Plan To Split California Into Six States Closer To Reality
by Travis H. Brown. Thanks to the signatures of more than 807,000 concerned Californians,
an ambitious idea has moved that much closer to becoming a reality. The
“Six Californias” Initiative,
sponsored by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper, seeks to
create areas that are more governable, more productive, and more
successful. As I wrote ... MORENorman Solomon: Does Uncle Sam Have A God Complex
Who is it that can see and hear everything? As a matter of faith, some people believe that God can see and hear everything. But as a matter of fact, the U.S. government now has the kind of surveillance powers formerly attributed only to a supreme being. Top “national security” officials in Washington now have the determination ... MORE
Free Market Capitalism vs. Crony Capitalism
by Richard Ebeling. In the minds of many people around the world, including in the United States, the term “capitalism” carries the idea of unfairness, exploitation, undeserved privilege and power, and immoral profit making. What is often difficult to get people to understand is that this misplaced conception of “capitalism” has nothing to ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: Obama's Chilling Effect
Government-approved tyranny. "Chilling" is the word lawyers use to describe governmental behavior
that does not directly interfere with constitutionally protected
freedoms, but rather tends to deter folks from exercising them. Classic
examples of "chilling" occurred in the 1970s, when FBI agents and U.S.
Army soldiers, in business suits ... MORE
What I Don’t Like About Life In The American Police State
by John W. Whitehead. There’s a lot to love about America and its people: their pioneering spirit, their entrepreneurship, their ability to think outside the box, their passion for the arts, etc. Increasingly, however, as time goes by, I find the things I don’t like about living in a nation that has long since ceased to be a sanctuary for ... MORE
Katie Kieffer: Socialism Punked You, Millennials
A window of opportunity arises. “Here’s your drink, darling,” the bartender said with a smile. He seemed upbeat as he made drinks and greeted customers. “Do you like your job?” I asked him. “I hate it,” he confessed. “Honestly, I hate my job.” I keep running into young people who put on a show of being happy with their lives but, when ... MORE
Jury Nullification Is Interfering With Marijuana Convictions
by Lily Dane. Proactive justice is occurring. Courts around the country are having more
trouble prosecuting marijuana cases because of increasing awareness of a
constitutional doctrine called jury nullification. Under the Bill of Rights, jurors have the power to find a defendant not guilty if they find the law in question is flawed – even if ... MORENullification of Oppressive Federal Laws Is Catching On
by John F. McManus. Earlier in 2014, the Kansas state legislature enacted a law stating that some federal gun control regulations would not be obeyed in Kansas.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder immediately notified Governor Sam
Brownback that this new state law was unconstitutional. He cited Article
VI of the U.S. Constitution, ... MOREAmerica's Unsustainable Long-Term Debt Trajectory
by Peter Suderman. In
the past year or so, the White House has become increasingly
aggressive in touting President Obama’s achievements in reducing
the deficit. The deficit has been “cut by more than half since
2009,” a 2013
blog post by the White House Office of Management and Budget
declared, pointing to the shrinking of ... MOREJohn Stossel: Who'll Build The Roads?
Government planners vs the free market. "Tea party members don't think there's a federal role in transportation!" complained Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, last week, near the site of a $5.8 million highway project. If only most tea party members were that radical. While Brown and other big-government folks worry that Republicans will ... MOREEditing Out An Enlightened History Of America
by David Keene. Indoctrinating a view of dark motives. In the early days of the American Republic, Thomas Jefferson was perhaps the staunchest advocate of public education. Jefferson
authored a plan for public primary and secondary schools and is father
of the University of Virginia. He would be appalled at the state of
public education ... MORE
Elizabeth Nolan Brown: What Libertarianism Isn't
Obscured by cloudy thinking. At my first real journalism job, I started off covering personal finance. Not having the first clue about financial topics going in, I ended up asking patient sources a lot of questions like, "So tell me who should consider an REIT—and also what are they?" In my naivety this seemed very crazy to me, that people ... MORE
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