How our ancestors got fat & happy
Wayne Crews: Regulation In The Obama Administration
However you slice, it's a turkey. President Barack Obama will pardon a plump Thanksgiving turkey this week. Presentation of a turkey is a 65 year old ritual, courtesy of the National Turkey Federation and the American Egg Board. Before the first President Bush’s decision to pardon, they’d often as not just eat the thing. A reprieve for a fat and ... MOREJacob Sullum: Drug Dealing And Legal Stealing
Is motel owner responsible for the behavior of guests? At the Cosmopolitan, a luxury
hotel and casino in Las Vegas, "just the right amount of wrong" is
the naughty fun you get for $200 a night. At the $57-a-night Motel
Caswell in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, just the right amount of wrong
is what the federal government says it needs to take the business ... MORE
Michael J. Hurd: Magical Thinking Won't Stop The Layoffs
It's about mind, reality and ethics. Associated Press and FoxNews.com reports: Medical supply giant Stryker is the latest company to announce job cuts in anticipation of coming costs associated with Obamacare, even though the man who inherited a fortune from the company’s founder is a fan. The company will cut 1,170 jobs, or ... MOREDiane Dimond: America's War On Drugs Sputters To An End
A positive appraisal. I'm going to make a bold prediction. America's War on Drugs is now officially over. Oh, no one in Washington is going to make any sort of announcement to confirm this but take it from me -- our four-decades-old drug war strategy is now formally kaput. To be entirely honest, it has been sputtering along for years now accomplishing little and ... MOREPaul Driessen: Global Warming Hysteria Will Kill Jobs
Fracking myths threaten U.S. economy. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have boosted shale gas production from zero a few years ago to 10 percent of all U.S. energy supplies in 2012, observes energy analyst Daniel Yergin. It has increased U.S. oil production 25 percent since 2008 despite more federal land and resource withdrawals, ... MOREThomas Sowell: Hotels And Hassles
Few things can make you appreciate home like a hotel.
This includes not only low-budget, bare bones hotels but also sweepingly
large and ornate luxury hotels. What many hotels seem to have in
common are needless hassles. Since most people who stay in hotels do so while traveling, and stay
only a few days in a given hotel, you might ... MOREMark Mitchell: Is The TSA Killing Us?
More take to the dangerous roads to avoid TSA hassle. As we enter into the busiest travel time of the year, long lines at airport security are among the many peeves travelers will encounter. Some who seek to avoid the inconvenience of air travel will pack up their cars and hit the road. According to AAA, more Americans will be traveling ... MOREThomas Sowell - Killing The Goose
Incentives for destruction. Killing the goose that lays the golden egg is one of those old fairy
tales for children which has a heavy message that a lot of adults should
listen to. The labor unions which have driven the makers of Twinkies
into bankruptcy, potentially destroying 18,500 jobs, could have learned
a lot from that old children's fairy tale. ... MORE
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