Ron Paul: The Internet Revolution Is A Liberty Revolution
LibertyPen is just one of the cogs. Until the late 1990s, individuals interested in Austrian economics, U.S. constitutional history, and libertarian philosophy had few sources of information. They had to spend hours scouring used book stores or the back pages of obscure libertarian periodicals to find the great works of Mises, Rothbard, Hayek, and other giants ... MOREMarijuana Legalization Leads In Washington And Colorado
by Jonathan Martin. Washington is emerging as the most likely state to be the first to legalize marijuana according to new polls. But even with a huge fundraising advantage, and less organized opposition, Initiative 502 is far from a lock as voters begin casting ballots. A poll released today by Strategies 360 finds a 54-to-38 lead for I-502, with about 7 percent ... MOREGovernment Displays Contempt For The Will Of The People
"Public servants" will dictate pot policy despite voters. A top Justice Department official has told "60 Minutes" the federal
government is ready to combat any "dangers" of state-sanctioned
recreational pot, amid criticism of the Obama administration for its
relative silence on legalization drives in three states. Voters in Colorado, Washington state and ... MORESteven Milloy: The EPA's Illegal Human Experiments
Agency failed to warn tests potentially lethal. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been sued in federal court for allegedly conducting illegal experiments on human beings. The case tests whether a government agency can violate the law and the most sacrosanct ethics of scientific research — and get away scot-free. ... MOREPsst, Taxes Will Go Up For 163 Million Workers in 2013
President Barack Obama isn't talking about it and neither is Mitt Romney. But come January, 163 million workers can expect to feel the pinch of a big tax increase regardless of who wins the election. A temporary reduction in Social Security payroll taxes is due to expire at the end of the year and hardly anyone in Washington is pushing ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Smile, The Government Is Watching
Next generation identification. “You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement was scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984. Brace yourselves for the next wave in the surveillance state’s steady incursions into our lives. It’s ... MOREIlana Freedman: Chavez, Castro and Putin Agree: Obama!
In the birds of a feather department .... The latest [dictator] to publicly announce his support for the
commander-in-chief’s reelection bid was Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, who
this week assured he’d vote for Obama if he were from the United States.
The America-bashing strongman made the announcement on state-owned
television, saying “Obama is a ... MOREDeborah Weiss: The War Against Free Speech Rages On
The president should defend American principles. The Obama administration conveniently scapegoated a short, anti-Islam video for the murderous attacks on the US consulate on September 11, 2012. Now that the State Department has confessed its knowledge that Benghazi was the result of a pre-planned terrorist attack, many in both the mainstream ... MOREKatie Kieffer: Eliminate The TSA
What if we wanted to return to the Constitution? I’m reading the Constitution and I do not see a “Grope or Scan” clause. The TSA is unconstitutional. Let’s eliminate the TSA. If you read my columns regularly, you know that I consider the TSA to be a carcinogenic petting zoo.
I nearly always opt out. I object to the scanners on principle of their ... MORELaurence M. Vance: The War On Private Property
Do you want to live in an authoritarian society? Do you desire an intrusive government? Do you wish for a government that is a nanny state? Do you yearn for government bureaucrats to tell you what you can and cannot do? Do you like puritanical busybodies telling you how to live your life? Do you believe that the government should define and ... MOREHow Government Workers Profit At Taxpayer Expense
by Steven Greenhut. Stockton, California city workers who attended the unveiling of a new report detailing the trends in public-employee compensation in California on Wednesday night complained about cuts in their compensation packages that are causing hardship for them and their city. But the report, prepared on behalf of the Howard Jarvis ... MOREMike Riggs: Why Firing A Bad Cop Is Damn Near Impossible
It'a law enforcement that has the real protection. Over the summer, a still from a surveillance camera showing a police officer kicking a handcuffed woman in the head went viral on Facebook and email. The text below the picture read, "Rhode Island police officer Edward Krawetz received no jail time for this brutal assault on this seated and ... MOREArthur C. Brooks: Making A Moral Case For Capitalism
Freedom requires it. Earlier this month in the first presidential debate, Mitt Romney made an unusual argument by modern political standards: that long-term deficit spending is not just an economic issue, but a moral one. "I think it's . . . not moral for my generation to keep spending massively more than we take in, knowing those ... MOREThe EPA Moves Goalposts After The Game Has Started
by Merrill Matthews. Football fans would be outraged if every time one team was preparing to kick a field goal the officials moved the goalposts further back, making it harder to score. And yet the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) frequently moves the goalposts further away for companies and industries trying to abide by ... MORE
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