Feds subpoena Mendocino County medical marijuana records. Mendocino County officials are under federal orders to surrender records
from their now-suspended medical marijuana permitting program, raising
questions about the fate of those named in the permits as well as more
than $800,000 in fees collected from pot growers. But Sheriff Tom ... MORE
by Chris Cox and Bill Archer. A decade and a half ago, both of us served on President Clinton's Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform, the forerunner to President Obama's recent National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. In 1994 we predicted that, unless something was done to control runaway entitlement ... MORE
Higher taxes mean slower growth. A big issue is missing in the debate over the “fiscal cliff”: how to get the Obama economy growing again, fueling capital investment, jobs and higher incomes. In all the fire and fury over whether we should raise or cut taxes, or how we can pound the deficits and a monster national debt into submission, ... MORE
How your life became an open e-book. In 1986 The American Banker defined E-mail as
"a trademark of CompuServe," Computerworld noted that
sending a single message required a 10-minute phone call, and
InfoWorld described "a pilot scheme that will allow users
of one system to send messages to mailbox holders on another." That
was the year ... MORE
by William Bigelow. According to one former member of the White House Climate Change Task Force under President Clinton, President Obama may have plans to implement a carbon tax as soon as the fiscal cliff negotiations are settled. Forget the fact that Obama and his minions have repeatedly protested that they won’t press for a carbon tax, Paul ... MORE
For-profit prisons fear bleak outlook. Does the move toward legalization of marijuana pose a threat to the for-profit prison industry? On November 6th, voters in Colorado and Washington passed referenda legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. It is not clear yet how federal enforcement officials will respond to the new laws in practice, ... MORE