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Anthony L. Fisher: Stop And Frisk On Trial In NYC

Race, crime and unconstitutional policing.    On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Schiendlin ruled that the New York City Police Department's use of "Stop and Frisk," a policing tactic in which officers detain and search citizens on the street who are guilty of suspcious behavior, is unconstitutional as currently practiced. Mayor    ... MORE

Politicians See $ Signs With Red-Light Traffic Cameras

Using technology to separate citizens from their money.    A hundred more automatic red-light traffic cameras are up around Long Island, 50 in Nassau County. The warning signs that are supposed to encourage drivers to be very careful aren’t up yet. Revenue is up. Laws that try to alter driver behavior are not necessarily a bad thing,   ... MORE

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Obama Moves To Levy Cellphone Tax Without Congress

Government of unlimited power flexes its muscles.     As we now know from the New York Times, the president hopes to "seize any opportunity I can find to work with Congress to strengthen the middle class, improve their prospects, improve their security. But where Congress is unwilling to act, I will take whatever administrative   ... MORE

Holder And FBI Admit Lying To Promote Obama Reelection

Thomas Lifson on seemingly fixed nature of politicians.    In their efforts to promote the re-election of Barack Obama, our nation's premier law enforcement agencies presented false data to the American public about a "crackdown" on mortgage fraud.  Fox News reports: The Justice Department and FBI have quietly acknowledged they     ... MORE

Gene Healy: For Obama, Words Conceal The Indefensible

Using language as a cover for the abuse of power.        Let President Obama be clear, will you? He seems to think it's important. "The 'let me be clear' preface" is a recurring rhetorical tic for Obama, the Washington Post pointed out in 2010, and it's "become a signal that what follows will be anything but." On Aug. 9, with his approval    ... MORE

Bruce Deltrick Price: What Is Literacy In The 21st Century?

Another excuse for not teaching traditional skills.    A new development in education is deciding what "literacy" should be in the 21st century. With a swirl of technological breakthroughs all around us, elite educators are gaga at the plethora of excuses for pooh-poohing subjects routinely taught in the dark age known as the 20th century.   ... MORE

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Zachary Warbrodt: Congress Starts Looking Into Bitcoin

Politicians worried they can't control digital currency.     A Senate committee is pressing federal regulators and law enforcement officials to explain how they plan to oversee Bitcoin and other virtual currencies as the issue gains increasing attention from government officials concerned about the role these new markets will play   ... MORE

John Stossel: Battle Of The Sexes

Different choices make for different rewards.      Women make only 77 cents per each dollar made by males. Outrageous! Sex discrimination! So say advocates of government-enforced "equality." But they are wrong. Women today are rarely victims of salary discrimination. If they were, market competition would punish bosses who     ... MORE

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California's Senate Passes Ammunition Purchase Permit Bill

by Charles C. W. Cooke.     As I write, California’s state legislature is attempting to regain for the state the lost title of Most Anti-Gun Place in the Union. The senate has just passed a provision that would require residents to get hold of a ”Purchase Permit” before buying ammunition. Per CBS: A controversial gun measure proposed by a Southern   ... MORE

Peter Grier: Obama Rodeo Clown Gets Banned For Life

How dare he pass federal secrets!      Missouri State Fair officials have banned for life the rodeo clown who wore a President Obama mask while facing bulls at the event over the weekend. The clown in question engaged in an “unconscionable stunt” and will never perform at the Show Me state venue again, the Missouri State Fair Commission said       ... MORE