By the Cops, the Courts, the Corporations and Congress. Call it what you will—taxes, penalties, fees or fines—but the only word that truly describes the constant bilking of the American taxpayer by the government and its corporate partners is theft. We’re operating in a topsy-turvy Sherwood Forest where instead of Robin Hood and ... MORE
Let me run through a few good ideas. I think it's a good idea for children to eat healthful, wholesome foods. In the raising of our daughter, before-dinner treats were fresh vegetables, and after-dinner treats were mostly fruits. I arrive at my gym sometime between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m., at least four times a week, to lift weights and use ... MORE
by Scott Gottlieb. We ran the numbers. Obamacare is still struggling to sign up young people. In order to offset the high cost of the older, and probably less healthy people who are joining Obamacare plans, the White House must coerce a sufficient number of thirty-somethings to also join. Problem is, the health plans are too pricey to make economic ... MORE
by Cheryl K. Chumley. No one ever said vote-buying is cheap. President Obama has introduced a total of 442 new tax increase proposals since he took office in 2009, a watchdog group reported. Moreover,
those 442 tax proposals are different than the 20 that are contained in
Obamacare legislation that was signed into law, Americans for ... MORE
by Stephen Dinan. Immigration agents tried to deport only about a fourth of the cases they encountered in 2013, said a report being released Monday from the Center for Immigration Studies that shows just how much President Obama’s policies have cut down on potential enforcement. Jessica Vaughan, the report’s author, called it a ... MORE
The exception to the 13th Amendment. Death row inmate Ray Jasper, who has never used the internet, wrote an article that went viral. Part of his appeal is that he made it sound like he was innocent. Not true, it turns out he slit a man’s throat. But what stuck out to me, was his description of the prison system. First off, he was the only black ... MORE
White House gets schooled on how tax is paid. Matt Drudge is correct. Last weekend we learned that after five long years in office, among the many things the White House
does not know is how and when Americans pay their taxes. Since Team
Obama likes taxes so much, you might think they would understand them,
but no such luck. ... MORE
by Michelle Millhollon. Twenty-three years after the state retired Gruesome Gertie and switched to lethal injection for executions, the electric chair could make a comeback in Louisiana. States are scrambling for death penalty alternatives because of a clampdown on the availability of deadly drugs for executions. Old-time tools that were ... MORE
The state against the poor. The New York Times recently noted a new trend in Los
Angeles:
strict enforcement of jaywalking laws downtown, including the
little-known regulation that makes it a crime to enter a crosswalk
after the red crosswalk light is flashing—even if that red light,
as it often does in L.A., is counting down the seconds ... MORE
By Ilya Shapiro. One of Barack Obama’s chief accomplishments has been to return the Constitution to a central place in our public discourse. Unfortunately, the president fomented this upswing in civic interest not by talking up the constitutional aspects of his policy agenda, but by blatantly violating the strictures of our founding document. ... MORE
Gimmicky traps are about money, not safety. Officials in the District of Columbia waited until Friday to bury the announcement that 130 new revenue-enhancement cameras are being deployed on the streets of the nation’s capital. Locals have learned a speed camera lurks hidden behind the “Welcome to Washington” sign, and they’re jamming ... MORE
by Carl Schramm, WSJ. When ObamaCare is under attack, its defenders retreat to several well-worn claims. Among them is a provision that compels insurance companies to allow parents to keep their "children" ages of 21 to 26 on their family policies. Yet this part of the Affordable Care Act was not engineered in response to any ... MORE
Obamacare lies reveal a political strategy. Every day, it seems, more people who have been screaming their hatred for those who predicted all we see coming true are admitting what we have known all along. The president is incapable of telling a truth, and what conservatives have been predicting for three years about ... MORE