Andrew Napolitano: Two Smoking Guns
The FBI investigation of Hillary. The federal criminal investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's failure to secure state secrets was ratcheted up earlier this week, and at the same time, the existence of a parallel criminal investigation of another aspect of her behavior was made known. This is the second publicly revealed expansion of ... MORE
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dishonesty,
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A Faster Internet? Not With FCC Regulations
by Steve Pociask. Does the FCC’s public utility-style regulation of wireline incumbent telephone companies (abbreviated here as ILECs)
and their legacy copper-based voice services work to protect consumers
or impede broadband competition? That is the question explored by a new American Consumer Institute study. Telephone service regulations ... MORE
Powerball's Biggest Winner: Government
by Michelle Malkin. Government's tax on stupidity. Ka-ching! Wednesday's Powerball jackpot soared to $1.5 billion as get-rich-quick mania seized America this week. But you don't need to wait for the drawing to know who'll score the royal payoff. The biggest winner of the multistate numbers game is — drumroll, please — Uncle Sam. ... MORE
Mike Hopper: The Federal Government Is Launching A Criminal Investigation Into Chipotle, And It’s A Bad Sign
Criminalizing mistakes. Law enforcement is a growth industry. 2015 was full of high-profile safety cases. Blue Bell Ice Cream had to take all of its products off the shelves after several cases of listeria, Chicago-based Aspen Foods recalled over 2.5 million pounds of frozen chicken over salmonella concerns, and, most recently, Chipotle saw cases of ... MORE
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Individualism Is Battling The Politically Managed Mind
by Richard Ebeling. Eroding the freedom to choose. Wherever we turn we are confronted with politicians, political pundits, television talking heads, and editorial page commentators, all of whom offer an array of plans, programs, and projects that will solve the problems of the world – if only government is given the power and authority to remake ... MORE
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central planning,
choice,
control,
freedom,
individual liberty,
individualism,
politics,
socialism
Stephanie Slade: Why Polls Don't Work
Election predicting hits an accuracy crisis. On October 7, 2015, the most famous brand in public opinion polling announced it was getting out of the horse-race survey business. Henceforth, Gallup would no longer poll Americans on whom they would vote for if the next election were held today. "We believe to put our time and money and brain-power ... MORE
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data,
election,
failure,
information,
performance,
politics,
poll,
statistics,
success
Why Are Angry Ranchers Being Called Terrorists?
by Frank Furedi. It wasn’t long before pundits played the terrorist card in relation to the standoff between a group of ranchers and the US federal government at Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. In the Guardian, Wajahat Ali objected to the description of the ranchers as ‘militiamen’ rather than ‘terrorists’. ‘If the Oregon militiamen were Muslim ... MORE
3,000 Business Regulations Coming In 2016
by Shubhomita Bose. Another year, another roll of red tape for small businesses to cut through. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, over 3,000 new regulations are in the pipeline for 2016 on top of the 3,300 issued in 2015. Some of the regulations that will have a direct impact on businesses include a possible Environmental Protection Agency ... MORE
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busybody,
compliance costs,
EPA,
government,
red tape,
regulation,
restrictions
Capitalism: The Worst System -- Except For All The Rest
by Noel S. Williams. The only capital democrat presidential candidates respect is political capital wrought from pandering. Newsflash: capitalism is still the best system for organizing economic life in a free society. Liberals talk about the anger of the right, but Clinton, the very embodiment of ugliness and anger, could barely bring herself ... MORE
Harper Neidig: FBI Expands Investigation Of Clinton
Sunshines shines on Clinton Foundation. The FBI has expanded its investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a
private email server during her time as secretary of State to determine
whether her Clinton Foundation work violated public corruption laws, according to Fox News. The report is based on accounts by three unnamed sources. "The
agents are ... MORE
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deception,
Democrats,
dishonesty,
Hillary Clinton,
politics,
scandal
A Dispiriting Final Speech From An Out Of Touch President
A Washington Examiner editorial. What makes for a credible public voice? A key ingredient is truth. The crucial difference between Winston Churchill and Baghdad Bob was not their nations' respective fortunes in war. It was that Churchill was open with the British public about the difficulties his nation faced. He could have tried ... MORE
