotyping of whites by saying his grandmother was a "typical white person" scared of blacks.

20% of Obama supporters and 19% of Clinton supporters say they will vote for McCain if their candidate loses the nomination. Have I mentioned the Democrats are self-destructing? That's what happens when you make the race about race and gender, not issues. But when the candidates have no notable differences on the issues, this is what you get. If those numbers held, McCain would win in a huge landslide.

Egyptian singer who supports bin Laden and hates Israel endorses Obama. You can't pick who endorses you, but when Louis Farrakhan and this guy endorse you, you have to reexamine your positions and your words. Obama is doing something very wrong to invite these endorsements. Democrats never did learn that lesson though. Democrats still agree with Osama bin Laden on pulling out of Iraq, giving lawyers to Guantanamo prisoners, waterboarding high level al Qaeda operatives, and aggressively fighting the war on terror.

The luck of Obama.

The math says it's virtually impossible for Clinton to win the Democrat nomination.

Ron Paul explains why he won't drop out of the race and gets a shot in on the media.

Cassini finds evidence of water ocean on Titan.

Cato reports that Barack Obama is actually to the left of Vermont's self-declared socialist senator.

Cato explains that government is the problem with our schools, and big government Republicans are just as bad for our schools as Democrats.

And we wonder why jobs are fleeing the US for other countries. (I don't wonder. I already knew. ;) The Tax Foundation has released a study that shows when you add up state and federal taxes, the US has far and away the biggest corporate tax burden of major nations. This doesn't even include local income taxes on businesses like we have in cities all over Ohio. The obvious solution to bring jobs back and create new jobs is to lower corporate tax rates. But if lowering corporate rates is good, and lowering them more is better, then abolishing them is best. And if abolishing them is best for corporations, it's best for individuals and small business owners too. Adopt the FairTax.

A related study shows that workers bear 70% of the brunt of corporate taxes. The obvious solution to reduce that tax burden on workers is to lower corporate tax rates. But if lowering ... [see above]. Adopt the FairTax.

Hillary Clinton wants government so suck another $30 billion out of the economy and give it to home owners who can't meet the mortgage contract they previously agreed to. She believes rewarding these people for their bad judgment and reducing investment in the economy will help the economy.

Democrats Barney Frank want to create a new government bureaucracy or empower the Fed to become a "Financial Services Risk Regulator." More government. I have a better idea. How about we stop the Fed from artificially keeping interest rates low so that investors mistake the risks of their investments? This is a government created problem, and more government will just make it worse.