In a stunning contradiction of the principles enshrined in the Unites States Constitution, the US Supreme Court on April 3 denied petitions of certiorari to two plaintiffs who have been held in legal limbo for five years at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. By doing so, the justices have added another burdensome car to the long train of abuses the federal government has sent barreling down the tracks at US citizens. FULL ARTICLE

George and Martha Washington never had a marriage license, and most Americans didn’t need them until the mid-1800s. Gardner Goldsmith writes that they would be appalled by the degree to which we have gotten the government involved in a sacred religious ceremony. Why not let the people truly decide, and remove the power to define marriage from the hands of government entirely? FULL ARTICLE

In today’s Daily Article, I write on a hidden effect of the (wrongly named) Earned Income Tax Credit. Developing from a tax program that rewards childbirth, that warps the marketplace, and blurs economic reality for parents, we discover a perverse outcome: more children are born into poor families. It is just the kind of thing the utopians in government wanted to try to alleviate, yet they have made it worse.[Full Article]

To a person who appreciates the efforts of private philanthropists, President Bush’s choices of two politicians to head an effort to promote American charity might have rung a very sour note. Government cannot do what private charity and private enterprise can do. But somehow government is always showing up right on time in an attempt to take credit. [Full Article]

The space provided for apples, oranges, bananas and tomatoes in a corner store is not tiny because the owner is cruelly keeping fruit and vegetables to a minimum in his establishment. It is tiny because he does not sell enough of those products to justify using up more productive shelf space. In other words, people like George Bogen have shown time and again that they prefer junk food and fast food over the “good” food Martin and her coterie of “experts” want them to eat. [Full Article]