by J.D. Tuccille. In 1858, hundreds of residents of Oberlin and Wellington, Ohio—many of them students and faculty at Oberlin College—surrounded Wadsworth's Hotel, in Wellington, in which law enforcement officers and slavehunters held a fugitive slave named John Price, under the authority of the Fugitive Slave Act. After a brief standoff, ... MOREWhy I'm Teaching My Son To Break The Law
by J.D. Tuccille. In 1858, hundreds of residents of Oberlin and Wellington, Ohio—many of them students and faculty at Oberlin College—surrounded Wadsworth's Hotel, in Wellington, in which law enforcement officers and slavehunters held a fugitive slave named John Price, under the authority of the Fugitive Slave Act. After a brief standoff, ... MOREWashington Times: Freedom's Just Another Word
In NJ, California and NY, not so much. Freedom means different things to each of us, but in New Jersey,
California and New York, shrinking personal and economic freedom means
shrinking population. In the decade since 2001, New York has lost 9
percent of its population, California 4.5 percent, and New Jersey 5.6
percent. ... MOREDave Kopel: Turning Gun Owners Into Felons
Spouse can't even borrow gun for over 7 days. Public-opinion polls about “universal background checks” for gun sales show widespread support. While President Obama and Mayor Bloomberg talk about “gun sales,” the actual legislation moving through Congress aims to regulate far more than sales. It would turn almost every gun owner into a ... MOREFood Stamp Program Spent Record $80.4B in FY 2012
Nearly $7000 per family of four. During fiscal year 2012, the U.S. government spent a record $80.4 billion on food stamps, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a $2.7 billion increase from FY 2011. (Fiscal year 2012 ran from Oct. 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, 2012.) According to the Monthly Treasury Statement that ... MOREHappily Beyond The Days Of Ron Paul's Lonely Crusades
by Nathan Lewis. On March 14, H.R. 1176, the “Centennial Monetary Commission Act of 2013,” was presented in Congress. It has thirteen sponsors. Thirteen is a good number. We are already beyond the days of Ron Paul’s lonely crusades, of only a few years ago. The bill aims to “establish a commission to examine the United States monetary policy, ... MOREMona Charen: Sowell Does It Again
Another great insightful read from Tom. I plunged into Thomas Sowell's latest book "Intellectuals and
Race" immediately upon its arrival but soon realized that I needed to slow
down. Many writers express a few ideas with a great cataract of words.
Sowell is the opposite. Every sentence contains at least one insight or
fascinating statistic, frequently ... MOREFrank Schell: Where Is Joan Baez When We Need Her?
It's the silent Gen Y that needs her most. Much of generation Y seems to sail in denial, like the skipper
of the doomed schooner Hesperus who would not heed dire tocsins
about the future and an impending hurricane. They seem oblivious
about what is happening to nothing more or less important than
their future. Those not in denial are in ... MOREGlobal Warming: Was It Just A Beautiful Dream After All?
by Harry Binswanger. Like most of you, I yearn for shorter winters, more shirt-sleeve weather, less lashing from frigid winds. As a confirmed New Yorker, I’m not willing to do what millions have done: move to the sunbelt. I want warmer weather here in the Big City. But I’ve grown old waiting for the promised global warming. I was 35 when ... MORE
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