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 ... 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 ... MORESocial Justice: A Solution In Search Of A Problem
by John Steele Gordon. The left has always had a knack for the high-sounding phrase, such as New Deal, Great Society, etc. One that is increasingly in vogue these days is Social Justice. It sounds noble—everyone’s in favor of justice, right?—but when you look closely, it’s nothing more than the old redistribution of income in the name ... MORE
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Andrew Napolitano: When The Government Goes Bankrupt
What happens when the government goes bankrupt? This question is one that sounds like a hypothetical exercise in a law school classroom from just a few years ago, where it might have been met with some derision. But today, it is a realistic and terrifying inquiry that many who have financial relationships with governments in America ... MORE
ACLU Says Reid Gun Bill Could Threaten Civil Liberties
by Vince Coglianese. As Senate Democrats struggle to build support for new gun control legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union now says it’s among those who have “serious concerns” about the bill. Those concerns have the capacity to prove a major setback to Sen. Harry Reid’s current gun bill, which includes language from earlier bills introduced by ... MORE
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Conor Friedersdorf: Drug War More Immoral Than Drug Use
The case for liberty as a moral imperative. In the Washington Post, Peter Wehner advises
the Republican Party to reassert itself as the anti-drug-legalization
party. "One of the main deterrents to drug use is because it is illegal.
If drugs become legal, their price will go down and use will go up," he
writes. "And marijuana is far more potent than in ... MORE
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Jonah Goldberg: Is Disability The New Welfare?
Greater numbers of Americans seek benefits. The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an “incapacity benefit” — through a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms — to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too disabled to work. A third of recipients ... MORE
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Terence P. Jeffrey: Stockton Was Murdered
It was an inside job. Were a rational person given the assignment to search this planet to find the best place for human beings to live and build wealth, he might well settle on San Joaquin County, Calif. That is where Americans built a city called Stockton — the municipality a federal bankruptcy judge just declared dead. How did Stockton die? ... MOREJohn Stossel - Green Tyranny
Green intentions, black results. Environmental activists and politicians would like you to think that we must love their regulations -- or hate trees and animals. I love trees and animals. But you can love nature and still hate the tyranny that environmental regulations bring. The Environmental Protection Agency just announced it ... MORE
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