Michael Tanner: Why Get Off Welfare?
Being poor doesn't mean you're stupid. Contrary to stereotypes, there is no evidence that people on welfare are lazy. Indeed, surveys of welfare recipients consistently show their desire for a job. But there is also evidence that many are reluctant to accept available employment opportunities. Despite work requirements ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: ObamaCare Buyers' Remorse
GOP should let the president repeal it for them. Maybe congressional Republicans should quit trying to repeal Obamacare and let the president do it for them. Republicans have now held 40 – or is it 41, or 42? better check your watch – votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and are squabbling over the best way to defund it. This is just ... MORE
Founding Fathers Would Not Be Welcome In Today's Miltary
DoD: Concern for individual liberty makes one an extremist. Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch recently obtained a Department of Defense training manual
which lists people who embrace “individual liberties” and honor
“states’ rights,” among other characteristics, as potential “extremists”
who are likely to be ... MORE
Edward Moyer: NSA Admits Deliberate Privacy Violations
Engaged in "willful violations" of legal restrictions. The bubbling pot of confusion and concern over possible NSA spying on Americans -- and possible double-talk by US officials -- just got a little more stirred up. Despite earlier statements that have characterized domestic data-gathering by the National Security Agency as ... MOREFeds Seize Property Of Landlord Following California Law
Federal policing for profit runs roughshod over rights. In a city that hosts a pot expo, Tony Jalali thought renting space to medical marijuana outlets was perfectly legal. Guess again. Marijuana policy, like immigration policy, is something the country just can't seem to get right. For the latest evidence of how confusing pot laws can be, just ... MOREWarnings About Speed Traps Can Get You In Trouble
Government's reacts as moneymaker is threatened. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is using the case of a Missouri man to challenge a municipal law — one of dozens, if not hundreds of similar laws throughout the United States — that punishes motorists who flash their headlights at oncoming drivers to alert them to a police ... MORECalifornia Lawmakers Continue To Erode Property Rights
by Steven Greenhut. California’s 1940s-era urban-renewal policy, “redevelopment,” is coming back — only less so in some ways but more so in others. California’s redevelopment law was designed to revive inner-city neighborhoods by giving city planners extra powers to invest tax dollars and direct development decisions in areas that were .... MOREAirbnb And Its Enemies: Who's Afraid Of A $10-A-Night-Sofa
by Jim Epstein. Lauren and Rob, who moved to New York City to make it in
showbiz, rent a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West
Side that costs $2,250 per month. Lacking a regular
paycheck, the two performers make ends meet by hawking
short-term stays on their living-room couch for $65 a night.
Travelers find them through ... MORE
Chwick & Eisen: A Jury's Secret Power - Nullification
It is up to you to protect liberty. With Jury Rights Day just around the corner on September 5, it is a good time to reflect upon a Jury’s Duty. Our Founding Fathers, in all their wisdom, gave us a Constitution
with layers of safeguards, so that if we erred, we could correct the
error, peaceably – without a shot being fired. ...MOREBrad Bannon: Building The American Police State
The Founders' worst nightmare has begun. These days the Constitution isn't worth the parchment it's written on. The Fourth Amendment is currently under siege in New York City and
in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal ran a story which
indicated that the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance
operation ... MORE
VIDEO: Milton Friedman - A Conversation On Equality
From the award-winning series "Free To Choose," featuring Thomas Sowell.
Doug McKelway: Cell Phone Data Latest Threat To Privacy
Introducing warrantless searches of your phone. Amid concerns from privacy advocates about the government’s sprawling
surveillance programs, the Obama administration earlier this month
petitioned the Supreme Court in support of a federal court ruling that
allowed police searches of cell phones records without a warrant. ... MORELarry Bell: What The Global Warming Hysteria Ignores
What about 17 years of flat global temperatures? The New York Times feverishly reported on August 10 that the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is about to issue another scary climate report. Dismissing the recent 17 years or so of flat global temperatures, the IPCC will assert that: “It is extremely ... MORE
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