Aaron Dykes: TSA: Filming Checkpoints Is "Terrorism"
Make sure to watch the video. Evidently, TSA isn’t looking for press coverage in its new roll out of checkpoints at train stations. Citizen journalist Julio Rausseo, a roaming correspondent for WeAreChange.org, was labeled a “terrorist” and threatened with arrest for filming a TSA checkpoint at the Union train station in Chicago. An Amtrack police official ... MOREHarry Binswanger: Outsourcing Is America At Its Best
Why Obama and Romney are wrong on outsourcing. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are currently fighting over who is the more patriotic. Obama slams Romney for having outsourced jobs to China during his Bain Capital days. Romney punches back by labeling Obama “Outsourcer in Chief.” The latest is that both John Boehner and ... MOREScott Shackford: The Misguided Assault On Chick-fil-A
A terrible abuse of political power. As if politicians’ flogging of the fast food industry via Nanny State posturing over calories and nutrition isn’t bad enough, now those businesses are going to be punished for not having the right political beliefs. Chick-fil-A, the 50-year-old fast food chain whose Christian credentials were always apparent in its decision to ... MOREPolitical Correctness Won The First Olympic Medal
Unpopular tweet gets Greek athlete expelled. The 2012 Summer Olympics have not gotten underway as yet and there is already drama taking place in London. Greek triple-jump champion Voula Papachristou caused quite an uproar with a racist tweet that got her expelled from the games. While most athletes look for ways to represent their country ... MOREBrian Hyde: Scouting's Connection To Personal Freedom
Doing the right thing isn’t always easy. This is especially true when a matter of conscience requires standing up to the crowd. For years, the Boy Scouts of America have been under relentless social pressure to begin admitting openly homosexual scouts and leaders into the organization. Recently, the BSA undertook a confidential two- ... MOREBen Wolfgang: Online Poker Fans Ready To Deal
A comeback deal. The Obama administration may have called off the game more than a year ago, but the nation’s poker partisans are still looking for a deal. Card sharks are ramping up pressure on the federal government to remove a cloud of uncertainty hanging over Internet poker, caused by a patchwork of federal laws that has left the game in a ... MORE
Jacob Hornberger: Should There Be A Federal Tipping Law?
Voluntarily doing the right thing. Suppose the Franklin Roosevelt administration had enacted a law in the 1930s that required every restaurant customer in America to pay a 15 percent tip to waiters. The argument in favor of such a law would have been twofold: to help the poor and to stimulate the economy by getting more money ... MORETom Price: Regulations Are Choking Small Business Growth
Strangled by red tape. The cost is $1.75 trillion. That’s the price of complying with Washington red tape — and that’s not a misprint. While the federal government has the responsibility to establish reasonable regulations to help protect the American people, federal rule-making is so costly and cumbersome that it actually impedes job creation ... MORE
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