Government ban on mercury-free fixtures starts Jan 1. Within four weeks, it will be a crime to manufacture a 100-watt version of Thomas A. Edison’s brilliant invention. Thanks to a Democratic Congress and the signature of President George W. Bush in 2007, anti-industrial zealots at the Energy Department received authority to blot out one of the greatest achievements of the industrial age. ... MOREWashington Times: Time To Stock Up On Light Bulbs
Government ban on mercury-free fixtures starts Jan 1. Within four weeks, it will be a crime to manufacture a 100-watt version of Thomas A. Edison’s brilliant invention. Thanks to a Democratic Congress and the signature of President George W. Bush in 2007, anti-industrial zealots at the Energy Department received authority to blot out one of the greatest achievements of the industrial age. ... MORESteve Chapman: Balanced-Budget Amendment Delusion
Wrong tool to halt the growth of government. When I graduated from college in 1976, I got a job in Washington with the National Taxpayers Union, which was working to get a constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget. Someone graduating today could sign up there and pursue the same goal. The balanced-budget amendment has never ... MOREJosh Wolford: Police Are Tracking Your Every Move
Law enforcement aid requires personal liberty sacrifice. Privacy. It’s on everyone’s minds these days. A couple of months ago it was Apple and Google that were drawing the ire of consumers with the storing of location data. And of course, Facebook is always mentioned when people discuss their concerns about online privacy. But as technology gets better, and ... MOREKarin McQuillan: Scientific Revolt Against Global Warming
Global warming "consensus" losing ground. Global warming became a cause to save life on earth before it had a chance to become good science. The belief that fossil fuel use is an emergency destroying our planet by CO2 emissions took over the media and political arena by storm. The issue was politicized so quickly that the normal scientific process was stunted. ... MOREMark Steyn: More, More, More
What does government have in common with a porn actress? I see Andrea True died earlier this month. The late disco diva enjoyed a brief moment of global celebrity in 1976 with her ubiquitous glitterball favorite: More More More. In honor of Andrea’s passing, I have asked my congressman to propose the adoption of this song as the U.S. ... MOREVIDEO: Chris Loved Him Yesterday, But Yesterday's Gone
Ex-Obama fanboy casts a jaundice eye on the president.
New Poll: Ron Paul With Firm Lead In Iowa
Candidate largely ignored by all but the people. Texas Congressman Ron Paul continues to boast high numbers in public polls despite the lack of media attention that he has received throughout the race for the GOP primary. Just prior to the start of last night’s GOP debate, Paul’s poll numbers were at their highest since the start of the race. According to Revolution PAC ... MOREJohn Stossel: Land Of Free Speech -- Sometimes
We're proud that America is the land of free speech. That right is recognized in the First Amendment, and we usually take it seriously. It wasn't always the case. In John Adams' administration, the Sedition Act made it a crime, punishable by fine and imprisonment, "to write, print, utter or publish ... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing against the government ... ... MORELarry Elder: Hey OWS, Wealth Isn't A Civil Right
Why Peter is getting very uneasy. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Everything demanded by the Occupy Wall Streeters -- whether "free" health care, a "world-class education" or a "guaranteed living-wage income regardless of employment" status -- costs money. When a CEO makes a lot of money in the private sector, it is because his company -- rightly or ... MOREJohn Stossel: The Lost Lesson Of Thanksgiving
Pilgrims learned all about the "tragedy of the commons." Had today's political class been in power in 1623, tomorrow's holiday would have been called "Starvation Day" instead of Thanksgiving. Of course, most of us wouldn't be alive to celebrate it. Every year around this time, schoolchildren are taught about that wonderful day when Pilgrims and Native ... MOREWSJ Editorial: Obama Makes Carter Look Good
Carter didn't substitute his priorities for the nation's. The good news is that growing economies can afford a great deal of government, if not quite as much as the Europeans and the U.S. have promised themselves. The bad news is that "policy error" are the saddest words in the language. These words, starting in the 1960s, came to dominate serious post mortems ... MORE
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