Legalized theft in America is more subtle. The decision of the government in Cyprus to simply take money out of people's bank accounts there sent shock waves around the world. People far removed from that small island nation had to wonder: "Can this happen here?" The economic repercussions of having people feel that their money is not safe ... MOREThomas Sowell - Can It Happen Here?
Legalized theft in America is more subtle. The decision of the government in Cyprus to simply take money out of people's bank accounts there sent shock waves around the world. People far removed from that small island nation had to wonder: "Can this happen here?" The economic repercussions of having people feel that their money is not safe ... MOREMark Thornton: Nullify The War On Drugs
The marriage of two liberty concepts. Public opinion now favors the outright legalization of marijuana with nearly three-out-of-four adults in favor of legalizing medical marijuana.
These numbers should continue to grow, because the polls exhibit a type
of “generation effect,” in that people are not changing their minds as
they ... MORE
Paul Brown: The Semantics Of Gun Control
Same weapons can be for assault or defense. Since the SenateJudiciary Committee passed Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s “assault weapons” ban March 14, a fitting question might be, what is an “assault weapon”? A term that originated in the 1980s, it was popularized after the original “assault weapons” ban in 1994. “Assault weapon” is now ls that would be more accurately described as “defense weapons.” ... MOREBrady Dennis: FDA To Roll Out New Cigar Regulations
Government continues to reduce the people's options. Nearly four years after it began regulating cigarettes, the Food and
Drug Administration is poised to extend its reach to a broader range of
tobacco products. At the top of that list: cigars, which have
experienced a boom in recent years even as cigarette sales have
declined, in part ... MORE26 Big Gov Republicans Vote For Internet Sales Tax
by Daniel Horowitz. Early Saturday morning, the Senate adopted its first concurrent budget
resolution in four years. Democrats cleverly made sure to hand out
enough hall passes to vulnerable red state senators so they could vote
against the $1 trillion tax increase, while ensuring that it ultimately passed 50-49.
Senators Baucus, Begich, Hagan, and ... MOREObama's Tyranny: Petty Or Something More Sinister
by Matt Holzmann. Last week, headlines informed us that, because of the Sequester, the FAA will be reducing the number of Air Traffic Controllers and closing 149 control towers completely. Earlier, the Department of Homeland Security released hundreds of illegal aliens awaiting deportation because they could not afford to hold them ... MORECurrent Laws May Offer Little Shield Against Drones
So much for limits on search and seizure. Targeted killings have made drones controversial, but a new class of tiny aircraft in the United States — cheap, able and ubiquitous — could engage in targeted snooping that existing laws are inadequate to address, witnesses and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee said in a hearing on ... MOREKyle Becker: The Power Motive And The Profit Motive
Which one should you trust? The most common misconception in America's warped political culture is that modern liberals tend to be altruistic and compassionate, while conservatives are self-centered, greedy old misers. On the contrary, not only are many modern liberals driven by a personal profit motive via the aegis of government, but they are ... MORE
Eric Holder: If The President Does It, It's Legal
by John W. Whitehead, Rutherford Institute. “I never thought I would see the day when a Justice Department would claim that only the most extreme infliction of pain and physical abuse constitutes torture and that acts that are merely cruel, inhuman and degrading are consistent with United States law and policy, that the Supreme Court would have ... MOREObamaCare Forces Companies To Think About Lay Offs
by Julie Weed, NY Times. The company is one of thousands of small businesses that employ more than 50 full-time employees and thus will be required to offer health insurance to their workers — or pay into a government fund — beginning Jan. 1. Rachel Shein and Steve Pilarski, the married owners of the bakery, which employs 95 people, ... MORE
Rich Trzupek: Obsessive-Compulsive Environmentalism
Focused on the next big scare. America’s massive and well-funded environmental industry is always in need of new worlds to conquer, or at least to attack with broom and dustpan. But the irony behind the modern-day environmental movement in America is that the more successful the movement is, the more petty subsequent goals necessarily ... MORE
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