Inside the numbers. According to many experts, Republicans are expected to hold the House and could even take the U.S. Senate. This seems to be a perplexing turn of events for many in the media. "Poll: Democrats' advantage on key issues is not translating to a midterm-election edge," reads the headline of a piece in The Washington ... MOREDavid Haranyi: Why Democrats Are Losing Voter Trust
Inside the numbers. According to many experts, Republicans are expected to hold the House and could even take the U.S. Senate. This seems to be a perplexing turn of events for many in the media. "Poll: Democrats' advantage on key issues is not translating to a midterm-election edge," reads the headline of a piece in The Washington ... MOREFree Speech: A Relic Of The American Past
by John W. Whitehead. Living in a representative republic means that each person has the
right to take a stand for what they think is right, whether that means
marching outside the halls of government, wearing clothing with
provocative statements, or simply holding up a sign. That’s what the
First Amendment is supposed to be about. ... MORE
Why Milton Friedman's Vision For A Bitcoin Was Accurate
by Victoria Wagner Ross. Bitcoin has had many supporters and many critics as it exploded in popularity and news over the past year. CoinDesk
has featured Milton Friedman’s predictions today about a decentralized
currency and how it will be part of the future in a global economy. Consider the numbers of 25,000 merchants now ... MORECBS Sacramento: California Agency Taxes $3M By Mistake, Then Claims State Law Prevents Them From Giving It Back
California gets to keep what it can steal. A Sacramento fire district that wrongly taxed homeowners more than $3
million due to a clerical error will not be issuing a full refund of
that money, a Call Kurtis investigation has learned. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said it will only return about
half of that money, angering some ... MORE
Supreme Court Hides From Montana Gun Rights Issue
by Bob Unruh. The High Court just says no to Tenth Amendment. Contending it is “fruitless” to expect that the federal government would rein in its own “lust” for tyranny, the instigator of a years-long conflict with Washington over the Interstate Commerce Clause says the battle is over. At least for now. Gary Marbut, president of the Montana ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: How To Handle Monster Putin
Can an old dog learn new tricks? What happens when the United States government participates meaningfully in toppling foreign governments in the name of spreading democracy? That behavior usually results in unintended consequences and often produces disasters. When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, initially to search for ... MOREDEA: "Every Single Parent" Opposes Pot Legalization
by Nick Gillespie. Except for the ones that don't. Thomas Harrigan (pictured) is deputy administrator of the Drug Enforcement Adminstration (DEA). Yesterday, reports The Huffington Post, he told the House Services Committee that "Marijuana destroys lives and families, undermines our economy, and insults our common values." ... MOREGun Control: A War Not A Conversation
by William A. Levinson. President Obama said previously that the nation needed to have a "conversation" about gun control, and he reiterated this agenda in his State of the Union speech. New York's Governor, Andrew Cuomo, has subsequently boasted that his SAFE Act has criminalized law-abiding gun owners for "offenses" such as having ... MOREBarry Farber: An Impudent Putin, A Flaccid Obama
Russia looks to rebuild an empire. One Hollywood marriage was so disastrous that when she (Ethel Merman) wrote her autobiography, she left the chapter about her marriage to him (Ernest Borgnine) completely blank! Pretend I’m doing that now to President Obama’s speech of Friday, Feb. 28, about Russian troop movements against Ukraine. ... MORELA City Council Bans Anti-Smoking Device In Public
by Jacob Sullum. Who says no one likes cancer? As expected, the Los Angeles City Council today voted unanimously to ban vaping everywhere that smoking is banned, including indoor workplaces and outdoor locations such as parks, beaches, and restaurant patios. Although one of the main rationales for the ban is that children might ... MOREWhy Republicans Are Surrendering On The Debt Ceiling
by Molly Ball. The last stage of grieving is acceptance. The first wave of Tea Party lawmakers strode into Congress in 2011 on a wave of denial and anger. They were angry at President Obama and business as usual in Washington. But they were also in denial about their power—or rather powerlessness—to change it. Three years later, the right-wingers ... MOREJohn Stossel: Budget Baloney
Regurgitating hope and change. This week, President Barack Obama proposed "a budget that will create new jobs in manufacturing and energy and innovation and infrastructure, and we'll pay for every dime of it by cutting unnecessary spending, closing wasteful tax loopholes!" What? I must have fallen asleep and woken up in 2008. That could ... MORE
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