Here they go again. The Obama administration has asked its allies in Congress to introduce legislation that would permit the feds to continue their march through the Fourth Amendment when it comes to obtaining private information about all of us. The Fourth Amendment, which guarantees the right to be left alone, was written largely in ... MORE
Another $171 million taxpayer dollars down the tubes. If you go to www.fiskerautomotive.com,
you see a picture of a red Fisker Karma sedan and the words, “Welcome.
New Site coming soon.” Ominously, if you click on the “Tomorrow” link
at the top of the page, nothing happens. In fact, none of the links on
the page produce any ... MORE
by David Harsanyi. One of the most seductive parts of President Barack Obama's political message (and the message of progressive Democrats in general) is sympathy for the poor and a willingness to talk about the disparities of capitalism -- about the rich being too rich and the poor being screwed. In some ways, it's the predominant message ... MORE
Tourist shop fights silly toy gun ban. The owner of a Midtown tourist shop is firing back at Mayor Bloomberg’s crusade against toy guns, filing papers to block a $60,000 fine from the city for selling lighters shaped like small pistols. “We don’t have the money,” said Fred Shayes, 49, who owns US Camera
& Computer Inc. near Penn ... MORE
Wifely wisdom and the checking of premises. One of the most exciting clichés in the English language is “Thinking outside the box”! Who among us has not thought, “If only I could think outside the box, like Gates and Jobs and Zuckerberg! If only! Then rainbows wouldn’t be something I’m constantly chasing. They’d be more like house ... MORE
Indoctrination with unexamined assumptions. While it is not possible to answer all the e-mails and letters from readers, many are thought-provoking, whether those thoughts are positive or negative. An e-mail from one young man simply asked for the sources of some facts about gun control that were mentioned in a recent column. It ... MORE
Market Fairness Act imposes an unnecessary burden. At a 2008 shareholders meeting, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos explained why he opposed requiring businesses like his to collect state and local taxes on their interstate sales. "We're not actually benefiting from any services that those states provide locally," Bezos said. ... MORE
Most naked taxpayer fleecing in recent memory. The Washington Times covered it in 2001. And so did Fox News. Jennifer Rubin wrote about it in 2008, and many writers on these pages have mentioned it since then. In 2011, Andrew Breitbart made it one of his most cared-about causes, following from his outing of on-again off-again, ... MORE
RGIII speaks out. Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III took to Twitter on Tuesday to complain about the “tyranny of political correctness” he believes is holding American culture “hostage.” “In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political
correctness,” the NFL player wrote on his official Twitter account. ... MORE