Putting the squeeze on private transportation. Mark your calendars: September 21 is international PARK(ing) Day, described as "annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into 'PARK(ing)' spaces." Get it? The place you "park" your car becomes a "park." It's a ... MOREPeter Wilson: The Progressive War On Parking
Putting the squeeze on private transportation. Mark your calendars: September 21 is international PARK(ing) Day, described as "annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into 'PARK(ing)' spaces." Get it? The place you "park" your car becomes a "park." It's a ... MORE
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regulation,
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Citizens May Get Temporary Reprieve From Drones
by Joan Lowy. Difficult to resolve safety and security obstacles may prevent the Federal Aviation Administration from meeting a deadline to allow civilian drones routine access to U.S. skies within three years, according to a report released Tuesday by a government watchdog. The FAA is under pressure from Congress, industry and other ... MORE
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Thomas Sowell: The Great Tax Divide
JFK and John Maynard Keynes both knew it. There was a time when Democrats and Republicans alike could talk sense about tax rates, in terms of what is best for the economy, without demagoguery about "tax cuts for the rich." Democratic presidents Woodrow Wilson and John F. Kennedy spoke plainly about the fact that higher tax rates on ... MOREWilliam Martin: Marijuana, A Case For Legalization
The policy is the greater harm. More than 100 million people in this country have tried marijuana at some point. More than 28 million will do so this year. It will not make them dangerous or more interesting. It should not make them criminals. Marijuana’s critics cite proven negative effects of heavy use: loss of concentration and short-term memory, ... MORETop Muslim Calls For U.N. To End Free Speech
Free thinking identified as an insult to Islam. One of the world’s most influential Muslims is now calling on the United Nations – in light of the YouTube movie blamed for violent protests across the Mideast – to impose international restrictions on free speech, criminalizing any statement that impugns Islam. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah, a ... MORE
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faith,
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intolerance,
Muslim,
politics,
religion,
riots,
terrorism,
United Nations
Juror In Cannabis Nullification Case Speaks Out!
Doing justice, not merely law enforcement. As reported earlier, a NH jury has found a man not guilty of growing cannabis in the first-ever (that I know of) use of jury nullification in NH! Now one of the jurors, who happens to be a Free State Project participant, Cathleen, is speaking out. Below is her written statement about her experience on the ... MOREArnold Ahlert: What Does A Police State Look Like?
On the future of progressivism. So, what does a police state look like? A police state is place where massive amounts of government corruption and/or incompetence are covered up by an equally corrupt and/or incompetent media. It is a place where a film-maker’s first amendment rights are secondary to the sensibilities of murderous ... MORE
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control,
force,
foreign policy,
freedom,
government,
journalism,
police state,
responsibility
FSU: U.S. Drops To 18th In Economic Freedom
Home of capitalism. The United States, perceived to be a champion of economic freedom, plunged to a new low, number 18, in the latest rankings of the 2012 Economic Freedom of the World report co-authored by Florida State University economics Professor James Gwartney. The report is published by Canada's Fraser Institute in cooperation with ... MORENew Technology Gives Police Power To Block Devices
No more shooting video of protests, cops? Apple has patented a piece of technology which would allow government and police to block transmission of information, including video and photographs, from any public gathering or venue they deem “sensitive”, and “protected from externalities.” In other words, these powers will have control over ... MORE
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