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Enhancing Democracy by Banning Speech

Imagine how life will be now that giant corporations may spend as much as they want on political campaigns, as the Supreme Court recently decreed. All they will have to do to get their way is ask members of Congress: Do you want our money helping ...

From STEVE CHAPMAN, Reason,  11 Mar 2010

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Bank of America,  ExxonMobil,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party

Steve Chapman: Enhancing Democracy by Banning Speech

Imagine how life will be now that giant corporations may spend as much as they want on political campaigns, as the Supreme Court recently decreed. All they will have to do to get their way is ask members of Congress: Do you want our money helping you - ...

From STEVE CHAPMAN, Town Hall,  11 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Steve Chapman,  U.S. Congress,  Bank of America,  ExxonMobil,  Barack Obama

A Sorry Complaint About Obama

Don't you miss the days when we had a Republican president who was not afraid to speak up for America in the face of foreign criticism? The kind of president who didn't feel the United States is always in the wrong? I have fond memories of when George ...

From STEVE CHAPMAN, Reason,  8 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mitt Romney,  George W. Bush,  Sarah Palin

Steve Chapman: A Sorry Complaint About Obama

Don't you miss the days when we had a Republican president who was not afraid to speak up for America in the face of foreign criticism? The kind of president who didn't feel the United States is always in the wrong? I have fond memories of when ...

From STEVE CHAPMAN, Town Hall,  7 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Steve Chapman,  U.S. Republican Party,  Mitt Romney,  George W. Bush

Chicago's Pointless Handgun Ban

When Chicago passed a ban on handgun ownership in 1982, it was part of a trend. Washington, D.C. had done it in 1976, and a few Chicago suburbs took up the cause in the following years. They all expected to reduce the number of guns and thus ...

From STEVE CHAPMAN, Reason,  4 Mar 2010

Steve Chapman: Chicago's Pointless Handgun Ban

When Chicago passed a ban on handgun ownership in 1982, it was part of a trend. Washington, D.C. had done it in 1976, and a few Chicago suburbs took up the cause in the following years. They all expected to reduce the number of guns and thus curtail ...

From STEVE CHAPMAN, Town Hall,  4 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Steve Chapman

Safe Toyotas, and Other Surprises

Last week, facing a congressional committee acutely dissatisfied with his company's safety record, the head of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, was asked what he would tell President Barack Obama if he had the chance. His surprising reply: "Toyota cars are ...

From STEVE CHAPMAN, Reason,  1 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Akio Toyoda,  Barack Obama,  Insurance Institute for Highway Safety,  Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Obama Embraces Nixonomics

Barack Obama has often modeled his policies on Franklin Roosevelt. Lately, though, he's been coming across more as Richard Nixon Lite. In 1971, fed up with the steady rise of wages and prices, Nixon had a big idea: Attack inflation by imposing strict ...

From STEVE CHAPMAN, Reason,  25 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  WellPoint, Inc

Steve Chapman: Obama Embraces Nixonomics

Barack Obama has often modeled his policies on Franklin Roosevelt. Lately, though, he's been coming across more as Richard Nixon Lite. In 1971, fed up with the steady rise of wages and prices, Nixon had a big idea: Attack inflation by imposing strict ...

From STEVE CHAPMAN, Town Hall,  25 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Steve Chapman,  Richard Nixon,  Franklin D. Roosevelt,  WellPoint, Inc

Immigration and Crime

From listening to the more vigorous critics of illegal immigration, our porous borders are a grave threat to safety. Not only can foreign terrorists sneak in to target us, but the most vicious criminals are free to walk in and inflict their worst ...

From STEVE CHAPMAN, Reason,  22 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Glenn Beck,  Harvard University

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