Introducing the Big Apple's new lyin' king. New York's new mayor, Bill de Blasio, in his inaugural speech, denounced people "on the far right" who "continue to preach the virtue of trickle-down economics." According to Mayor de Blasio, "They believe that the way to move forward is to give more to the most fortunate, and that somehow the ... MOREThomas Sowell: The 'Trickle-Down' Lie
Introducing the Big Apple's new lyin' king. New York's new mayor, Bill de Blasio, in his inaugural speech, denounced people "on the far right" who "continue to preach the virtue of trickle-down economics." According to Mayor de Blasio, "They believe that the way to move forward is to give more to the most fortunate, and that somehow the ... MOREWalter E Williams: Politics And Minimum Wage
Radley Balko: Dire Civil Liberties Predictions For 2014
The grade and lubriciousness of the slippery slope. As we come to the end of a year that saw revelations about massive government spying programs, horrifying stories of police abuse, and brazen violations of the Fourth Amendment, I thought I might offer my own grim predictions about where civil liberties are headed in the ... MORERand Paul Sues NSA Over Sweeping Spying Practices
To protect and defend Constitution taken seriously. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is suing the Obama administration over the
National Security Agency’s spying practices in an effort to “protect the
Fourth Amendment,” he told host Eric Bolling Friday on "Hannity."“The question here is whether or not, constitutionally, you can have a
single ... MOREGlobal Warming: Another Broken Promise From The Left
from Brian Lada, meteorologist. A fresh blast of arctic air will deliver some of the coldest weather in 20 years to the country's midsection during the second half of the weekend and into the start of this week. This brutal cold will bring danger to millions from the northern Plains to the Midwest and down into the Tennessee Valley. ... MOREWynton Hall: 7 Minimum Wage Facts That Worry Democrats
As they run from Obamacare. With the midterm elections just over 300 days away, nervous Democrats reeling from the Obamacare debacle are hoping a big push to raise the minimum wage will be the silver bullet that will spare them from the historic losses they suffered in 2010. Democrats and unions are busy working to get minimum ... MORE
California Gun Law Paves The Way For Confiscation
by Steven Greenhut. Gun registration had always seemed like the “line in the sand” — a proposal that would so offend the nation’s gun-rights advocates that they would bring out their full political muscle to stop it. Yet a California law mandating government record-keeping for all new long-gun purchases goes into effect on Jan. 1 and few ... MOREJohn Goodman: Five Myths About Income Inequality
Repeating a fallacy does not make it true. “Inequality is the defining challenge of our time,” according to President Obama. It’s certainly the topic of the day for Paul Krugman, Joe Stiglitz and a whole raft of liberal pundits. But have you noticed that hardly anyone else is talking about it? When is the last time you heard a shoeshine ... MOREMore Evidence The Fourth Amendment Is Dead
Minor traffic violations cause for cell phone searches. A judge decided last week that Oklahoma City, Oklahoma police were in
the right when they downloaded information off the mobile phone
belonging to Noe Vergara Wuences who was pulled over on March 22, 2012
because the temporary paper license plate on his new car ... MORETerence P. Jeffrey: Uncle Sam's New Year's Binge
Gov't borrows $1,088 per household in just 1 day. Uncle Sam—AKA the federal government—went on a New Year’s Eve binge,
adding a net of $125,202,709,546.99 to its total debt in just the one
day of Dec. 31, 2013, according to the U.S. Treasury. That equals approximately $1,088.60 for each of the 115,013,000 households the Census ... MOREAmerican Taxpayers Blew $7.45 Billion On What?
Fighting global warming in other countries. American taxpayers spent $7.45 billion to help developing countries cope with climate change in fiscal years 2010 through 2012, according to a federal government report submitted to the United Nations on a subject that Secretary of State John Kerry described as “a truly life-and-death challenge.” ... MORE
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