Another reason to pull you over. One Connecticut lawmaker is pushing to ban smoking in cars with children, citing the health risks of immature immune systems. The law has been a focus of State Representative Henry Genga since 2008, reports WABC-TV. Opened windows wouldn’t give drivers a free ride, however. “The second hand ... MORELawmaker Wants Smoking Banned in Cars With Children
Another reason to pull you over. One Connecticut lawmaker is pushing to ban smoking in cars with children, citing the health risks of immature immune systems. The law has been a focus of State Representative Henry Genga since 2008, reports WABC-TV. Opened windows wouldn’t give drivers a free ride, however. “The second hand ... MOREJames Dorn: Obama's Minimum Wage Is Zombie Economics
Minimum wage a maximum folly. President Obama’s proposal to increase the federal minimum wage is a
case of what Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman calls “zombie
economic ideas.” According to Krugman, “a zombie idea is a proposition
that has been thoroughly refuted by analysis and evidence, and should be
dead—but won’t stay ... MOREChris Rossini: Rolling Back To That Dreaded Year: 1913
The beginning of the end. In respect to liberty, 1913 was a dark year in U.S. history. Three key pieces of legislation were passed that (now 100 years later) have individual liberty seriously on the rocks. They were: The 16th Amendment, which created the Federal Income Tax, The 17th Amendment, which created the Popular Election of Senators, ... MORERick Moran: The Upside To Sequestration?
Government carries forward its own momentum. Matthew Cooper writing at the National Journal: Everyone agrees that sequestration is asinine, but Washington is increasingly resigned to it. Other deadlines have been met by fevered last-minute negotiations and, mercifully, avoidance of calamity. This time there's less urgency and more sighs. There is an ... MOREMichelle Malkin: Disarming American Women
The Left: Fight rapists with pens, urine, vomit, tears. If radical gun-grabbers have their way, your daughters, mothers, and grandmothers will have nothing but whistles, pens, and bodily fluids with which to defend themselves against violent attackers and sexual predators. Women of all ages, races, and political backgrounds should be up in arms over ... MORESupreme Court Approves Search Warrants Issued By Dogs
by Jacob Sullum. The
U.S. Supreme Court unanimously
ruled that "a court can presume" an alert by a drug-sniffing
dog provides probable cause for a search "if a bona fide
organization has certified a dog after testing his reliability in a
controlled setting" or "if the dog has recently and successfully
completed a training program that evaluated his ... MORERobert Robb: Obama And The Death Of Federalism
To the Founders, federalism was big deal. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address illustrated what a dead letter federalism is among Democrats. Not that further illustration was necessary. Federalism holds that the national government should limit itself to things of truly national scope. Things that are primarily of local concern should be ... MOREObamaCare's Health Exchanges Are Customer Free Zones
by Sally Pipes. Last month, the CEO of the nation’s largest health insurance company warned that he and his peers may balk at participating in Obamacare’s insurance exchanges — online, government-run portals where consumers and small businesses without conventional employer-sponsored coverage may shop for policies starting next year. ... MORE
VIDEO: Why The Price Of Everything Is Going Up
The more money put into circulation, the more there is to bid up prices.
Kurt Nimmo: California Lib Wants To Tax Concealed Carry
The latest scheme of a 2nd Amendment denier. Rep. Linda Sánchez, a California Democrat with a history of attacks on the Second Amendment, introduced H.R. 793last
week. The proposed legislation calls for an excise tax on concealed
carry and a federal buyback program. It is co-sponsored by a number of
Democrats in the House, including the ... MOREJohn Stossel: To Government, Every Penny Is Sacred
President Obama has new priorities. That means new spending. In his State of the Union, he said, "The American people don't expect government to solve every problem." But then he went on to list how, under his guidance, government will solve a thousand problems, including some (like climate change and a loss of manufacturing jobs) that ... MOREStephen J. Dunn: Nothing Civil About Asset Forfeiture
Policing for profit is a license to steal. On receiving his monthly bank statements, a small business owner notices that the United States government has seized the balances of his accounts during the month. He calls the bank, and is given contact information of a Special Agent of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division. The ... MORE
Katie Kieffer: Staring In Drone Dynasty
You are a reality star. You might think no one sees you in your fenced-in backyard grilling hamburgers in your boxer shorts. But government drones equipped with HD cameras are filming a new reality show starring you: “Drone Dynasty.” In popular reality shows like “Duck Dynasty” and “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” we essentially ... MORE
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