Tail-chasing activities may have to be curbed. U.S. Navy frigates will stop patrolling for drug runners by April because of forced sequestration budget cuts, a Navy spokesman told USNI News on Monday. On Saturday, U.S. 4th Fleet was informed by Navy leadership it would suspend deployments of two ships—part of the Joint ... MOREBudget Cuts Could Pull Navy Out Of The War On Drugs
Tail-chasing activities may have to be curbed. U.S. Navy frigates will stop patrolling for drug runners by April because of forced sequestration budget cuts, a Navy spokesman told USNI News on Monday. On Saturday, U.S. 4th Fleet was informed by Navy leadership it would suspend deployments of two ships—part of the Joint ... MOREWalter E Williams: Mandated Wages And Discrimination
Let's work through an example. Suppose 100 yards of fence could be built using one of two techniques. You could hire three low-skilled workers for $15 each, or you could hire one high-skilled worker for $40. Either way, you get the same 100 yards of fence built. If you sought maximum profits, which production technique would you employ? ... MOREWhy Does Anyone Need A High-Capacity Magazine?
by Mark Almonte. This article focuses on pistols with high-capacity magazines (a magazine that holds more than ten bullets). The same arguments in my recent article on assault weapons could apply to high-capacity magazines for rifles. There are several reasons for civilians to own high-capacity magazines: the right to possess the necessary ... MORE
Can Judges Overrule Free Speech When Criticized?
Conservatives, liberals and media advocates say no. A group of free-speech advocates is rallying behind an Indiana inmate serving two years for his online rants against a judge who took away his child-custody rights during a divorce case. There’s no disputing that Daniel Brewington’s words were strong and angry -- found in hundreds of emails over ... MORE
Baylen Linnekin: Crony Capitalism Vs. American Food
The deadly duo of big government and big food. On Thursday this week I took part in a great
panel discussion on crony capitalism in food and agriculture at
the American Enterprise Institute. Crony capitalism in this area, to me, means that a food
business’s success is often wrongly contingent upon the business
maintaining a close relationship ... MOREDHS To Purchase Almost 3,000 Tanks For Use In America
This is getting a little creepy. According to one estimate, since last year the Department of Homeland Security has stockpiled more than 1.6 billion bullets, mainly .40 caliber and 9mm. DHS also purchased 2,717 Mine Resistant Armor Protected Vehicles (MRAP). Modern Survival Blog reported: The Department of Homeland Security (through ... MOREBill Sanderson: TSA Guys Hard On Sex Toys
Airport screeners love rifling through sex toys. Airport-security screeners apparently get a kink out of rifling through your sexy baggage. “My checked bag is searched almost every time I fly. I guess I’m just lucky, or look suspicious!” said sex blogger Rori Sweet of the DC area. Kitty Stryker, a California sex educator, added, “They always ... MORECharles C. W. Cooke: Repeal the 17th Amendment!
Re-empower the states. In our grubby, unhelpful political lexicon, certain words exist solely to end conversations. The most prominent such word is “racist.” Less popular, but by no means less potent, are “democracy” and “rights.” When welded together as “democratic rights,” the pair becomes all-powerful — strong enough to send ... MOREHarvard Economist: Legalizing Drugs Suits American Ideal
An interview with Professor Jeffrey Miron. Harvard University professor Jeffrey Miron has advocated the legalization of drugs for decades. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, he explains why prohibition is more dangerous than selling drugs in supermarkets. SPIEGEL: Mr. Miron, why should heroin, cocaine and marijuana be legal? Miron: The ... MORECapitalism In No Way Created Poverty, It Inherited It
by Yaron Brook and Don Watkins. The nineteenth century, many people believe, was an era in American history when workers were forced to toil in sweatshops twenty-eight hours a day for starvation wages. It was only when governments intervened, either directly on behalf of workers or indirectly by empowering unions, that conditions improved. ... MOREDeportation Case Has Chilling Effect On Homeschooling
by Bryana Johnson. In 1938, the practice of homeschooling was outlawed in Germany by Adolf Hitler and the infamous Third Reich. It was a rough period in German history, as thousands of young people were being pried from their parents’ direction and authority and drafted into the Hitler Youth program, where they were supposed to be ... MORE
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