Why governments needs an enemy. After 25 years of war on Iraq, the U.S. has what to show for it? A
handful of dust. And at what cost in lives and property? It boggles the
mind to consider the breadth and depth of the suffering. Iraq was the great experiment following the Cold War for how the U.S.
military machine could be used to make ... MORE
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Jeffrey Tucker: The War Is On You
Why governments needs an enemy. After 25 years of war on Iraq, the U.S. has what to show for it? A
handful of dust. And at what cost in lives and property? It boggles the
mind to consider the breadth and depth of the suffering. Iraq was the great experiment following the Cold War for how the U.S.
military machine could be used to make ... MOREJury Nullification: If The Law Is Bullshi*t, You Must Acquit
Why not go for justice? You and I have the power to end Nixon's failed War on Drugs once-and-for-all. In fact, it's our constitutional right to do so. Imagine for a second that you've been selected as a juror for the trial of someone like Jacob Lavoro, the 19-year-old Austin, Texas man currently facing anywhere from five years to life in prison for ... MOREVIDEO: Could U.S. Citizens Pass A Citizenship Test?
A video more about the dumbing down of America than the citizenship test.
Thomas Sowell: The High Cost Of Liberalism - Part Two
Liberals can be disarming. In fact, they are for disarming anybody who can be disarmed, whether domestically or internationally. Unfortunately, the people who are the easiest to disarm are the ones
who are the most peaceful — and disarming them makes them vulnerable to
those who are the least peaceful. We are currently getting a ... MORE
Alaska's Jury Nullification Bill And The Founders' View
by Joe Wolverton, II. The Alaska State House of Representatives is considering a bill that would would allow jurors in the Last Frontier “not to apply the law to the defendant” in select criminal cases. House Bill 315 would officially legalize jury nullification of verdicts in cases where jurors believe the “law is unjustly applied to the defendant.” ... MOREVIDEO: Garden Variety Congressional Nitwittery
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U.S. Congresswomen thinks Constitution is 400 years old.
U.S. Congresswomen thinks Constitution is 400 years old.
Roger Kimball: The Evils Of Capitalism
There is a link between limited government and prosperity. What’s the one thing everyone knows about capitalism? Why, that it started out as a mean, nasty tool of greedy industrialists. “The Industrial Revolution,” we all learned, was a terrible Moloch that devoured children, put profits before people, and though it made great fortunes ... MOREBarry Farber: Tales Of Top Interpreters
Pretend it had all worked backwards. Pretend the president is routinely reading his routine briefing papers and everything looks routine – until he gets to one of the more minor details in his upcoming visit to the Nelson Mandela memorial earlier in December in South Africa. And there he reads: “The sign-language interpreter the South ... MORE
Sheldon Richman: Crime And Punishment In A Free Society
Would a free society be a crime-free society? I don’t foresee a future of new human beings who consistently respect the rights of others. Rather, I’m drawing attention to the distinction between crime and tort — between offenses against the state (or society) and offenses against individual persons or their justly held property. We’re so ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Our Fragile Planet
And our even more fragile capitalistic system. Let's examine a few statements reflecting a vision thought to be beyond question. "The world that we live in is beautiful but fragile." "The 3rd rock from the sun is a fragile oasis." Here are a couple of Earth Day quotes: "Remember that Earth needs to be saved every single day." "Remember the ... MOREWalter E Williams: Blacks And Obama
The shadow cast by the president's failure. In a March 2008 column, I criticized pundits' concerns about whether America was ready for Barack Obama, suggesting that the more important issue was whether black people could afford Obama. I proposed that we look at it in the context of a historical tidbit. In 1947, Jackie Robinson, after ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Debt And Destruction
The economics of tail-chasing. From April 1917 to November 1919, when Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fight World War I, he was able to do so because of the promise he made to lenders that the commitment to repay them would be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government. At the time, the ... MOREGeorge Will Compares ObamaCare To Fugitive Slave Act
Bad laws can be changed. Conservative columnist and pundit George Will on Wednesday compared Obamacare to the Fugitive Slave Act and segregation to demonstrate the "bruising, untidy, utterly Democratic" process of changing laws. In an interview with NPR's "Morning Edition," host Steve Inskeep asked Will about President Barack Obama's ... MORE
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