by Benjamin Weingarten. Against abusive government. In an interview with TheBlaze Books in connection with the release of his new book, “A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred,” we spoke with prodigious columnist and author George Will on all things baseball and his unified theory of beer,
and then ... MOREGeorge Will Is Confident Americans Will Rebel
by Benjamin Weingarten. Against abusive government. In an interview with TheBlaze Books in connection with the release of his new book, “A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred,” we spoke with prodigious columnist and author George Will on all things baseball and his unified theory of beer,
and then ... MOREWynton Hall: Seven Devastating Economic Facts
Hope and change made everything worse. U.S. economic conditions in 2014 continue to languish, as millions of Americans remain jobless. Seven economic facts underscore America’s increasingly dire economic outlook. 1. A Record 91.8 Million Americans Are No Longer in the Workforce The latest Labor Department figures reveal that a ... MORE
Can Government Make You Pay A Relative's Debt?
by Wyatt Andrews. Whose going to stop them? Two months ago, Mary Grice, a career employee at the Food and Drug Administration, was notified the U.S. Treasury had confiscated her state and federal tax refunds totaling $4,500. The government had taken the money before she knew there was a problem. "To be honest, I was ticked off," ... MOREIndividualism: The Only Basis Of Freedom In Medicine
by Richard E. Ralston. The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether Obamacare’s provisions to mandate the coverage of contraceptives violate the right of private employers and employees to practice their religious beliefs. We have reached a very sorry state in America if the basis for preventing government intrusion in our ... MORETaxi Unions Bribe Government To Destroy Competition
by Jason Mick. Crony capitalism 1 Consumers 0. The U.S. isn't exactly a "free market" at times, with
outright bribery -- condoned by the U.S. judicial system -- or
collusive public-private cartels leading to some products and services
being banned from the market. Just ask Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA) whose electric vehicles have been banned ... MOREHigher Than Expected: Colorado's Marijuana Tax Revenue
by Robin Respaut. Colorado, the first state to tax legalized recreational marijuana sales, expects to bring in an estimated $98 million in revenue this year, exceeding the state's original expectations by 40 percent. The state began levying sales and excise taxes on recreational marijuana on January 1, 2014. Moody's Investors Service, in a ... MORE
Ben Shapiro: The Rise Of American Totalitarianism
Fascism is coming with the promise of a better world. Last Thursday, Mozilla, the company that's home to the web browser Firefox, forced the resignation of CEO Brendan Eich. What, precisely, had Eich done wrong? Back in 2008, Eich had donated $1,000 to the Proposition 8 effort backing traditional marriage in California. Dating websit ... MOREWhere Is The Outrage Over Corporate Welfare?
by David Brunori. I recently read the February 24 Good Jobs First report, “Subsidizing the Corporate One Percent,”
by Philip Mattera, a respected thought leader in our business. It says
that three-quarters of all state economic development subsidies went to
just 965 corporations since the beginning of the study in 1976. The Fortune 500 ... MOREDon't Forget To Tingle At Benefits Of Capitalism
by Rich Tucker. In his classic baseball book “Ball Four,” Jim Bouton writes that as a child he longed to be able to run, just once, across the beautiful outfield grass. Yet as an adult and a major league ballplayer, he takes being on the field for granted. “Sometimes I forget to tingle,” he writes. In our capitalist system, we're all forgetting to tingle. ... MORENSA Admits to Wrongdoing—What Now?
by Andrew Napolitano. Who is it that protects and defends the Constitution? Last week, National Intelligence Director Gen. James R. Clapper sent a brief letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, in which he admitted that agents of the National Security Agency (NSA) have been reading innocent ... MORESteve Chapman: A Democratic Dilemma On Legalizing Pot
Should they attack the GOP's achilles heel. Legalizing marijuana is an issue made to order for the Democratic
Party. A majority of Americans now supports the idea, and so do two out
of three Democrats. Two states have done it, and several more may vote
on it in 2016. The party could put the issue to use against Republicans, who have ... MOREJoe Atkins: The Police State That Was Mississippi
An ugly history repeats itself. They wanted to know about your
phone calls, your conversations, your meetings with others, your
political leanings, your opinions, your friends, your confidantes, your
extracurricular activities, your religious beliefs, your sexual habits. Armed
with such information, they knew how to deal with you if they ... MORE
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