From Whitewater To Benghazi: A Clinton-Scandal Primer
by David A. Graham. Amid all the scandals related to the Clinton family, Bill Clinton’s sex
scandals were supposed to be a dead letter. After all, the former
president weathered impeachment proceedings in the late 1990s—in fact,
Hillary Clinton’s popularity soared at the time. As those events
receded, Bill Clinton became one of the most popular ... MORE
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Hillary Clinton,
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New Way For Cops To Surveil You: Your Threat ‘Score’
by Justin Jouvenal. While officers raced to a recent 911 call about a man threatening his ex-girlfriend, a police operator in headquarters consulted software that scored the suspect’s potential for violence the way a bank might run a credit report. The program scoured billions of data points, including arrest reports, property records, commercial ... MORE
Americans Are Abandoning Political Parties
by Kenneth Walsh. Both major political parties are in trouble with the American people. The latest Gallup Poll finds that loyalty to the Democrats and Republicans
is at or near historic lows. In 2015, for the fifth straight year, "at
least four in 10 U.S. adults identified as political independents," a
Gallup spokesman said. Forty-two percent said they were ... MORE
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politics,
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Republican
Multiculturalism Trumps Protecting Women From Rape
by Dennis Prager. Since the scores of New Year's Eve sexual attacks on German women by hundreds of men identified as Arab or North African, the left in Germany has faced a dilemma: which to fight for first -- women's human rights or multiculturalism? This was the same dilemma that faced British authorities between 1997 and 2013. During those ... MORE
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multiculturalism,
politics,
rape,
rights,
sex offenders,
standards,
values
Textbook Publisher Representative Fired After Admitting On Camera That Common Core Is All About The Money
by Joe Cunningham. See the video. Project Veritas has a new video out, this time with undercover journalists asking educators and education company executives about whether or not Common Core State Standards and the curricula built around them are really for the kids. The answer from just about everyone is “No,” with one person admitting ... MORE
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crony capitalism,
cronyism,
education,
incentives,
lobbyist,
motivation,
schools
America's History Of Justice: How Jury Nullification Set Wild Bill Hickok Free Although He Killed A Man Illegally!
Because justice is a result, not simply a process. On July 20 1865, James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok was playing in a poker game at the Lyon House Hotel in Springfield MO., when a friend of his, Davis Tutt showed up claiming Hickok owed him $45 from an earlier game. Hickok said he only owed $25 since he had paid Tutt $20 some days ... MORE
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jury nullification,
justice,
law,
murder,
principles,
trial
Thomas Sowell: 'Messing With The Constitution'
Taking power back from lawyers in robes. In recent years, a small but growing number of people have advocated a convention of states to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The reaction to the proposal has been hostile, out of all proportion to either the originality or the danger of such a convention. The political ... MORE
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convention,
government,
individual liberty,
limitations,
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The State Of The Nation: A Dictatorship Without Tears
by John W. Whitehead. While only 1 in 5 Americans claim to trust the government to do what is right, the majority of the people are not quite ready to ditch the American experiment in liberty. Or at least they’re not quite ready to ditch the government with which they have been saddled. It doesn’t matter that the government has shown itself to be ... MORE
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corruption,
debt,
exploitation,
government,
liberty,
Obama,
police state,
politicians,
tyranny
6 Big Cities See Hiring Fade After Minimum Wage Hikes
by Jed Graham. Higher costs mean lower demand. U.S. cities that implemented big minimum-wage hikes to $10 an hour or more in 2015 have seen a strikingly similar aftermath: Job gains have fallen to multiyear lows at restaurants, hotels and other leisure and hospitality venues. The data aren't, for the most part, stark and reliable enough to amount ... MORE
Jacob Sullum: 2 Ranchers, 2 Fires, Too Long Behind Bars
The injustice of mandatory minimums. The occupation of
buildings at Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by a group of
armed and disgruntled ranchers has brought national attention to a case
that illustrates the injustices wrought by mandatory minimum sentences.
