Beware of the "Marketplace Fairness Act." Senate Republicans will face a fork in the road this week when Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., forces a vote on a measure paving the way for expanded state sales tax collection for online purchases. The route Durbin would have them take would eventually lead to passage of the so-called “Marketplace Fairness Act,” a bill ... MOREAndrew Moylan: Don't Tax The Internet
Beware of the "Marketplace Fairness Act." Senate Republicans will face a fork in the road this week when Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., forces a vote on a measure paving the way for expanded state sales tax collection for online purchases. The route Durbin would have them take would eventually lead to passage of the so-called “Marketplace Fairness Act,” a bill ... MORESobriety Checkpoints Still Controversial: The Whole Story
America's most popular warrantless search. This being St. Patrick’s Day weekend, a popular drinking holiday, there is one thing you can count on: A police crackdown on drunken driving. And the Ohio State Highway Patrol did not disappoint. There were at least 15 sobriety checkpoints as well as saturation patrols across the state this ... MOREDebra Saunders: Smoke Gets In Your Rights
Making it illegal to smoke in your own home. California Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, has introduced a bill to make it illegal for people to smoke in their own homes — if they live in an apartment or a condo or a multifamily home. When last I wrote about Levine, he was pushing a statewide law to require grocers to ... MOREVIDEO: Stossel - The Conservative's Case Against Liberty
Ann Coulter attempts to explain the faults of libertarianism.
Anti-Drone Devices To Be Going On Sale
Some power for the people. Domestic drones will soon be soaring through the sky left and right,
but a company in Oregon with ties to the US military is marketing a
service that they say will make sure private property is safe from
surveillance. The team at one-month-old Domestic Drone Countermeasures doesn’t
go into many specifics, but says ... MOREKatie Kieffer: Why Women's Issues Are Men's Issues Too
The reclassification of freedom issues. President Obama and Sandra Fluke both callthemselves lawyers and
“reproductive rights activists” without giving you any indication that
they understand the Constitution or basic biology. I’m not a lawyer, but I understand the Constitution. I’m not a
reproductive rights activist, but I aced ... MOREEllen Sauerbrey: Raising Minimum Wage Hurts The Poor
Unskilled workers get laid off to offset costs. Legislators in Maryland are again debating raising the state minimum wage, this time from $7.25 to $10.00 per hour (a 38 percent increase) and indexing it to the cost of living so that future changes would be automatic, with no vote or legislative accountability required. Also included is an increase in ... MORE
Philly Mayor Calls To Investigate Magazine Article On Race
Freedom of speech and political intimidation. The mayor of Philadelphia has called for an investigation into a controversial article recently published in a local magazine titled 'Being White in Philly.' The story that appeared in Philadelphia Magazine this month features a series of interviews with unnamed white residents living in different ... MOREDavid John Marotta: Are Property Rights Human Rights?
The success of a nation depends on the answer. Property rights depend on the principle that you own yourself. If you own yourself, then you own the fruit of your labor. A medieval hunter cuts a branch and sharpens it into a spear. Now he has changed a common stick into a useful tool; he has made personal property. Property rights protect the ... MOREGrowing Number Of States Defy Federal Gun Laws
by Gregory Gwyn-Williams Jr. Shortly after voters in Colorado and Washington State approved measures that legalized the recreational use of marijuana, President Obama told Barbara Walters that his Justice Department would not prosecute pot users in these states. "We've got bigger fish to fry," Obama said. Although the state measures defy ... MOREJeffrey Phelps: American Police State Expanding
Government to snoop through your financial records. A very startling report emerged Wednesday spelling out another example of the loss of ever-dwindling rights and liberties in the US. According to the report, Obama has decided to allow all US intelligence agencies the ability to “scour American's finances” and dig through the ... MORERick Moran: Libertarians On The Rise At CPAC
What about the social conservatives? This account by the Daily Beast's Michael Moynihan highlights the virtual libertarian takeover of CPAC this year and what it means for Rand Paul: When Rand Paul addresses those issues that divide libertarians and traditional conservatives-national security, the drug war, immigration, gay rights-he does so ... MORE
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