Orwell's Nightmare: Big Brother Meets Big Business

by John W. Whitehead.      No need to wonder. Just look around you. It’s happened already. Thanks to an insidious partnership between Google and the National Security Agency (NSA) that grows more invasive and more subtle with every passing day, “we the people” have become little more than data consumer commodities to be bought, sold and paid   ... MORE

Why Every American Needs to Learn This Taboo Verdict

by Kevin Mathews.      Learn about Jury Nullification. Did you know that, no matter the evidence, if a jury feels a law is unjust, it is permitted to “nullify” the law rather than finding someone guilty? Basically, jury nullification is a jury’s way of saying, “By the letter of the law, the defendant is guilty, but we also disagree with that    ... MORE

VIDEO: A Commitment To Veterans And Healthcare

Study Finds E-Cigs Help Smokers Quit Better Than Patches

by Brian Stallard.     No wonder big tobacco wants them banned. New evidence has surfaced that suggests using electronic cigarettes may actually help tobacco smokers kick their harmful habit. However, past studies have shown just the opposite, meaning that the consensus is still unclear even as the facts are finally coming in. A study recently    ... MORE

Paul Bonneau: Evil Rationalizations For Good People

Why is it that evil proliferates?     What mechanism keeps it going? Who is to blame? Why are there so many wars and occupations? Why such huge amounts of theft (“taxes”, fines, fees and “civil forfeiture”)? Why are so many nonviolent people in jail? What keeps the “War on Some Drugs” going? Why does the police state expand and expand?  ... MORE

VIDEO: Fleecing Motorists "For Their Own Good"


The next pretense for government roadblocks.

Another Week Of Government Lawlessness

by Andrew Napolitano. What if the federal government is shameless? What if it personifies the adage of do as I say and not as I do? What if it does the very things it prosecutes others for doing? What if it has written laws and enacted procedures so that it can spy and kill, while it charges others with doing just that?  What if the feds recently indicted    ... MORE

Ed Krayewski: The Anatomy Of An Obama Scandal

In six easy steps.     The Obama administration is riddled with scandals, from guns going missing in Mexico under Operation Fast & Furious to the revelations about the cover up of long wait times at Veterans Administration hospitals. In fact, these scandals have become such a regular occurence that we can now glean a pattern in how  ... MORE

Federal Court Upholds Warrantless Entry; Gun Confiscation

by Bruce Vielmetti.     Milwaukee police who forced their way into a gun rights advocate's home without a warrant, took her for an emergency mental evaluation and seized her gun were justified under the circumstances and protected from her civil rights claims, a federal appeals court has ruled. Krysta Sutterfield, who twice made news        ... MORE

Despite Exposure, Asset Forfeiture Racket Is Humming

by Radley Balko.     Policing for profit. Despite some recent exposure in national media outlets such as the New Yorker and “PBS Frontline,” the practice of civil asset forfeiture appears to be as popular as ever. Civil asset forfeiture is the twisted policy that lets police seize any property they believe is connected to a crime (usually a drug crime).    ... MORE

VIDEO: Introducing Objectivism: In The Words Of Ayn Rand

Sheriff Orders Background Checks On Those Speaking Out

by Ramona Giwargis.     Targets those critical of his department.  A handful of Merced County residents voiced outrage Tuesday over a decision by Sheriff Tom Cavallero to examine the backgrounds of three private citizens after they spoke out repeatedly at recent Board of Supervisors meetings. In a memo obtained by the Merced Sun     ... MORE

John Stossel: Good News

Are you worried about the future?      It's hard not to be. If you watch the news, you mostly see violence, disasters, danger. Some in my business call it "fear porn" or "pessimism porn." People like the stuff; it makes them feel alive and informed. Of course, it's our job to tell you about problems. If a plane crashes — or disappears — that's news.  ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Tax Policy: How Money Walks

Let's End Congress's Blanket Authorization Of Force

by Gene Healy.     It may sound hard to believe, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., isn't always wrong–at least when he states the obvious: "9/11 is a long time ago," he said Wednesday, "and it's something that needs to be looked at again." The "it" is the post-9/11 Authorization for Use of Military Force resolution, or AUMF, adopted three days  ... MORE

What Next: Paid 'Menstrual Leave' for Working Women?

by William Bigelow.      The Huffington Post's wet dream. Slate had already tackled the issue, with writer Katy Waldman dismissing it by saying, “… don’t offer us paid period leave. We’ll just spend it all taking self-pitying Buzzfeed quizzes.” But when HuffPost Live interviewed Skepchick.org founder Rebecca Watson and Mikki Kendall,     ... MORE

Special Interests More Influential Than Public Opinion

by Breanna Deutsch.     New research supports what many Americans already believe – lawmakers are influenced more by special interest groups than their constituents. Matt Grossmann, author of the new book, “Artists of the Possible: Governing Networks and American Policy Change Since 1945,” looks at the movers and shakers behind 790      ... MORE

Ira Stoll: How Raising the Minimum Wage Destroys Jobs

Making it pay to automate.    For anyone who dismissed as a bunch of right-wing propaganda the claim that a higher minimum wage and mandatory health benefits would mean more workers replaced by computer screens, here is a reality check. McDonald's announced this month that it will deploy computer kiosks at 7,000 restaurants in  ... MORE