The men who took over the buildings on January 2, led by Nevada ... MORE
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mandatory minimums,
persecution,
prison,
protest,
punishment,
ranchers,
rebellion
Jack Healy and Kirk Johnson: This Land Is Your Land
The folly of federal land management. Ken Ivory, a Republican state representative from Utah, has been roaming the West with an alluring pitch to cattle ranchers, farmers and conservatives upset with how Washington controls the wide-open public spaces out here: This land is your land, he says, and not the federal government’s. Mr. Ivory, ... MORE
Capitalism Loves The Earth But The Greens Hate Capitalism
by Stephen Hicks. Some parts of the world really are environmental Hells. They are dirty and depleted, making them unhealthy and economically unsustainable. We can argue about the severity of the problems in various places, but I want to focus on another aspect of the debate: determining accurately the causes of the degradation ... MORE
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economics,
environment,
government,
green,
innovation,
regulation,
self-interest
Walter E Williams: Minimum Wage Dishonesty
Higher prices mean less demand. Michael Hiltzik, a columnist and Los Angeles Times reporter, wrote an article titled "Does a minimum wage raise hurt workers? Economists say: We don't know." Uncertain was his conclusion from a poll conducted by the Initiative on Global Markets, at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, of 42 ... MORE
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economics,
incentives,
jobs,
low-skill workers,
minimum wage,
supply,
wages,
workers
Frank Parlato: It's Time You Understood Jury Nullification
Justice is a result, not simply a process. Jury nullification is the term used when a jury – or even a single juror – votes to acquit a criminal defendant who is technically guilty, but who juror(s) do not believe deserve punishment. It occurs in a trial when a jury reaches a verdict contrary to the judge’s instructions. It occurs when a single juror ... MORE
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government,
juror,
jury nullification,
justice,
process,
public service,
victimless crimes
Julia Vitullo Martin: Drunk With Power
How Prohibition led to big government. If they think about Prohibition at all, most Americans probably accept Columbia University historian Richard Hofstadter’s conclusion that it was a farce, a “ludicrous caricature of the reforming impulse,” an ineffective albeit financially costly moral crusade imposed on a reluctant populace. Decades ... MORE
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bureaucracy,
control,
crime,
FBI,
federal,
government,
politicians,
power,
prohibition
David Harsanyi: Obama's Legacy Is Executive Abuse
Governing without Congress. Over the winter break, I finally got around to binge-watching Parks and Recreation.
In case you missed the show's seven-year run, it's about a fascistic
small-town councilwoman who believes it's a politician's job to impose
her notions of morality, safety and decency on everyone, no matter what
voters want or what ... MORE
Goodbye To 2015, A Year Of Absurdity And Overreach
by George Will. E.B. White reportedly said "the most beautiful sound in America" is "the tinkle of ice at twilight." In 2015's twilight, fortify yourself with something 90 proof as you remember this year in which: We learned that a dismal threshold has been passed. The value of property that police departments seized through civil asset forfeiture — usually ... MORE
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children,
civil forfeiture,
food,
gambling,
government,
IRS,
liberalism,
schools
At Least 1,340 Clinton Emails Contained Classified Material
by Anita Kumar. She had claimed zero. At least 1,340 emails that Hillary Clinton sent or received contained classified material, according to the State Department’s latest update from its ongoing review of more than 30,000 emails. The State Department released a new batch of 3,007 pages of Clinton’s emails after 1:30 a.m. Friday in response to a court ... MORE
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dishonesty,
e-mail,
FBI,
Hillary Clinton,
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security
Colorado Celebrates Marijuana Legalization Anniversary; Massive Drop In Arrests and Millions In Tax Revenue
by Art Way. More than three years have passed since Colorado residents voted to
legalize marijuana, which immediately allowed adults to possess and
cultivate limited amounts of marijuana. This past New Year’s Day marked
the two year anniversary of adults being able to legally buy marijuana in Colorado. The policy is still in its formative stage, ... MORE
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