The ordeal of Mark Byrge. When Mark Byrge had a minor traffic accident on a street in American Fork, Utah, he did the “responsible” thing by reporting the incident to the police. He has never stopped paying for that mistake. Within a few minutes of receiving Mark's call, a pair of American Fork cops arrived to document the damage ... MOREHe Cooperated With The Cops -- And Is Paying The Price
The ordeal of Mark Byrge. When Mark Byrge had a minor traffic accident on a street in American Fork, Utah, he did the “responsible” thing by reporting the incident to the police. He has never stopped paying for that mistake. Within a few minutes of receiving Mark's call, a pair of American Fork cops arrived to document the damage ... MOREJacob Sullum: Real Rights Vs. Fake Rights
Free birth control and unfree photographers. According to
The New York Times, a case the Supreme Court
heard on Tuesday, involving a challenge to Obamacare's
requirement that businesses pay for their employees'
contraceptives, "pits religious liberty against women's rights."
Similarly, last month's
controversy over an Arizona bill ... MORE
John Stossel: Bullies Rule
We're told government protects us, but protectors quickly become bullies. Take the Food and Drug Administration. It seems like the most helpful part of government: It supervises testing to make sure greedy drug companies don't sell us dangerous stuff. The FDA's first big success was stopping thalidomide, a drug that prevented the ... MORESelwyn Duke: The Plan For Police Nullification
First persecutors or first protectors? “I [sic] give my left n** to bang down your door and come for your gun,” said the cop. This statement, made by Branford, Ct., police officer Joseph Peterson in a Facebook conversation earlier this month, created quite a news-cycle firestorm. Internet commenters from Sacramento to Saratoga ... MOREAbby Wisse Schachter: The War On Fun
When safety becomes a god. In 1859, the esteemed magazine Scientific American issued a warning about young people's "pernicious excitement" over a trendy game: chess. The shuffling of pawns and rooks was "a mere amusement of a very inferior character, which robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements ... MOREEPA Wildly Expands Authority to Regulate Private Property
by Bridget Johnson. The Environmental Protection Agency today unveiled its proposed rule to bring natural and man-made bodies of water big and tiny under the purview of the Clean Water Act, sparking accusations that the administration has embarked on an unprecedented breach of private property rights without scientific basis. ... MOREWarren L. Dean Jr: When ObamaCare Met Matt Drudge
White House gets schooled on how tax is paid. Matt Drudge is correct. Last weekend we learned that after five long years in office, among the many things the White House
does not know is how and when Americans pay their taxes. Since Team
Obama likes taxes so much, you might think they would understand them,
but no such luck. ... MOREJohn W Whitehead: A Military Plot To Take Over America
Fifty Years Later, Was the Mission Accomplished? Director John Frankenheimer’s 1964 political thriller Seven Days in May is a clear warning to beware of martial law packaged as a well meaning and overriding concern for the nation’s security. Yet 50 years later, we find ourselves hostages to a government run more by military ... MOREMan Found Guilty Of E-Cig Law That Does Not Exist
by Jeff Sherwood. Judge makes up law as he goes. On March 20, 2014, I brought you a story about the first man to ever get a ticket in the United States for using an electronic cigarette
while driving. Today (Mar. 22), I had the opportunity to sit down and
speak with the accused man, Jason Dewing, via a telephone conversation
to get further ... MOREGallup Poll Predicts Democrat Midterm Wipeout
by Chriss Street. The prospects of hope and change. According to the Washington Post, President Obama has been hammering at Democratic fundraisers for the past few months that his party always gets “clobbered in midterm elections.” Although the midterm elections are usually regarded as a referendum on the sitting president's ... MOREKatie Kieffer: BEWARE Of No-Knock SWAT Attacks
Gun owners beware. Squirt gun owners, that includes you. If a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team SUSPECTS you of crime, you may receive a late-night visit from an armed SWAT team. That’s right, an armed and militant SWAT team could trot right through your front door as you slumber this summer. No-knock warrants are increasingly ... MOREThomas Sowell: Republicans And Blacks
School choice could be the key. Recently former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice added her voice to those who have long been urging the Republican Party to reach out to black voters. Not only is that long overdue, what is also long overdue is putting some time — and, above all, some serious thought — into how to go about doing it. ... MORE
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