Kimberley Strassel: How Bureaucrats Wield Anti-Trust Laws
Piano sonata in FTC minor. Teddy Roosevelt busted Standard Oil. The Obama administration? It's making the world safe from rapacious piano teachers. Every month, it seems, brings a new story of this presidency leveling the intimidating powers of the federal government against some law-abiding citizen. Now comes a terrifying tale ... MOREHigh Court Hides From Online Retailers Tax Case
One government arm serves the other. Amazon.com Inc and other online retailers with no physical presence in New York State must go on collecting sales tax after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a legal challenge to the law that requires it. The court order means the New York law remains intact and the high court ... MOREVIDEO: Government Is A Little Sensitive About Free Speech
Surprising that shirt maker wasn't charged with passing federal secrets.
Andrew Stiles: ObamaCare And Its Cronies
The best government money can buy. Despite the myriad problems with Obamacare’s rollout, health-insurance companies are not tempering their support for the controversial law. The industry is even gearing up for an expensive “PR blitz” to enroll people in the exchanges, which should come as no surprise. In the words of former ... MOREPeter Suderman: ObamaCare Is Working Fine
As long as no one tries to use it. In an op-ed for USA Today published yesterday evening, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius touted recent progress the Obamacare tech team has made on repair efforts to the health law’s troubled online insurance portal, HealthCare.gov. “The site is running faster, it's ... MOREForbes: The Bankruptcy Of Modern Economics
Examples of intellectual illness. The resounding victory of N.J. Governor Chris Christie has people speculating about the 2016 presidential race, particularly on the Republican side, since it’s a given among pols and pundits that Hillary Clinton’s nomination for the Democrats is a foregone conclusion (it isn’t, but that’s another discussion). ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: A Challenge To Our Beliefs
Do facts matter more than social visions? Depressing news about black students scoring far below white students on various mental tests has become so familiar that people in different parts of the ideological spectrum have long ago developed their different explanations for why this is so. But both may have to do some rethinking, ... MOREDoug Altner: Why 1.4 Million Americans Work At Wal-Mart
With many more trying to. Observe any hiring center for a new Walmart and you will see thousands of individuals eager to become a Walmart associate. Many already have jobs at fast food restaurants, supermarkets, or other retail stores. LaShawn Ross, 29, worked for McDonald’s and Winn-Dixie before taking a job at a brand new ... MOREWalter E Williams: Blacks And Obama
The shadow cast by the president's failure. In a March 2008 column, I criticized pundits' concerns about whether America was ready for Barack Obama, suggesting that the more important issue was whether black people could afford Obama. I proposed that we look at it in the context of a historical tidbit. In 1947, Jackie Robinson, after ... MOREBob Livingston: The Extra-Constitutional President
Congress is abdicating its power. In delaying portions of Obamacare, President Barack Obama — the undocumented usurper currently occupying the people’s house — has taken on powers not granted him under the Constitution. This is very simple to understand, yet most people seem to be turning a blind eye to the fact. ... MOREBrian Doherty: Higher Is Healthier?
Surprising findings from psychedelic science. Despite what you might have learned from old government-sponsored black-and-white educational films or hippie-era exploitation flicks, psychedelic drugs do not drive you inexorably insane. A new study in PLoSOne, an online peer-reviewed journal from the Public Library of Science, ... MORE
Louisiana Cops Can Force Drivers To Give Blood
The police state ushers in "no refusal." If you live in Louisiana, be aware that police seem to have a fairly
new power. If they suspect you to be driving drunk they can demand your
blood for an alcohol test and if you don’t want to give it they have the
power to throw you in jail until they get a court order demanding you
give them blood. ... MORE
Pouring Cold Water On San Francisco's Soda Tax
by Baylen Linnekin. Last month the San Francisco city council introduced a proposal
to tax soda at a rate of two cents per ounce. The tax, which would
have to be approved by voters, would add a whopping $1.44 to the
cost of a six-pack of soda. The council liked the idea so much that
they soon
introduced a competing proposal to tax soda ... MORE
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