The Fourth Amendment implications of new technologies. "If you win this case," Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben during oral argument in U.S. v. Jones last fall, "there is nothing to prevent the police or the government from monitoring 24 hours a day the public movement of every citizen ... MOREJacob Sullum: How GPS Tracking Threatens Privacy
The Fourth Amendment implications of new technologies. "If you win this case," Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben during oral argument in U.S. v. Jones last fall, "there is nothing to prevent the police or the government from monitoring 24 hours a day the public movement of every citizen ... MOREVIDEO: John Stossel - Ron Paul And Rational Defense
Ron Paul's defense strategy is challenged by Col. David Hunt.
A Barton Hinkle: Do We Need A Law To Make People Think?
The picture painted of some legislators is grotesque. “I think people should make informed choices, and I think this bill would accomplish that.” So said Del. Mark Cole the other day about his bill to force anyone seeking a firearm or concealed-carry permit in Virginia to look at autopsy pictures of shooting victims. Autopsy pictures of gunshot wounds ... MORE
Jon Entine: Killing Drilling With Farcical "Science"
Recognize this as a debate between science and ideology. The academic face of the anti-fracking movement — Cornell marine ecologist Robert Howarth — increasingly looks like he’s willing to turn science into farce. Last spring, the once-obscure professor became the go-to expert for anti-fracking journalists and lawmakers when he published a report ... MOREWalter Russell Mead: The Once And Future Liberalism
Beyond the dysfunctional ideals of liberalism. Writing about the onset of the Great Depression, John Kenneth Galbraith famously said that the end had come but was not yet in sight. The past was crumbling under their feet, but people could not imagine how the future would play out. Their social imagination had hit a wall. The same thing is happening today ... MORECharles Kadlec: Gingrich And The Gold Standard
Did you know Newt wants to get back to sound money? The biggest under-reported story of the South Carolina primary is winner Newt Gingrich’s campaign promise to convene a gold commission to “look at the whole concept of how do we get back to hard money.” The only job of the Fed should be to “maintain the stability of the dollar because we want a ... MOREJesse Weed: Obama's Social Justice Capitalism
Obama is not just motivated by kickbacks. Unlike the mercy-killing "vulture" capital firms, venture capital firms invest in start-up companies. Take a quick look at a venture capital firm like Atlas Venture Capital and you see a list of firms that are not exactly household names. The sole criterion venture capital firms use to select start-ups for initial financial ... MORESteve McCann: Self-Destruction Of The Mainstream Media
A welcome sight to behold. For the past forty years the mainstream media has become increasingly liberal and more overt in promoting the policies of the Democratic Party. This evolutionary process reached its zenith in 2008 when the media were instrumental in Barack Obama being elected President. Many journalists dropped any pretense of objectivity and ... MOREWilliam Tucker: Environmentalism And The Leisure Class
Keystone Cop Obama protects his environmental flank. This week President Obama handed down what may prove to be one of the most fateful decisions of his entire administration when he rejected the plan to build the Keystone XL Pipeline carrying oil from the tar sands of Canada to the refineries of Houston. The decision did not win him one new ... MORE
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