by Matt Walsh. It is what it is. The picture is plastered right on the cover of the next Vanity Fair issue, and it shows Bruce dolled up in makeup and hair extensions, posing in a corset, with parts of his face, forehead, and throat shaved off for cosmetic reasons, and his chest enhanced by hormone pills, Photoshop, and silicone. The idea is to make ... MORE
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Calling Bruce Jenner A Woman Is An Insult To Women
by Matt Walsh. It is what it is. The picture is plastered right on the cover of the next Vanity Fair issue, and it shows Bruce dolled up in makeup and hair extensions, posing in a corset, with parts of his face, forehead, and throat shaved off for cosmetic reasons, and his chest enhanced by hormone pills, Photoshop, and silicone. The idea is to make ... MOREBarry Farber: Unify America - Speak English
Language is the glue that holds a country together. What was so strange about that delicatessen? Eventually it dawned on me. The place was busy, bustling; lots of customers asking questions; lots of waiters answering them. What was strange, it turns out, was that even though I was in that deli a good while, I hadn’t heard one single word of ... MOREEPA Wants To Monitor How Long Hotel Guests Shower
by Elizabeth Harrington. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants hotels to monitor how much time its guests spend in the shower. The agency is spending $15,000 to create a wireless system that will
track how much water a hotel guest uses to get them to “modify their
behavior.” “Hotels consume a significant amount of water in ... MOREJacob Sullum: 'Drugged' Drivers Who Aren't
What if the risk ratio is statistically insignificant? Last year, during a congressional
hearing on the threat posed by stoned drivers, a
representative of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) was asked how many crash fatalities are
caused by marijuana each year. "That's difficult to say," replied
Jeff Michael, NHTSA's ... MORERobby Soave: Abolish the Federal Drinking Age
Stop incentives to drink recklessly. Activists, administrators, and national policymakers concerned about a supposed epidemic of rape on college campuses should stop trying so damn hard to regulate students' sex lives. Instead, their efforts would be better spent lobbying Congress to abolish a law that puts students at risk of sexual assault by ... MOREN.Y. Legislature Passed Bill To Protect Bad Cops
by E.J. McMahon. Who should ultimately control police discipline in New York: elected officials through their appointed police commissioners, or unelected labor arbitrators chosen in part by labor unions? The question has plainly picked up added resonance in recent days. Gov. Cuomo will soon have a chance to answer it. Sometime before ... MOREJacob Sullum: Catching Cops On Camera Can Be Crucial
A powerful weapon against police brutality. Last week, in response to the shooting of Michael Brown and
other controversial uses of deadly force by police, President Obama
proposed federal funding for body cameras to record
interactions between cops and members of the public. Two days
later, a Staten Island grand jury cast doubt ... MOREWalter E Williams: Embarrassing Economists
The first fundamental law of demand. So as to give some perspective, I'm going to ask readers for their guesses about human behavior before explaining my embarrassment by some of my fellow economists. Suppose the prices of ladies jewelry rose by 100 percent. What would you predict would happen to sales? What about a ... MOREJonah Goldberg: Liberals Storm California's Bedrooms
Relentless culture warriors. I have a slightly different take on California’s recent decision to regulate college sex. Don’t get me wrong: I think it’s beyond idiotic, unworkable, even borderline Orwellian. We’ll get to all that. But I also think it’s incredibly useful. You see, for years I’ve been railing and ranting about the ridiculous myth that liberalism ... MOREZenon Evans: Socialists Are Cheaters, Says New Study
It is all about the incentives. "The longer individuals were exposed to
socialism, the more likely they were to cheat on our task,"
according to a new study, "The (True) Legacy of Two Really
Existing Economic Systems," from Duke University and the University
of Munich. The team of researchers concluded this after working
with 259 ... MOREJohn Stossel: War On Women
Sorry, genders are not exactly equal. You've probably heard that Democratic Party leaders decided that a way to win votes this November is to shout loudly that Republicans wage "war on women." Politico calls this a "proven, persuasive argument."Give me a break. The idea of a conservative "war on women" is as silly as propaganda ... MOREMaking Cop-Worship Mandatory
“Get on the ground! Get on the ground!” That demand is spat by police into the face of thousands of people every day in this country, many – perhaps most -- of whom have neither been caught in a criminal act nor have been named on an arrest warrant. The refrain is recited by home invaders in paramilitary garb after they have kicked in a ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: The End Of Childhood
In the era of the emerging American police state. It wouldn’t be a week in America without another slew of children being punished for childish behavior under the regime of zero tolerance which plagues our nation’s schools. Here are some of the latest incidents. In Pennsylvania, a ten-year-old boy was suspended for shooting an imaginary ... MOREThomas Sowell: Who Is Racist?
Just how old is Thomas Sowell? I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white. Apparently other Americans also recognize that the sources of racism are different today from what they were in the past. According to a recent Rasmussen poll, 31 percent of blacks think that most blacks are racists, ... MOREPaul Shlichta: Choice Of Weapons
The gun grabbers forgot about this one. The advocates of gun control seem to believe that, by restricting or eliminating private possession of guns, all violence can be eliminated. However, recent events have tragically demonstrated that would-be assailants have a wide choice of weapons, including knives, explosives, automobiles, ... MOREWalter E Williams: How Times Have Changed
A devolving society. Having been born in 1936 has allowed me to witness both societal progress and retrogression. High on the list of things made better in our society are the great gains in civil liberties and economic opportunities, especially for racial minorities and women. People who are now deemed poor have a level of material wealth that would ... MOREVIDEO: Cops Taser Nonviolent Man After Jaywalking
Police State: Florida police assault man for not giving I.D. after jaywalking. Zikomo Peurifoy was initially stopped by officers in Casselberry, Florida, for allegedly ignoring crosswalk signals. However, after Peurifoy refused to give officers his name, cops repeatedly tasered him.
Are Teenagers Big Children Or Small Adults?
by A. Barton Hinkle. America can’t make up its mind. This should not be surprising in a nation of 314 million people, half of whom can’t make up their minds about what to have for dinner. But dinner is inconsequential. How we treat children is not. And when it comes to the treatment of children, society’s approach is wildly incoherent. Last week the Supreme ... MORE
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