Like it or not, TSA is an election year issue. American voters, who have felt powerless against the allegedly invasive screening methods used by an expanding TSA, got an unexpected gift from a very unexpected place last week. At the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., the party adopted a platform that included a pledge to reform the TSA. ... MOREChristopher Elliott: Democrats, Republicans And The TSA
Like it or not, TSA is an election year issue. American voters, who have felt powerless against the allegedly invasive screening methods used by an expanding TSA, got an unexpected gift from a very unexpected place last week. At the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., the party adopted a platform that included a pledge to reform the TSA. ... MOREKing Obama Issues Major 'Green Energy' Executive Order
by Becket Adams. Between conservatives focusing all their attention on the successes/failures of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., and the left having a meltdown over the supposed “racism” and unprecedented disrespect of Clint Eastwood’s “Empty Chair” routine, little attention has been given to an executive order issued last ... MOREThe Silent But Deadly War On Drugs
by Gretchen Burns Bergman. The War on Drugs, which began the year that my first son was born, has wreaked havoc on our families for over 40 years, because it isn't really a war against drugs. It is a war against our own people, and it has stealthily eaten away at the fabric of our lives for decades. These punitive and discriminatory drug war strategies ... MOREWalter E Williams: Upward Mobility Barriers
Effects of restrictive economic restrictions and licensing. Let's pretend that we have the political guts to expand economic opportunities for people at the lower end of the economic spectrum. What vested interests should be attacked, and what economic regulations should be targeted for elimination? It doesn't take a lot of money to become ... MORE
Theo Caldwell: Police-State Conventions
Republicans need to rethink domestic security. “They know better than we do.” This was the comment of a Republican attendee, surveying the massive security surrounding us at the GOP Convention in Tampa. What began as a mumbled musing about the militarization of an American metropolis settled into a calm self-assurance that, ... MOREKenneth Gould: The High Cost Of College
An economic explanation. Despite good intentions, government has reduced price competition; as a result, prices have risen much faster than they otherwise would. Many news articles are starting to note that middle and upper-middle class parents are having trouble paying for their children’s college educations. Most of these articles see this ... MORESteve Conover: 'Top Down' Vs. 'Bottom Up'
“Top-down economics” is a hijacked phrase. Objectively, it should be the label assigned to rule-of-czar capitalism steered by government officials. Instead, campaign rhetoric has been assigning it to rule-of-law capitalism driven by consumers and entrepreneurs—supposedly a system steered by the already-rich, in which money gradually ... MOREStar Parker: Only Issue Now Facing Americans Is Freedom
Keeping it simple. The political parties throw a lot of glitz at us with their made-for-TV spectaculars, which we call conventions. But the bottom line defining the choice facing Americans this year is stark and clear, and these conventions provide no new insights or information. If you think we’re struggling because we don’t have enough ... MOREThomas Sowell: Obama's Dreams
The primary danger of confident ignorance. After reading Barack Obama's book "Dreams from My Father," it became painfully clear that he has not been searching for the truth, because he assumed from an early age that he had already found the truth — and now it was just a question of filling in the details and deciding how to change things. Obama did not ... MORESteven Greenhut: Police Unions Bullies Cross Line
To serve, protect, embarrass and extort. California city officials typically spare police officers even modest reductions in the pay and pension packages that are a main source of local budget problems, even when the other alternatives are cuts in public services or even municipal bankruptcy. The common explanation is politicians are afraid of the ... MOREThe Condensed Liberal Handbook Of Racial Code Words
by Michelle Malkin. Thumper the Rabbit’s parents always taught him, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.” If the left’s self-appointed Omniscient Diviners of True Meaning have their way, conservatives in the public square won’t be left with anything at all to say. Ever. It’s a treacherous business exercising your freedom of ... MORE
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