How Government Wasted Taxpayer Dollars In 2013
3-D pizza printing, pole dancing, the $100,000 outhouse ... The federal government spent $680 billion more than it took in during the 2013 fiscal year. But despite shutting down much of Washington in an argument over how much debt to rack up in 2014, Uncle Sam continues to green-light spending on projects that only their contractors ... MORE
Driver Arrested; Has Compartment That Could Store Drugs
Robby Soave reports on drug war tyranny. Civil libertarians are criticizing Ohio police for arresting a driver because his car contained a compartment that could theoretically store illegal drugs, though no drugs were found at that time. The driver, 30-year-old Norman Gurley of Michigan, was pulled over for speeding. A highway patrolman ... MOREWendy McElroy: Is The NSA Changing Bank Accounts?
The capability is clearly there. The question would seem absurd if it were not for a 308-page report on the NSA that
was released on December 12 by an Official White House Panel.
Recommendation 31, “Institutional Measures for Cyberspace,” on page 37
and repeated on page 221 reads: (1) Governments should not use surveillance to steal ... MORE
America's First Marijuana Stores Open In Colorado
Rocky Mountain high gets a new meaning. America's first retail stores selling marijuana open for business in
Colorado on Wednesday, putting the western state in the vanguard of the
country's evolving attitudes on legalizing the drug. Officials in the state famous for its ski resorts and breathtaking
mountain vistas have issued 348 retail ... MOREThomas Sowell: A New Year And Old Problems
Caring is not a matter of words. Whenever we stand on the threshold of a new year, we are tempted to forget the hazards of prophecy, and try to see what may lie on the other side of this arbitrary division of time. Sometimes we are content to try to change ourselves with New Year's resolutions to do better in some respect. ... MORE
Sylvia Bokor: The Trillion-Plus Dollar Heist
Public servants or public masters? Government produces nothing. It creates no wealth. Yet the District of Columbia is ranked as the richest area in the nation. Politicians and bureaucrats shriek that business people are "greedy." But facts show differently. Imagine voting yourself a raise and millions of dollars in allowances. Imagine ... MORERon Paul: Government Policies Hurt Low-Skill Workers
Economic ignorance is not a strategy. Fast-food workers across the county have recently held a number of high profile protests to agitate for higher wages. These protests have been accompanied by efforts to increase the wages mandated by state and local minimum wage laws, as well as a renewed push in some states and localities to pass ... MORE
Bryan Hyde: Utah Cops Can Legally Steal Your Property
New law erodes personal rights. One particularly disturbing aspect of the approaching police state is
the practice of civil asset forfeiture. This is when law enforcement is
empowered to seize a person’s property — most often cash, cars, or
homes — without due process or having to prove it is connected to a
crime. In my ... MOREWalter E Williams: Parting Company
Which approach, civil or barbaric? Here's a question that I've asked in the past that needs to be revisited. Unless one wishes to obfuscate, it has a simple yes or no answer. If one group of people prefers strong government control and management of people's lives while another group prefers liberty and desires to be left alone, ... MORE
Renee Lewis: LAPD Deploys Drug Detection Roadblocks
The state against citizens. The Los Angeles police department has announced a New Year’s
crackdown on intoxicated drivers – with checkpoints to be set up across
the county complete with breathalyzers and cheek swab tests that can
detect recent drug use, the L.A. Times reported. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer told CBS ... MORE
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