VIDEO: Fox News - IRS Stonewalling To Protect Politicians

Thomas Sowell: Poverty And Snow Storms

The exit route is obscured.     Many years ago, in upstate New York, there was a lady who was caught in a fierce snow storm that produced conditions called a "whiteout." That's when the snow is falling so thick and fast that all you can see in any direction is just sheer white. This lady wandered around in the storm, struggling to try to get home,    ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: The Height Of Utopianism

Self-righteous busybodies on the march.    A political battle that is shaping up in San Francisco has implications for other communities across the country. The issue that will be on the June ballot is whether voter approval shall be required to change the height restrictions on buildings along the San Francisco waterfront. Like so many other ... MORE

VIDEO: Why Politicians Want To Ban Internet Gambling

Walter E Williams: America's Budding Tyrants

A production of the government education system.      From the Nazis to the Stalinists, tyrants have always started out supporting free speech, and why is easy to understand. Speech is vital for the realization of their goals of command, control and confiscation. Basic to their agenda are the tools of indoctrination, propagandizing, proselytization.  ... MORE

Why Gun Owners Oppose Universal Background Checks

Building the gun owner database.     Gun control groups (including the Obama White House) have been pushing hard for new laws and restrictions on firearms. One of their biggest dreams is to have what is known as a “universal background check” (UBC). The gun control groups see this as a panacea to stop violence. They believe that if they   ... MORE

Did NSA Blackmail Roberts To OK Obamacare?

The real utility of NSA.     U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts may have been blackmailed to approve Obamacare after being spied on by the NSA and CIA, says Larry Klayman, the attorney who has come to be known as “the NSA slayer” for his successful legal battles against the National Security Agency. During an appearance Sunday night on Aaron   ... MORE

Kurt Schlicter: My Privilege Is Doing Just Fine

How to undermine the self-supporting.      Liberals have a new word for what normal people call “success.” They call it “privilege,” as if a happy, prosperous life is the result of some magic process related to where your great-great-great-grandfather came from. It’s the latest leftist argument tactic, which means it is a tactic designed to prevent   ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Tax Code Crushing The Little Guy

Frank Chodorov: What Individualism Is Not

The bottle is now labeled libertarianism.       But its content is nothing new; it is what in the nineteenth century, and up to the time of Franklin Roosevelt, was called liberalism — the advocacy of limited government and a free economy. (If you think of it, you will see that there is a redundancy in this formula, for a government of limited    ... MORE

WASH TIMES: Putting A Stop To Civil Asset-Forfeiture

Minnesota applies constitutional protections.      When cops can help themselves to cash, cars, boats and houses of citizens who have never been charged with a crime, the system is badly broken. Minnesota has become one of the handful of states to do something to fix it. The sight of a lawman in the rear-view mirror can be a reassuring    ... MORE

VIDEO: Woman With A Car Vs. Washington DC Taxi Cartel

Zach Weissmueller: Another Drug Bust Gone Bad

Cops can’t get their story straight in killing.       On a sweltering summer morning in the California desert, deputies looking for methamphetamines and bearing automatic weapons barged into the home of Eugene Mallory, an 80-year-old retired engineer living a quiet life in the small community of Littlerock. Moments later, Mallory    ... MORE

Brent Skorup: Net Neutrality Nonsense

Ignore the scare tactics.     In January, for the second time in recent years, a federal court told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that its net neutrality enforcement was illegal, sending the agency back to the drawing board. On May 15, the FCC proposed new rules.* Dozens of major news outlets have trying to read the tea leaves, with    ... MORE

How Much Government Has Lied To Defend The NSA

by Trevor Timm.     High Court manipulated by DOJ's false statements. If you blinked this week, you might have missed the news: two Senators accused the Justice Department of lying about NSA warrantless surveillance to the US supreme court last year, and those falsehoods all but ensured that mass spying on Americans would continue.   ... MORE

Attracting Millennials To The Second Amendment

by Katie Kieffer.        The Second Amendment is hipster. Millennials simply don’t realize how hipster. Happily, there are simple steps that the National Rifle Association can take to open the eyes of young people. According to a 2014 Pew Research study, Millennials are no more liberal on guns than their parents or grandparents. So, the NRA has an    ... MORE

VIDEO: Glenn Greenwald - Drone Use and Terrorism

Thomas Sowell: Kangaroo Courts On Campus

Does political correctness trump justice?     There seems to be a full-court press on to get colleges to "do something" about rape on campus. But there seems to be remarkably little attention paid to two crucial facts: (1) rape is a crime and (2) colleges are not qualified to be law-enforcement institutions. Why are rapists not reported to   ... MORE

Walter E Williams: A Lesson On Racial Discrimination

Open markets destroy racism.         Donald Sterling, Los Angeles Clippers owner, was recorded by his mistress making some crude racist remarks. Since then, Sterling's racist comments have dominated the news, from talk radio to late-night shows. A few politicians have weighed in, with President Barack Obama congratulating the NBA for its   ... MORE

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J.D. Tuccille: Does Police Work Involve Special 'Bravery'?

A job less risky than cab driver.       It's good to excel at your job—and if that excellence involves protecting the innocent and rescuing children, so much the better. Good stuff. But if we're going to recognize individuals who have done awesome things, is it entirely necessary to lavishly spread the praise so that their entire trade is stroked as  ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: A Dog Whistle To The Left

Government officials can legally lie.   I am not a fan of former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner. He presided over the politically conceived, patently unconstitutional and anti-free market taxpayer bailouts of banks, automakers and insurance companies in the latter part of the administration of former President George W. Bush,    ... MORE

Street Sign: The Case Against Evolution