Race card brings smile to teachers' union. The White House
has taken Louisiana’s poorest schoolchildren and crushed their hopes
for a better future. Citing rules meant to end racism, the Justice Department
last week asked a federal judge in New Orleans to slam shut the door on
minority kids, ensuring they remain trapped in failing schools. ... MOREWash Times: Administration Moves To Crush School Choice
Race card brings smile to teachers' union. The White House
has taken Louisiana’s poorest schoolchildren and crushed their hopes
for a better future. Citing rules meant to end racism, the Justice Department
last week asked a federal judge in New Orleans to slam shut the door on
minority kids, ensuring they remain trapped in failing schools. ... MOREWhy Whiskey Was Money And Bitcoins Might Be
by Brian Lasorsa. Currency is a crossroads for many free market advocates. Monetarists, including Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, have long argued in favor of central banks stabilizing price levels. They say the institution would provide a sense of comfort to debtors and creditors wary of inflation. Constitutionalists, albeit embracing a general ... MOREJohn Stossel: Trains To Nowhere
When Democrats and Republicans agree, I get nervous. It often means that they agree to grab my wallet. Both parties now agree that we don't have extra budget money lying around, but both say government does need to spend more on "infrastructure." Even conservatives want more spent on roads and mass transit. ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: A Truly Great Phony
Obama's greatness finally recognized. Many years ago, I was a member of a committee that was recommending to whom grant money should be awarded. Since I knew one of the applicants, I asked if this meant that I should recuse myself from voting on his application. "No," the chairman said. "I know him too — and he is one of the ... MORE
Harvard Study Reveal Gun Control Counterproductive
The counterintuitive truth: more guns means less murder. Once again, a study from an organization that you would never accuse of being “gun-loving” or “right-wing” seems to disprove the myth that the availability of handguns increases murder rates. In fact, it doesn’t. The Harvard study attempts to answer the question of whether or ... MOREPeter Suderman: The Obamacare Lobbying Bonanza
$3.55 billion to lobby Obamacare. Back in 2006, when President Obama was still a
Senator, he
spoke at a summit on lobbying reform. His remarks were quite
critical of Republicans, noting that “we’ve seen the number of
registered lobbyists in Washinton double since George Bush came
into office.” He condemned the practice of letting ... MORE
Dems Seek Huge Taxes On Citizens' Right To Self-Defense
How Obamacare Makes Identity Theft More Likely
by Patrick Morrisey. It seems as if every day brings a new Obamacare disaster—missed deadlines, soaring costs, unintelligible bureaucratic requirements. Now add the risk of potential rampant identity theft to the list. Last week, the Obama Administration doled out tens of millions of dollars to “community groups” across the country, with ... MORE
15 Stupid Things Liberals Call Racism Since Obama Elected
by John Hawkins. Bizarrely, racism in America is no longer mainly about race. Sure, race is involved in a peripheral manner, but racism has mainly become an excuse, a dodge, a way to escape responsibility. When a black liberal is criticized, he cries racism. When liberalism fails, liberals cry racism. When the Democrat Party gets in trouble, liberals ... MORE
"Most Serious Attacks On Free Speech We've Ever Seen"
Josh Levy on the NSA' state surveillance programs. August 24, 2013 "Information Clearing House - The NSA's state surveillance programs are anti-democratic and unconstitutional. They could be the most serious attacks on free speech we’ve ever seen. On Sunday, U.K. intelligence officers held Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald’s ... MORERadley Balko: Great Moments In Drug War Propaganda
A retrospective. Yes, so America and its allies may have failed in the 100-year war on (some) drugs. We may have spent well over a trillion dollars, imprisoned tens of thousands of nonviolent offenders, caused who knows how much violence and who knows how many deaths in collateral damage, and wreaked havoc on the Bill of Rights. ... MORE
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