VIDEO: John Stossel - Green Tyranny

Techdirt: Crusader Feinstein Looks To Limit More Options

This time it's violent video games.   Dianne Feinstein, whose post-Newtown assault weapons ban was defanged by Sen. Harry Reid before its inclusion in the Democrats' gun control bill, has decided to switch scapegoats. Now, she's determined to do something about violent video games, apparently unaware that the Supreme Court has already   ... MORE

Dana Loesch: When Tryanny Masquerades As Stupidity

The belief that criminals will abide gun laws.  When Democrats passed the assault weapons ban in 1994 it didn’t prevent further gun-related crime or stop the Columbine massacre. Connecticut’s own assault weapons ban did nothing to prevent Adam Lanza from committing theft (another crime) to illegally posses a gun that he used illegally. The small    ... MORE

VIDEO: Leading Politicians Out Of The Drug War

Jacob Sullum: Obama's Abuse Of Dead Children

The master opportunist strikes again.  "This is about doing the right thing for all the families who are here that have been torn apart by gun violence," President Obama declared on Monday, promoting his "common-sense gun safety reforms" in a speech at the University of Hartford, where the audience included parents of children who  ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Tests And Tiger Moms

Inducing poverty with political correctness.   New York City's Stuyvesant High School is one of those all too rare public schools for intellectually outstanding students. Such students are often bored to death in schools where the work is geared to the lowest common denominator, and it is by no means uncommon for very bright   ... MORE

FBI Warrantless Cellphone Tracking 'Very Common'

Can you hear me now?   FBI investigators for at least five years have routinely used a sophisticated cellphone tracking tool that can pinpoint callers’ locations and listen to their conversations — all without getting a warrant for it, a federal court was told this week. The use of the “Stingray,” as the tool is called, “is a very common practice” by ... MORE

Man Facing Charges For Self-Defense Against Bear

What would they have done to Daniel Boone?       A 76-year-old Auburn, Massachusetts man Richard Ahlstrand had spotted a black bear in his backyard last Thursday around his bird feeders. On Friday, he went to fill up his bird feeders, and as a precaution, he took his shotgun. Sure enough, the black bear showed up and started to chase the old   ... MORE

VIDEO: Thomas Sowell - Culture Matters

Thomas Sowell: 'Proportional Response'

Lowering the prospective cost of aggression.  Since when has it been considered smart to tell your enemies what your plans are? Yet there on the front page of the April 8th New York Times was a story about how unnamed "American officials" were planning a "proportional" response to any North Korean attack. This was spelled in an example: If  ... MORE

Washington Times Editorial: Burying Crony Capitalism

The courts strike a blow for economic freedom.  An established business knows that the most direct way to dominate the market is to enlist government assistance. Trade groups frequently seek the imposition of licensing requirements — in the name of public safety, of course. Requiring someone who wants to be a barber, tour guide  ... MORE