The increasingly invasive activities of the state stinks. I was hoping to make it through life without hearing television commentators repeatedly utter the word transvaginal. Yet that intimate territory is where the country headed in February, and it is where we will increasingly return as long as the government keeps assuming a greater role in our private ... MOREMatt Welch: Why Big Government Is Offensive
The increasingly invasive activities of the state stinks. I was hoping to make it through life without hearing television commentators repeatedly utter the word transvaginal. Yet that intimate territory is where the country headed in February, and it is where we will increasingly return as long as the government keeps assuming a greater role in our private ... MOREWalter E Williams: Media Dishonesty And Race Hustlers
Inflaming passions to push a self-serving agenda. When NBC's "Today" show played the audio of George Zimmerman's call to a Sanford, Fla., police dispatcher about Trayvon Martin, the editors made him appear to be a racist who says: "This guy looks like he's up to no good. He looks black." What Zimmerman actually said was: "This guy looks like he's up to no good ... MOREVIDEO: John Stossel - Technically, That's Illegal
Politicians keep Americans in a perpetual state of lawbreaking.
Debra Saunders: Obama, The Happy Drug Warrior
The president's war against the states. Why is the federal government under President Obama arguably tougher on medical marijuana operations than it was under George W. Bush? That's the question that antidrug-war groups have been asking themselves for months. In 2008, antiprohibitionists thought an Obama administration would not tread on medical-marijuana ... MOREJonah Goldberg: Very Few Of The Above
Obama's energy policy is rather picky. In his speech before the Newspapers Association of America/American Society of News Editors Wednesday, likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney accused the president of changing positions to get reelected. For instance, Romney charged that “as president,” Obama “delayed the development of our ... MOREVIDEO: Top Cop Chooses Not To See Voter Fraud
Even after stranger given Attorney General Eric Holder's ballot.
John Fund: Why We Need Voter-ID Laws Now
The attorney general can't look away anymore. Attorney General Eric Holder is a staunch opponent of laws requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls to improve ballot security. He calls them “unnecessary” and has blocked their implementation in Texas and South Carolina, citing the fear they would discriminate against minorities. I wonder what ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: Hope For The Dead
Human aspiration needs freedom to flourish. What does freedom have to do with rising from the dead? When America was in its infancy and struggling to find a culture and frustrated with governance from Great Britain, the word most frequently uttered in speeches and pamphlets and letters was not safety, taxes or peace; it was freedom. Two acts of ... MOREWendell Cox: California Declares War On Suburbia
State's climate-change goals provide the impetus. It's no secret that California's regulatory and tax climate is driving business investment to other states. California's high cost of living also is driving people away. Since 2000 more than 1.6 million people have fled, and my own research as well as that of others points to high housing prices as the principal factor. ... MOREDaniel Mandel: What Is Judicial Activism?
Striking down an unconstitutional law is doing its duty. Last week, President Barack Obama warned the Supreme Court against the perils of judicial activism. Specifically, he warned against the Court ruling unconstitutional Obamacare. "Ultimately," said the President, "I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an ... MORESheldon Richman: Is Serfdom An Executive Order Away?
The unchecked powers of the executive. Sometimes a step back helps to provide perspective on a matter. President Obama provided such a step with his March 16 Executive Order—National Defense Resources Preparedness. In it we see in detail how completely the government may control our lives—euphemistically called the “industrial and ... MOREBen Stein: Our Presidential Know Nothing
Besides the Constitution, what else doesn't he know? Here, in outline form, is why the pronouncements from President Barack Obama, warning the Supreme Court to not overturn Obamacare. are so chilling: 1. The President supposedly went to Harvard Law School, graduated from same, was Law Review President of the Harvard Law Review at ... MORENick Schulz: Minimum Wage, Maximum Stupidity
Why Congress should not raise minimum wage. When economic times are tough, it’s tempting to want to push for an increase in the minimum wage. Supporters see it as giving the deserving poor a badly needed raise. If we only mandate that employers raise the pay floor for their employees, those who earn the least will see a nice pay bump. ... MOREVictor Davis Hanson: Freedom Or Fairness In 2012?
A conflict of visions. This should prove to be an ideological election about the economy. Not all campaigns are so clear-cut. Sometimes moderate Republicans raise taxes (as George H. W. Bush did); at other times, pragmatic Democrats cut spending (as Bill Clinton did). But this year, Mitt Romney, the likely Republican nominee, will run an ideological ... MOREEthan A. Huff: Total Obedience Required By Police State
Man charged with assault for pointing finger at police. Apparently it is now illegal, at least in the eyes of the corrupt police state, to even engage a police officer in any way other than complete subservience and groveling. PrisonPlanet.com, recounting the story as it was told by ABC 7 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, explains that David Loveless, a father with no ... MOREJohn Stossel: Let's Give The Fed Some Competition
Pssst. Want to buy some Stossels? They're my own currency with my face on them. Why should you trust them? Because I promise to redeem them for gold. And I'm reliable. I have money in the bank and a job that brings in more than I spend. By contrast, the politicians who back American currency run an unsustainable deficit. The Federal Reserve prints so much ... MORE
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