Obama's Scorched Bird Policy To Fight Climate Change
Solar farm efficient at frying passing birds. Environmentalists have hit out at a giant new solar farm in the Mojave Desert as mounting evidence reveals birds flying through the extremely hot 'thermal flux' surrounding the towers are being scorched. After years of regulatory tangles around the impact on desert wildlife, the Ivanpah Solar ... MOREHouse Punts on Debt Ceiling, Cedes Power Of The Purse
by Robert Romano. A feckless gaggle of representatives. Last August, before a partial government shutdown occurred in the
ill-fated attempt to defund Obamacare, House Republican leaders were
reportedly urging their conference to just wait for the debt ceiling,
that that would be the time to achieve some concessions. On August 13, National ... MOREPaul Elias: California's Concealed Weapons Rules Tossed
Local government nannies don't trump 2nd Amendment. A divided federal appeals court on Thursday struck down California concealed-weapons rules, saying they violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The 2-1 ruling of a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said California counties were wrong to ... MORE
J.D. Tuccille: U.S. Slides 13 Spots On Press Freedom Index
American liberty in free fall. If it wasn't enough to see the
United States slide in four rankings of economic freedom, Internet
liberty, and government transparency last year, the Land of the
Brave and Home of the Free (except where prohibited by law) is off
to a swell start in 2014 by slipping 13 places on the World Press
Freedom Index. ... MORECan Drug Czar Be Required To Respect Science?
by Johnny Green. A radical bill is introduced to Congress. U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) introduced a bill Tuesday that would change federal law so that the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), commonly known as the “drug czar,” is no longer prohibited from studying the legalization of marijuana and no longer ... MOREMax Borders: Rise Of The Libertarians
Why Slate, Salon and the progressive media are afraid. A lot of people are messing with libertarianism. We get it. If you see
an alternative worldview gaining currency as your own is starting to
lose out: attack, attack, attack. Strategically, it’s probably smart. When Jane Mayer wrote that sloppy hit piece for The New Yorker against
the ... MOREThe Gang Of Twelve And Our Secret Government
by Andrew Napolitano. A new assault on freedom of the press. Last week, a little noticed clash took place on Capitol Hill involving the fundamental values underlying the First Amendment. The issue was the lawfulness of publishing the secrets that were given to reporters by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward ... MOREObamacare Enrollment Rate Slows Markedly In January
Not that enrollment was brisk in December. On Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that enrollment in the Obamacare private exchanges increased by 1,146,071 in January. In December, HHS reported 1,788,000 enrollees in the month of December. That suggests a drop-off of approximately 500,000, ... MOREMatt Welch: The Prohibitionist Curse
Exposed by failure. Economists specializing in international development have
identified what they call the "resource curse": Contrary to
expectations, an abundance of lucrative natural resources is often
associated with poor economic performance. Although you'd think
that sitting on trillions of gallons of oil would make your ... MORE
John Stossel: The Privileged People
The cronies who compose the ruling class. Politicians say, "We're all equal," and pretend that they represent everyone. But, in fact, they constantly pick winners and losers. America is now like the place described in George Orwell's book "Animal Farm": "All animals are equal," but some are "more equal than others." "Animal Farm" was ... MOREBarry Farber: The Latest Marxism In America
Spotlighting Obama's 'The Good Life = less income' claim. Her father stuck his tongue out at her and aggressively allowed her big sister every advantage. He even threatened to strike her with his cane. He once forced her to display her “first bra” at the dinner table. And what was her major complaint about him at the end? He wanted her ... MORE
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