Bad laws can be changed. Conservative columnist and pundit George Will on Wednesday compared Obamacare to the Fugitive Slave Act and segregation to demonstrate the "bruising, untidy, utterly Democratic" process of changing laws. In an interview with NPR's "Morning Edition," host Steve Inskeep asked Will about President Barack Obama's ... MOREGeorge Will Compares ObamaCare To Fugitive Slave Act
Bad laws can be changed. Conservative columnist and pundit George Will on Wednesday compared Obamacare to the Fugitive Slave Act and segregation to demonstrate the "bruising, untidy, utterly Democratic" process of changing laws. In an interview with NPR's "Morning Edition," host Steve Inskeep asked Will about President Barack Obama's ... MOREAP: U.S. Adults Are Dumber Than The Average Human
Obama's reelection finally explained. It’s long been known that America’s school kids haven’t measured well compared with international peers. Now, there’s a new twist: Adults don’t either. In math, reading and problem-solving using technology – all skills
considered critical for global competitiveness and economic strength –
American adults scored ... MOREThe Corruptions Of Being The World's Policeman
Matt Welch on the folly of playing international sheriff. In making the case for a Syrian war to the Senate on September 3, Secretary of State John Kerry made so many bad arguments-including insisting repeatedly that the proposed bombing campaign would in fact not be a war, at least "in the classic sense"-that most viewers probably ... MOREFreedom Of Speech Vs Embarrassing The Government
by Michael J. Hurd. A federal employee decides to write a book on his knowledge of a known government scandal. After signing a book contract with a major publisher, the book deal is subsequently forbidden—by the government. Does this sound like a George Orwell novel? Or an Ayn Rand work of fiction? No. It’s really happening. Not in a ... MOREDominick Armentano: Minimum Wage, Maximum Nonsense
Policy would work if money grew on trees. In his 2013 State of the Union message, President Obama suggested that Congress
increase the federal hourly minimum wage from its current rate of $7.25
to at least $9. Several states are also debating an increase; indeed,
the California Legislature recently approved and Gov. Jerry Brown
just signed ... MOREJacob Sullum: The Doomed Economics Of Drug Prohibition
Drug war no match for incentives of the black market. One indisputable achievement of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, which overthrew a regime that alternately cracked down on opium production and profited from it, was an enormous increase in drug seizures. Between 2000 and 2010, according to a study published last week by the online ... MORECalifornia Joins The Nullification Parade
California governor signs a Liberty Preservation Act. It just got a lot harder for President Obama to indefinitely detain residents of California. On October 1, Governor Jerry Brown (shown) announced he had signed AB 351 into law. The new statute, called the California Liberty Preservation Act, outlaws the participation of any agency of the ... MOREFOX NEWS POLL: Majority Against Raising Debt Ceiling
But politicians LOVE to spend. Soon Congress will have to vote on raising the nation’s debt limit so the federal government can borrow more money to make good on its spending commitments. If it were up to the American public, they would vote no -- with a majority saying the debt limit should only be raised after major spending cuts have been ... MOREThomas Sowell - Inarticulate Republicans
Could they sell blankets to Eskimos? If the continued existence of mathematics depended on the ability of the Republicans to defend the proposition that two plus two equals four, that would probably mean the end of mathematics and of all the things that require mathematics. Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, ... MOREHealthy Defiance Protects Us From Control Freak Majority
by J.D. Tuccille. An old joke has a policeman parking his car outside a bar shortly before closing time. He's certain he'll bag a tipsy driver or two toward his arrest quota. Immediately, an obvious drunk stumbles from the bar. The drunk drops and retrieves his car keys repeatedly as people leave the bar, enter their vehicles and head home. ... MOREThomas Sowell: Who Shut Down The Government?
This is not complicated. Even when it comes to something as basic, and apparently as simple and straightforward, as the question of who shut down the federal government, there are diametrically opposite answers, depending on whether you talk to Democrats or to Republicans. There is really nothing complicated about the facts. ... MORE
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