Walter E Williams: Re-education At George Mason
All cultures are NOT equal. This week begins my 34th year serving on George Mason University's distinguished economics faculty. You might imagine my surprise when I received a letter from its Office of Equity and Diversity Services notifying me that I was required to "complete the in-person Equal Opportunity and Prevention of ... MORE
Nick Gillespie: Clueless Crusade Against E-Cigaretters
The attempt to ban the alternative to cancer sticks. H.L. Mencken famously defined puritanism as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” He might have been describing contemporary anti-smoking activists, that dour band of fuss-budgets constantly on the prowl for new ways to make life slightly ... MORE
Michael Tanner: Why Get Off Welfare?
Being poor doesn't mean you're stupid. Contrary to stereotypes, there is no evidence that people on welfare are lazy. Indeed, surveys of welfare recipients consistently show their desire for a job. But there is also evidence that many are reluctant to accept available employment opportunities. Despite work requirements ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: ObamaCare Buyers' Remorse
GOP should let the president repeal it for them. Maybe congressional Republicans should quit trying to repeal Obamacare and let the president do it for them. Republicans have now held 40 – or is it 41, or 42? better check your watch – votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and are squabbling over the best way to defund it. This is just ... MORE
Founding Fathers Would Not Be Welcome In Today's Miltary
DoD: Concern for individual liberty makes one an extremist. Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch recently obtained a Department of Defense training manual
which lists people who embrace “individual liberties” and honor
“states’ rights,” among other characteristics, as potential “extremists”
who are likely to be ... MORE
Edward Moyer: NSA Admits Deliberate Privacy Violations
Engaged in "willful violations" of legal restrictions. The bubbling pot of confusion and concern over possible NSA spying on Americans -- and possible double-talk by US officials -- just got a little more stirred up. Despite earlier statements that have characterized domestic data-gathering by the National Security Agency as ... MOREFeds Seize Property Of Landlord Following California Law
Federal policing for profit runs roughshod over rights. In a city that hosts a pot expo, Tony Jalali thought renting space to medical marijuana outlets was perfectly legal. Guess again. Marijuana policy, like immigration policy, is something the country just can't seem to get right. For the latest evidence of how confusing pot laws can be, just ... MOREWarnings About Speed Traps Can Get You In Trouble
Government's reacts as moneymaker is threatened. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is using the case of a Missouri man to challenge a municipal law — one of dozens, if not hundreds of similar laws throughout the United States — that punishes motorists who flash their headlights at oncoming drivers to alert them to a police ... MORECalifornia Lawmakers Continue To Erode Property Rights
by Steven Greenhut. California’s 1940s-era urban-renewal policy, “redevelopment,” is coming back — only less so in some ways but more so in others. California’s redevelopment law was designed to revive inner-city neighborhoods by giving city planners extra powers to invest tax dollars and direct development decisions in areas that were .... MOREAirbnb And Its Enemies: Who's Afraid Of A $10-A-Night-Sofa
by Jim Epstein. Lauren and Rob, who moved to New York City to make it in
showbiz, rent a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West
Side that costs $2,250 per month. Lacking a regular
paycheck, the two performers make ends meet by hawking
short-term stays on their living-room couch for $65 a night.
Travelers find them through ... MORE
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