Flood Of Regulations Coming From Obama Administration
by Brian Wingfield. Over the next 12 months, the Obama administration is due to issue regulations governing everything from e-cigarettes to smoke-stack emissions in what experts predict will be a second-term rush to put rules in place before leaving office. “In every administration, these things have to be wrapped up in at least ... MOREGuardian Has Only Published 1 Percent Of Snowden Leaks
More transparency ahead for Obama regime? The editor of the Guardian said Tuesday his newspaper has published just 1 percent of the material it received from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, and denied the paper had placed lives or national security at risk. The Guardian helped spark a global debate on ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: The Pope And Basic Economics
What is the worst problem in the world today? Might it be war, starvation, genocide, sectarian violence, murder, slaughter of babies in the womb? Any of these would be a rational answer. But when Pope Francis was asked this question recently, he replied, "Youth unemployment." To be sure, youth unemployment is a serious ... MORECondemn ObamaCare -- No Alternative Needed
by Barry Farber. The brightest star in Yogi Berra’s Library-of-Life-Lifters is probably “It’s déjà vu all over again.” (Runner-up: “Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore. It’s too crowded.”) It hit me with a comforting force when I suddenly connected what I was hearing these days that rang dim but important bells from long ago. You’ve ... MOREMurder Rate Nearly Cut In Half As Gun Ownership Soared
by Awr Hawkins. A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report shows that while gun ownership climbed from 192 million firearms in 1994 to 310 million firearms in 2009, crime fell—and fell sharply. According to the report,
the "firearm-related murder and non-negligent homicide" rate was 6.6
per 100,000 Americans in 1993. Following the ... MORE
City Stops 11-Year-Old Selling Mistletoe, But She Could Beg
Government: welfare state good, capitalism bad. An 11-year-old Oregon girl who wanted to help her father pay
for her braces by selling mistletoe over the holidays, found herself
embroiled in city bureaucracy. On Saturday, Madison Root went to the
downtown market to sell fresh mistletoe she cut and wrapped herself from her uncle's farm ... MORENathan Embry: Economic Freedom, The Voiceless Victim
The relentless march of the welfare state. Economic freedom is one of many sacred liberties individuals enjoy in our great country. Economic freedom allows for individuals to trade with others as they see fit and in their own best interest. It also allows for sellers to create and offer products of their own choosing, and buyers then elect ... MOREOh-Oh, Even California's Turning On Obama
by Andrew Malcolm. As everyone knows, California is the la-de-dah, laid-back land of liberalism that's been Barack Obama's political ATM for six years. Hollywood stars have loved him, fronted multi-multi-million-dollar fundraisers for him. The most populous state (home to 12 of every 100 Americans) has a Democrat governor again, two female ... MOREJohn Stossel: Real Charity
'Tis the season for giving. But when you give, do you know your money will help someone? Social workers say, "Don't give to beggars." Those who do give are "enablers," helping alcoholics and drug users to continue bad habits. It's better to give to charities that help the "homeless." I put "homeless" in quotes because my TV ... MOREKatie Kieffer: Hope For A Cure To ObamaCancer
Mr. Forward, Barack Obama, is not forwarding health; he’s forwarding
cancer. He’s on “one more campaign” to pitch ObamaCare, which is quickly
metastasizing into ObamaCancer. Where’s our hope for a cure? Two weeks ago, President Obama said: “I’ve run my last political
campaign, but I’ve got one more campaign in me, and that’s ... MORE
Crony Capitalism Drives Airport Security
from The Dollar Vigilante Blog. There is yet another reason not to fly into or within the US.
“Nazi-style detention pods” – that's what opponents of the
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have called the new “exit
pods” being tested at the Syracuse (NY) airport. But the pods are not
primarily a rape of civil rights. Their import ... MORE
Keith Laing: Bill Would Nearly Double Federal Gasoline Tax
Government continues to make life more expensive. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) is introducing legislation that would nearly double the 18.4-cents-per-gallon federal gas tax that is traditionally used to pay for federal transportation projects. Blumenauer's bill would increase the gas tax by 15 cents, matching a proposal that was ... MORE
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