It’s depressing to be a libertarian. We usually spend election night with our few friends in a watering hole or in our parents’ basement listening to Rush albums. Libertarians are smarter than voters who blindly vote Democrat or support the Republicans who do more preaching about limited government than actually practicing it — that’s what we tell ... MOREPaul Miller: Obama Or Romney? Libertarians Must Choose
It’s depressing to be a libertarian. We usually spend election night with our few friends in a watering hole or in our parents’ basement listening to Rush albums. Libertarians are smarter than voters who blindly vote Democrat or support the Republicans who do more preaching about limited government than actually practicing it — that’s what we tell ... MOREAnna Marie Hartman: Legalizing Medical Pot On ARK Ballot
Freedom for doctors to treat patients. A proposal to legalize medical marijuana will be on the November ballot in Arkansas. Medical marijuana advocates succeeded in getting their proposal before Arkansas voters after turning in more than 74,000 signatures to the Arkansas Secretary of State's office. The group called Arkansans for ... MOREWashington Free Beacon: Battling Obama At The Box Office
Interest in learning Obama's roots catching fire. A politically charged documentary called 2016: Obama’s America turned heads last weekend when it grossed a whopping $1.24 million out of just 169 theaters. The $2.5 million independent film, which is being distributed by Utah-based Rocky Mountain Pictures, premiered in Houston six ... MORE
Bill Herrie: Regulations Strangling The Economy
Cut the red tape, please. According to the federal Small Business Administration, the cost of complying with regulations for the typical small business is $10,500 per year, per employee. A firm with 10 workers, for example, must pay more than $100,000 every year just to remain on the right side of the rules imposed by Washington. That's a drop in ... MOREWhat Liberals Don't Understand About Ayn Rand
by Cathy Young. Ayn Rand, the Russian-born writer and self-styled philosopher who died three decades ago, is back in the news as a favorite author of Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. In recent years, the passionately individualist, pro-capitalist Rand has been embraced as a champion of freedom by many conservatives ... MORERonald Bailey: Energy Regulators Think You're Crazy
New study shows what regulators think of consumers. Federal regulators evidently believe that Americans are irrationally choosing to spend hundreds of billions more on energy than they should. Consequently, benevolent bureaucrats have imposed regulations to guide hapless consumers toward making the proper energy saving choices ... MOREJason Koebler: Police To Use Drones Against Citizens
Warrantless surveillance deployed. Law enforcement agencies that have requested permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly unmanned drones plan to use them for surveillance purposes, according to documents obtained by an Internet freedom organization. "With some exceptions, drone flights in the U.S. have been all about ... MOREJury Nullification May Be Only Hope For Raw Milk Farmer
by Dan Flynn. We are going to have to wait a little longer to see if supporters of Wisconsin raw milk dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger can pull off a rarely used legal maneuver called jury nullification. Sauk County Judge Guy Reynolds has moved the start of the Hershberger jury tail to Jan. 7, 2013. Evidence and witness lists are due Oct. 19, and the final ... MOREA Government Of Unions, By Unions And For Unions
by Matt Patterson. In 2009, the U.S. government bailed out the auto industry, ostensibly to save the livelihoods of thousands of Americans who work for automakers and their supporting companies. Sounds nice, except that this federal largesse was not distributed equally. In fact, some employees who were also members of the powerful, politically ... MOREMarine Gets NDAA Treatment: Detained Without Charges
“This should be a wake-up call to Americans that the police state is here.” - John Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute.
Forced 30-day psych evaluation for Facebook post. Pitting human and First Amendment rights and freedoms against security, a 26-year old former Marine targeted individual was ordered Monday to undergo ... MORE
Steve Gunn: Just Say No When The TSA Asks You To Chat
A bizarre and outlandish violation of the Fourth Amendment. I came face-to-face with Big Brother the other day, and it was a frightening experience. He actually presented himself in the deceptive form of a young, attractive female officer, working for the Transportation Security Administration at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. At first she ... MORE
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