Articles by Larry Elder

LARRY ELDER: Government to the 'rescue'—Been there, done that (2008)

My friend, economist Thomas Sowell, told me that whenever government wants to 'do something,' ask you...

The farcical Ferguson report

The report insults anybody who's ever studied the statistics, or logic....

Hollywood hypocrites demand ‘wage equality’

When actress Patricia Arquette won an Oscar, she pled for "wage equality" for women....

Obama is no Clinton

Obama misread his 2008 victory as a call to "transform America." Voters don't want America transforme...

Jay Carney to GOP: Your party is racist — and ‘you know it’

After Tuesday's election, Democrats better order some new race cards. The deck is getting thin....

Iraq’s WMD: The shameless New York Times moves the goalposts

The New York Times, Democrats, and the doofi at MSNBC should apologize to President George W. Bush....

If minimum wage is so great, why cite bogus study?

Minimum wage harms workers, particularly unskilled men, women and minorities, the kind of folks the l...

Maher vs. Affleck on Islam: Maher should apologize to Christians and Jews

Affleck declares himself the interpreter of the officially codified doctrine of Islam....

Memo From GWB: ‘Welcome, Mr. President, to the War on Terror’

What a difference six years of Presidential Daily Briefings on national security threats can make....

Ted Nugent apologized — when will Spike Lee?

No apology from Lee for accusing Bush of mass murder?...

Wake me when someone ‘comes out’ — as a black Republican

To liken Michael Sam's challenges to those faced by Jackie Robinson diminishes the legacy of number 4...

Ben Affleck: ‘Big Republican’ actors are hard to watch

How do you think conservatives feel?...

Why do we have ‘Bridgegate’ — but not ‘Gatesgate’?

Obama did not believe in "the importance of success" in Afghanistan....

CNN’s Crowley: Why would the out-of-work vote Republican?

Jobs, jobs, jobs....

Vouchers: My Personal Case

It's as if I'd been playing Little League baseball -- and now I'm playing against the Dodgers....

RNC Chairman: Obama and I Are in the Same Racial Boat

“Do you feel that, as an African-American, you have a slimmer margin for error than another chairman ...

Hope and Change … the Constitution

We live in a fundamentally different country from that which existed only days ago. The government no...

Obama to America: Bend Over and Cough

Americans resoundingly reject ObamaCare. What, then, accounts for the Democrats’ determination? Democ...

Republican Collectivism

The most disturbing part of the ObamaCare debate is not about where Republicans and Democrats disagre...

Sen. Bunning: ‘Paygo Means Paygo’

What on earth did Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., do, and why did he do it? An astonished ABC reporter follo...

Who Drove the Chevy Off the Levee?

How on earth did this happen? General Motors, the 100-year-old car company that once employed more th...

Pelosi vs. CIA: Why It Matters

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the CIA "misled" her about waterboarding. What difference does it mak...

GOP: The Way Forward

"Republicans, act more like Democrats!" Actually, former Secretary of State Colin Powell put it somew...

Questioning Terrorists — With Compassion

"I am absolutely convinced (banning waterboarding) was the right thing to do," said President Obama a...

Tea Parties: ‘Calling All Racists!’

Did you know that only racists turned out for the recent nationwide "tea parties"?! "Let’s be very ho...