Contempt for the principles of liberty and self-ownership. In contrast to the boring and predictable presidential candidates, there are some unusually colorful candidates who somehow manage to get into office each time there is an election. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was twice elected to the California governorship. Professional wrestler Jesse ... MORELaurence M Vance: Why Are Brothels Illegal?
Contempt for the principles of liberty and self-ownership. In contrast to the boring and predictable presidential candidates, there are some unusually colorful candidates who somehow manage to get into office each time there is an election. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was twice elected to the California governorship. Professional wrestler Jesse ... MOREWhy Minimum Wage Laws Hurt, Not Help, Employees
by James Street. I began working at the ripe old age of 15. I refereed paintball on
the weekends. And it sucked. It was hot, stinky, I wasn't a big fan of
most of my fellow employees, my boss was a jerk, and I got paid $6 an
hour. I only worked 12 hours a week or so, and being a single teenager,
Uncle Sam raped me royally on taxes. One would think that such a ... MOREWhat Pot Legalization Means To The Pro-Freedom Agenda
by Steven Greenhut. When it comes to real political change, the people almost always are light years ahead of the politicians, most of whom are so worried about re-election that they take only carefully crafted positions that appeal to their core constituencies. If anything, the general election reaffirmed the big-government
status quo, but ... MOREDHS Wants To Double Predator Drone Fleet Within The U.S.
Despite safety and privacy concerns. Despite renewed criticism from both parties in Congress that domestic drones pose a privacy danger to US citizens—and a report from its own Inspector General recommending to stop buying them—the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has indicated it wants to more
than double its fleet of Predator ... MOREUnion Fail: Walmart Reports Record Sales
The people vote with their pocketbooks. Despite union efforts to target retailers like Walmart, businesses are reporting record Black Friday traffic – the biggest sign yet that the unions are out of touch with the American people. Starting at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, Walmart put its products on Black Friday sale, sparking a run to the stores and ... MOREDavid Davenport: The ObamaCare Battle Is Far From Over
The House could make implementation difficult. With the defeat of Mitt Romney, Obamacare dodged a presidential repeal bullet, but serious threats to the sweeping reform of healthcare remain. In fact, given that the most important piece of domestic legislation in nearly fifty years was enacted on a party-line vote, it should not be surprising that as ... MOREPreacher Fights City's Warrantless Search Requirement
by Bob Unruh. A Pennsylvania preacher is taking a fight over his city’s demand for a warrantless search of his residence to the U.S. Supreme Court, contending the requirement forces him to choose between two fundamental civil rights. The appeal has been filed by the Rutherford Institute on behalf of street preacher and evangelist Michael ... MOREGlenn Garvin: States' Rights? They Aren't Just For Racists
The people's esistance to federal tyranny. Trying to lend one of his 2008 campaign speeches a little literary heft, Barack Obama borrowed a phrase from William Faulkner: “The past isn’t dead and buried. In fact, it isn’t even past.” Four years later, the president may be considering himself, however ruefully, a prophet. For it looks like much of his second ... MOREGeorge Neumayr: Enlightened Bribery
What Lincoln and Obama share in common. "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul," said the English writer George Bernard Shaw. Mitt Romney would agree. His post-election analysis of Obama's success at bribing voters ran along the same lines. "What the president's campaign did was focus on ... MOREJohn Stossel: About That Fiscal Cliff
It's less frightening than the bankruptcy cliff. Yikes, we're headed toward a fiscal cliff! It will crush the
economy! Or so the media and politicians tell us. The "cliff" is a series of tax increases and budget cuts that automatically go into effect Jan. 1 unless Congress acts. Will Congress act? It will! I see the future: The politicians will meet ... MORETSA Exposes Breast Of Congressman's Teen Relative
by Jim Kane. A TSA screener exposed the breasts of the teen grandniece of a member of the House of Representatives, before she boarded a plane at LAX for a trip with her church group. Texas Rep. Ralph Hall's grandniece was apparently subjected to frontal nudity during the intrusive "pat-down" she received from an airport thug. ... MOREWayne Crews: Regulation In The Obama Administration
However you slice, it's a turkey. President Barack Obama will pardon a plump Thanksgiving turkey this week. Presentation of a turkey is a 65 year old ritual, courtesy of the National Turkey Federation and the American Egg Board. Before the first President Bush’s decision to pardon, they’d often as not just eat the thing. A reprieve for a fat and ... MOREJacob Sullum: Drug Dealing And Legal Stealing
Is motel owner responsible for the behavior of guests? At the Cosmopolitan, a luxury
hotel and casino in Las Vegas, "just the right amount of wrong" is
the naughty fun you get for $200 a night. At the $57-a-night Motel
Caswell in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, just the right amount of wrong
is what the federal government says it needs to take the business ... MORE
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