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Jason Koebler: Tiny Device Will Detect Domestic Drones

Being alerted when robot planes buzz by. Worried about drones spying on you? Soon, a device might be able to send you text and email alerts that let you know when a drone is nearby. A Washington, D.C.-based engineer is working on the "Drone Shield," a small, Wi-Fi-connected device that uses a microphone to detect a drone's "acoustic signatures" ... MORE

Congress Wants To Exempt Itself From ObamaCare

by Bob Moffit. No argument for Obamacare’s repeal can top the simple fact that Members of Congress do not want it to apply to them. Today’s Politico reports that the House and Senate congressional leadership—both Democrats and Republicans working in cahoots with Obama Administration officials—have been secretly negotiating for months trying to ... MORE

VIDEO: Milton Friedman - Government & The Consumer

Andrew Napolitano: Obama's War On The 4th Amendment

Here they go again. The Obama administration has asked its allies in Congress to introduce legislation that would permit the feds to continue their march through the Fourth Amendment when it comes to obtaining private information about all of us. The Fourth Amendment, which guarantees the right to be left alone, was written largely in ... MORE

Louis Woodhill: The Folly Of Government Venture Capital

Another $171 million taxpayer dollars down the tubes. If you go to www.fiskerautomotive.com, you see a picture of a red Fisker Karma sedan and the words, “Welcome. New Site coming soon.” Ominously, if you click on the “Tomorrow” link at the top of the page, nothing happens. In fact, none of the links on the page produce any ... MORE

VIDEO: Is The Constitution Failing Us?

Or is it those charged with protecting and preserving it?

Obama's 'Fairness' Economy Has Backfired

by David Harsanyi. One of the most seductive parts of President Barack Obama's political message (and the message of progressive Democrats in general) is sympathy for the poor and a willingness to talk about the disparities of capitalism -- about the rich being too rich and the poor being screwed. In some ways, it's the predominant message ... MORE

Julia Marsh: NYC's $60,000 Fine For A Cigarette Lighter

Tourist shop fights silly toy gun ban. The owner of a Midtown tourist shop is firing back at Mayor Bloomberg’s crusade against toy guns, filing papers to block a $60,000 fine from the city for selling lighters shaped like small pistols. “We don’t have the money,” said Fred Shayes, 49, who owns US Camera & Computer Inc. near Penn ... MORE

Barry Farber: Obama Wants Capitalism To Fail

Wifely wisdom and the checking of premises. One of the most exciting clichés in the English language is “Thinking outside the box”! Who among us has not thought, “If only I could think outside the box, like Gates and Jobs and Zuckerberg! If only! Then rainbows wouldn’t be something I’m constantly chasing. They’d be more like house ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Is Thinking Obsolete?

Indoctrination with unexamined assumptions. While it is not possible to answer all the e-mails and letters from readers, many are thought-provoking, whether those thoughts are positive or negative. An e-mail from one young man simply asked for the sources of some facts about gun control that were mentioned in a recent column. It ... MORE