Bill Sanderson: TSA Guys Hard On Sex Toys

Airport screeners love rifling through sex toys.    Airport-security screeners apparently get a kink out of rifling through your sexy baggage. “My checked bag is searched almost every time I fly. I guess I’m just lucky, or look suspicious!” said sex blogger Rori Sweet of the DC area. Kitty Stryker, a California sex educator, added, “They always ... MORE

Charles C. W. Cooke: Repeal the 17th Amendment!

Re-empower the states. In our grubby, unhelpful political lexicon, certain words exist solely to end conversations. The most prominent such word is “racist.” Less popular, but by no means less potent, are “democracy” and “rights.” When welded together as “democratic rights,” the pair becomes all-powerful — strong enough to send ... MORE

Harvard Economist: Legalizing Drugs Suits American Ideal

An interview with Professor Jeffrey Miron. Harvard University professor Jeffrey Miron has advocated the legalization of drugs for decades. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, he explains why prohibition is more dangerous than selling drugs in supermarkets. SPIEGEL: Mr. Miron, why should heroin, cocaine and marijuana be legal? Miron: The     ... MORE

VIDEO: Walter E Williams - Theft, Debt And Politics

Capitalism In No Way Created Poverty, It Inherited It

by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins.   The nineteenth century, many people believe, was an era in American history when workers were forced to toil in sweatshops twenty-eight hours a day for starvation wages. It was only when governments intervened, either directly on behalf of workers or indirectly by empowering unions, that conditions improved.      ... MORE

Deportation Case Has Chilling Effect On Homeschooling

by Bryana Johnson.    In 1938, the practice of homeschooling was outlawed in Germany by Adolf Hitler and the infamous Third Reich. It was a rough period in German history, as thousands of young people were being pried from their parents’ direction and authority and drafted into the Hitler Youth program, where they were supposed to be     ... MORE

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Andrew Napolitano: Obama's False Alarms

Playing politics with blue smoke and mirrors.      In an effort to remove the hot-potato issue of excessive government spending from the 2012 presidential campaign, and calling the bluff of congressional Republicans who always seem to favor domestic spending cuts but increased military spending, President Obama suggested the     ... MORE

IRS Moves To Collect Billions In Fees From Healthcare Law

by Ben Goad.    The Internal Revenue Service on Friday unveiled its proposal to raise tens of billions of dollars through annual fees on health insurers, prompting fierce criticism from industry groups who warn the costs will be passed along to consumers. The proposed rule from President Obama's healthcare law will be published for public    ... MORE

The Best Gun Control Measure Is Always A Job

by Thomas J. Basile.         The President is in full campaign mode crisscrossing the nation talking about the need to curb gun violence through a host of new gun control measures.  Characteristically he’s using children and families as props, and in homage to public employee unions no doubt, is throwing first responders into the mix at his events as well.    ... MORE

Founder: Subway Would Not Exist If Started Today

Company would have been strangled by regulations.      The founder of Subway restaurants is slamming the government for harsh regulations he says hurt small businesses, saying he would not have been able to successfully start his company in today's climate.  Fred Deluca told CNBC Wednesday that he believes government regulations are    ... MORE

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