John Stossel: Celebrity Hypocrites
Do as I say, not as I do. I'm annoyed that so many Hollywood celebrities hate the system that made them rich. Actor/comedian Russell Brand told the BBC he wants "a socialist, egalitarian system based on the massive redistribution of wealth." Director George Lucas got rich not just from movies but also by selling Star Wars merchandise. Yet he ... MOREEric Schulzke: Robots Vs. Minimum Wage
Low-skill workers can be easily replaced. Even as pressure builds to hike the minimum wage, evidence grows that
low-wage/low-skill workers may be dispensable in a world where
automation of simple tasks is inevitable, syndicated columnist Jonah Goldberg said Monday. Goldberg cited the irony that just one day before the president delivered ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: More Contraception, Less Conscription
Birth control should be over-the-counter. In a rational world, women in the U.S. would be able to buy birth control over the counter — something that is perfectly safe to do, and that women in other countries do as a matter of routine. But because American women cannot, the country is now embroiled in an unnecessary debate — one that, ... MOREEver Vigilant, TSA Confiscates Sock Monkey's Toy Pistol
You can't make this stuff up. "Rooster Monkburn" the cowboy sock monkey is without his pistol, thanks to a diligent TSA agent in St. Louis. Phyllis May of Redmond, Wash. says she is “appalled and shocked and embarrassed all at the same time” about the incident that happened on Wednesday. May has a small business selling unique sock ... MORENo, You Can't Keep Your Drugs Either Under ObamaCare
by Scott Gottlieb. The President famously promised that you could keep your health plan and doctor. For many people, both of those pledges are turning out to be false. And now, you might not be able to keep your medicine, either. There are two reasons why. The first has to do with the higher out of pocket costs patients will face. The second issue ... MOREJohn R. Quain: On Alert For Red-Light Cameras
Strike back against intrusive revenue generators. Banished by voters in Houston, facing legal challenges in Missouri and working undercover in New York City, traffic-monitoring cameras, promoted as accident-reducing tools by safety advocates and decried as intrusive revenue-generators by opponents, are nothing if not ... MORENSA Spying Scandal Could Cost U.S. Tech Giants Billions
Privacy invasion bad for business. The National Security Agency spying scandal could cost the top U.S.
tech companies billions of dollars over the next several years,
according to industry experts. In addition to consumer Internet
companies, hardware and cloud-storage giants like IBM, Hewlett-Packard,
and Oracle could suffer ... MORENYPD Beat Family And Kill Parakeet In Unwarranted Assault
by Nicolas Rizzi. A Staten Island woman has sued the city claiming
police entered her St. George home without a warrant, beat her family
and killed her beloved pet parakeet, according to court documents. Last year, Evelyn Lugo's bird, Tito, was thrown
from his cage after it was knocked off a dresser as cops came into her
Corson Avenue ... MOREClimate Bullies, The Surrealists Of Science
Science geeks stand up against global bullies. Popular perceptions about climate appear surrealistic to me. I'm a seasoned science geek who has been involved in big-time climate modeling, serious mathematics, theory, and more. Popular discussions of this subject have come to look like a Salvador Dali painting, as once noted by ... MOREThomas Sowell: Christmas Books - The Gift Of Clarity
Great winter reads. As Christmas approaches, the shopping mall can become a shopping maul. One of the ways of buying gifts for family and friends, without becoming part of a mob scene in the stores, is to shop on the Internet. However, for many kinds of gifts, you want to be able to see it directly, and perhaps handle it, before you part with your ... MORESheldon Richman: Crime And Punishment In A Free Society
Would a free society be a crime-free society? I don’t foresee a future of new human beings who consistently respect the rights of others. Rather, I’m drawing attention to the distinction between crime and tort — between offenses against the state (or society) and offenses against individual persons or their justly held property. We’re so ... MORE
Stupid Laws Cause Dangerous Hospital Shortages
by John K. Ross. This week, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit alleging mistreatment of a woman in the days leading up to her miscarriage at a Catholic hospital in Muskegon, Michigan. The ACLU accuses Mercy Health Partners of negligence for, among other things, failing to direct Tamesha Means to a ... MORE
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