An interview with Sen. Paul on ESEA/NCLB, Race to the Top, abolishing the Department of Ed, DC vouchers, the Common Core, for-profit higher ed, and related subjects.

Rand Paul is wrong, as the libertarian position should not be to defend Jim Crow but to condemn it due to its unjust bigotry and its economic folly.

With the threat of a veto hanging over its head, the National Defense Authorization bill heads to the House floor today for debate. Among the provisions are several dealing with the question of a nuclear weapons armed Iran, and what the United States should do to avert a crisis, prepare to handle the threat, or eliminate the threat altogether.

Senator Rand Paul and Representative Ron Paul are right to seek increased oversight of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, but their legislation is an inefficient means to that end.

The Rand Paul episode reveals a drastic misreading of history and of the government's role in ending racial discrimination in this nation.

Looks like the isolationist wing of the Tea Party movement has gotten a little traction on the question of war powers. Yesterday, the Senate voted to table a motion--introduced by Sen. Rand Paul--to declare as the sense of the Senate that "The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation."

Sen. Jim DeMint doesn’t think people much care about his presidential endorsement. But people do care--a lot.

Most observers agree that the Hazare movement has awakened the traditionally inward-looking Indian middle class to a public cause. Now the newly awakened need to go a step further and start voting, running for office, and backing candidates who embody their values.