Author Mark Meckler

While you were thinking about cooking turkey and how to survive your weird uncle, the White House was trying to slide information out into the public without you noticing. They seem to have made it a...

On Thanksgiving Day in 1986, President Reagan gave a radio address to the American people on the subject of generosity. He emphasized that big government programs are no replacement for good work done by...

"I'm Just A Bill" is a Schoolhouse Rock classic worthy of the elementary Top 10. Who can forget that little piece of paper's longing to become a law? Or his excitement when the President actually signed him?...

Homeowners in Indiana are fighting a mayor who wants to bulldoze their neighborhood. Mayor Bob Hall of Charlestown, Indiana, applied for state grant money to remove 350 homes from the Pleasant Ridge...

Have you heard about civil asset forfeiture? It’s an underhanded way the government can take citizens' money without even charging them with a crime. And it's even worse than federal agencies seizing small...

In the 1994 movie “Dumb and Dumber” one of the characters drives through the countryside in a van and says “according to the map, we’ve only gone four inches.” That’s dumb. But...

It’s bad enough to be called stupid – but then for someone to say they’re glad you’re stupid so they can pull things over on you? That’s just insulting. And insulted is how every American should...

Do you remember this summer’s news that the writers of the Obamacare law left a significant loophole regarding subsidies? Basically, funding for the whole system could collapse because the law limited...

After the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, comedian Chris Rock made headlines. Emotions were running high, and he spoke in favor of President Obama’s call for more gun control: I am just here to...

No doubt you are already aware the Republicans gained control of the U.S. Senate last night, securing at least 52 of 100 Senate seats. What do last night's results mean for the self-governance...