Walter E Williams: Common Sense Versus Nonsense
William J. McGee, the consumer advocate on the Department of Transportation's Future of Aviation Advisory Committee wrote "Forcing the F.A.A. to Fly Blind" in The New York Times (April 9, 2011), where he laments Congress' cut in the FAA budget, saying, "A $4 billion cut will necessarily reduce the work force further. And it's hard to imagine this will not diminish safety." ... MOREFederal Sting Catches Amish Selling Raw Milk
The nanny state milks freedom once again. On the heels of the spectacular attack on Bin Laden's Pakistan compound, Feds closer to home sprung the trap on another major threat to our personal safety – Amish farmers selling raw milk to their neighbors. In a year-long sting operation that culminated in a pre-dawn raid last week, the FDA captured an Amish farmer in ... MOREWaiting Times Grow For English Medical Patients
Patients waiting more than 18 months rose 26% in past year. Doctors are blaming financial pressures on the NHS for an increase in the number of patients who are not being treated within the 18 weeks that the government recommends. New NHS performance data reveal that the number of people in England who are being forced to wait more than 18 weeks has risen by ... MOREIs Medical Privacy About To Be Electrocuted?
Individuals could wind up with public warts. The nation’s push to computerize medical records has failed to fully address longstanding security gaps that expose patients’ most sensitive information to hackers and snoops, government investigators warn. Two reports released Tuesday by the inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department find ... MOREThe DC Poll: What A Difference A Debate Makes
by Alexis Levinson. What a difference a debate makes. Businessman Herman Cain is the big winner in the latest Daily Caller/ConservativeHome presidential primary tracking poll, surging forward to become a top contender, despite generally being considered an underdog. This month’s tracking poll asked only three questions: “Who would be your top pick for ... MOREHow To Apply For An Obamacare Waiver
by John Ransom. After several attempts to foist me off on voicemail, I FINALLY got someone from "Democratic Leader" Nancy Pelosi's office explain to me how people apply for waivers from provisions of Obamacare. Turns out ordinary citizens can't, but I'll show you below how you can anyway. Apparently, only companies who donate poltically can ... MOREVIDEO: John Stossel - Undercover Ethics
Investigative reporter James O'Keefe joins John to discuss conflicts between truth-seeking and privacy.
President Obama's War On Fun
by Gene Healy. It's a high-pressure job, the presidency. Think about how badly the bin Laden raid could have gone. The worst case scenario—Navy SEALs trapped in a firefight with Pakistani forces—could have made Black Hawk Down look like a cakewalk. Yet the night after he gave the "go" order, President Obama hit the White House Correspondents' Dinner and had to grin his way ... MOREThomas Sowell: Slaves To Words
We could definitely use another Abraham Lincoln to emancipate us all from being slaves to words. In the midst of a historic financial crisis of unprecedented government spending, and a national debt that outstrips even the debt accumulated by the reckless government spending of previous administration, we are still enthralled by words and ignoring realities. ... MOREWalter E Williams: Understanding Liberals
The liberal vision of government is easily understood and makes perfect sense if one acknowledges their misunderstanding and implied assumptions about the sources of income. Their vision helps explain the language they use and policies they support, such as income redistribution and calls for the rich to give something back. Suppose the true source of income was a gigantic pile of money ... MORE
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