Alyssa Berlin: NYC Cracks Down On Sidewalk Cafes
Just in time for summer. Forget the great outdoors. The Department of Consumer Affairs has sent notice to 17 New York
restaurants, telling them that that they will have to close their
sidewalk seating areas unless they are willing to comply with the city’s
zoning regulations. “Please be advised you have 100 business days ... MOREThomas Sowell: The Bullying Pulpit
Bullying by government has become the norm. We have truly entered the world of "Alice in Wonderland" when the CEO of a company that pays $16 million a day in taxes is hauled up before a Congressional subcommittee to be denounced on nationwide television for not paying more. Apple CEO Tim Cook was denounced for contributing to "a ... MOREThe IRS Fiasco Is Only The Tip Of The Iceberg.
by Henry I. Miller. You certainly hear some amazing things in congressional testimony. Lois Lerner, the head of the IRS unit that determines whether organizations receive tax-exempt status, claimed last week that she had neither done anything wrong nor lied about her involvement in the discrimination against conservative and ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: Obama's War On The Constitution
Where the "change" is focused. A physician’s expertise makes him capable of inflicting great harm, noted Plato a couple thousand years ago, and no one is better positioned to steal than a guard. So perhaps we should not be surprised that the most conspicuous foe of liberty and the Bill of Rights turns out to be a former professor of constitutional ... MOREWalter E Williams: Americans Deserve The IRS
Politicians must pay for their spending. Individually, Americans do not deserve to be subservient to such a fear-mongering, intimidating and powerful agency as the Internal Revenue Service; but collectively, we do. Let's look at it. Since the 1791 ratification of our Constitution, until well into the 1920s, federal spending as a percentage of ... MOREJonah Goldberg: Don't Edit The First Amendment
The press forgets the inconvenient parts. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” That's the full text ... MOREApple Shows It Is Time To Abolish Corporate Tax
by Evan Soltas. Tim Cook, the chief executive of Apple Inc., came to the U.S. Senate
on May 21 to advocate an overhaul of the nation's corporate tax code.
Tax profits at 20 percent, Cook said, and offer no loopholes, no deductions, no complexities. The
recommendation might seem radical. It isn't. Apple might be a visionary
in consumer ... MOREGeorge Will: Obama Regime's War On Campus Speech
'Alice in Wonderland' coercion. Barack Obama, vowing to elevate Washington to the level of his
fastidiousness, came from Chicago, where the political machine
inoculates itself from scandals by the proliferation of them: Many
scandals mean merely cursory scrutiny of most. Now, notice the scant
attention being given to an assault on civil ... MOREIRS Scandal Shows Importance Of Privacy Protections
by Phil Kerpen. IRS apologists are furiously trying to change the subject from the outrageous targeting of political opponents by the IRS to a policy debate over forced disclosure of contributions to groups that engage in political speech. The story is that a deluge of applications forced the IRS to cut corners and the targeting scandal was an ... MOREPolicing For Profit Is A Civil Liberties Nightmare
by Stewart M. Powell. Federal asset forfeiture is both an 
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