It's all about enriching the educational establishment. President Barack Obama recently wrote an executive order that established a White House initiative on educational excellence for black Americans that will be housed in the Department of Education. It proposes "to identify evidence-based best practices" to improve black achievement in ... MOREWalter E Williams: Obama's Educational Initiative
It's all about enriching the educational establishment. President Barack Obama recently wrote an executive order that established a White House initiative on educational excellence for black Americans that will be housed in the Department of Education. It proposes "to identify evidence-based best practices" to improve black achievement in ... MORERep. Tom Graves: Obama Increases Dependency
It’s called “mountain pride.” For generations, it has pulsed through the bloodstream of just about every resident in the Appalachian hills of North Georgia, the place where I grew up and still call home. Mountain pride is defined by self-reliance. It means that when times get tough, families persevere, turning quietly only to a church or a neighbor for help. ... MORELegalizing Pot Could Bring Big Bucks To Washington State
If the feds say out, that is. The initiative to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana in Washington was estimated on Friday to raise up to $1.9 billion in new tax revenue over five years — or zero. The wild swing, included in an analysis by the state Office of Financial Management, reflects broad uncertainty about the potential federal ... MORE
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Steven Greenhut: Why Asset Forfeiture Abuse Is Rising
Government power and the profit motive. Few groups of “sinners” were singled out in biblical accounts more than “tax collectors,” who were not merely state agents collecting revenues that taxpayers rightfully owed to the government. They were the source of particular loathing because they were extortionists, who profited personally by shaking down as much ... MORE
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Katie Kieffer: TSA Is A Carcinogenic Petting Zoo
Why aren't our bodies treated like private property? The TSA is effectively an unconstitutional, carcinogenic petting zoo. Deep down, we all feel that the airport security system is an FDA-approved rubdown and radiation parlor. But we are busy, rushing to catch flights, and we tell ourselves it is for our “safety.” So, like sheep, we comply. ... MORE
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VIDEO: Milton Friedman - Principles Of Trade
Professor Friedman on imports, exports and exchange rates.
R. Dennis Hansen: Losing Our Privacy At A Rapid Rate
Not just the night has a thousand eyes. I work for a resource management agency. Last year, I attended a government-mandated class on the use of computers during work hours. The instructor pointed out that emails that leave our agency’s network are being scanned for content. Our Internet usage is also being monitored. What they are looking ... MORERep. Paul Ryan: Empowering Individuals Or Bureaucrats
The choice and the contrast in health care. In March, as the Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of President Obama's partisan health care law, the American people saw an event that could mark the end of bureaucrat-controlled health care. At the same time, just across the street in the halls of Congress, they witnessed a powerful reaffirmation of ... MOREWoman Strip Searched At Roadside For Running Stop Sign
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Next From The EPA: Four-Gallon-Minimum Gas Purchases
Another "ridiculous and unworkable mandate." The Environmental Protection Agency is going to require all consumers to buy at least four gallons of gasoline from certain gas pumps after the new E15 ethanol-gasoline blend is introduced into the market. The new regulation was revealed in an Aug. 1 letter to the American Motorcyclist ... MORE
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