AP: GDP Shows Harsh Drop From Government Estimate
The continuing saga of hope and change. Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States — decreased at an annual rate of 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to the “advance” estimate ... MORE
Dustin Hurst: Bipartisan Opposition To Domestic Drones
Parties join forces to curtail surveillance society. Drones are wildly popular on the battlefield. Now they can claim victory elsewhere. The use of drones within U.S. borders—in car chases, to monitor wildfires, or for simple surveillance—is uniting political parties and people more often at odds. Their concern: the widespread use of drones ... MOREThomas Sowell: Whose Welfare?
Theories about culture trump welfare of humans. If there is ever a contest for the law with the most grossly misleading title, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 should be a prime candidate, because the last thing this Act protects is the welfare of Indian children. The theory behind the Indian Child Welfare Act is that an American Indian ... MOREWilliam A. Levinson: Never Let A Dead Child Go To Waste
Let's act quick, before their heads clear. Barack Obama, Dianne Feinstein, Michael Bloomberg, Andrew Cuomo, and their cohorts followed Rahm Emanuel's advice to "never let a good crisis go to waste" when they used the Sandy Hook shooting to renew their assault on the Bill of Rights. Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell added, in effect, that ... MOREA Former Drug Czar Advisor Compares Pot To Child Porn
by Matthew Feeney. If you thought former drug czar
advisor Paul Chabot couldn’t top his claim that alcohol prohibition
“actually
worked” you would be wrong. Chabot recently appeared on
HuffPost Live and compared marijuana to child pornography. From the
Huffington Post: When asked by HuffPost Washington Bureau Chief Ryan Grim ... MOREThomas Sowell: Shouting Louder
Volume is a poor substitute for substance. An old-time trial lawyer once said, "When your case is weak, shout louder!" Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shouted louder when asked about the Obama administration's story last fall that the September 11th attack on the U.S. ambassador's quarters in Benghazi was due to an anti-Islamic video ... MOREVIDEO: You Have A Duty To Protect Yourself
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke knows the value of gun rights.
Charles W. Baird: On Paying Our "Fair Share"
Marketing legalized theft. President Obama often asserts that fairness requires everyone "to play by the same rules." He then calls for raising tax rates paid by "millionaires and billionaires," but no one else. Well, Mr. President, you cannot have it both ways. Logically, if we are to enjoy what the Constitution calls "equal protection of the law," ... MOREEmily Miller: The Cop-Killer Bullet Myth
Going after ammunition to get your guns. Give the administration credit for its creativity. The theatrical show President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
are putting on in their effort to foist gun control on the public
disguises a more subtle push to disarm America in the name of protecting
cops. On Monday, Mr. Obama invited police ... MOREAllysia Finley: Mickelson And The Sports Star Migration
Move from California saved Tiger $100 million. America's top-grossing golfer Phil Mickelson drove himself into a bunker on Jan. 20 when he said that federal and California state tax hikes had made him contemplate making "drastic changes" in his life—including, it was widely assumed, moving to a no-income-tax state such as Texas or Florida. ... MOREDEA Seeks Prescription Records Without A Warrant
Eric W. Dolan on the efforts of the ACLU to block them. The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking to block the Drug Enforcement Administration from obtaining prescription records without a warrant in Oregon. The state of Oregon filed suit against the DEA last year after the agency sought to access the Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring ... MORE
Washington State Prepares Gun Control Nullification Bill
by Mikael Thalen. As the call for more gun control continues, governors, lawmakers, sheriffs, and citizens across the country are taking a stand. After the tragic Sandy Hook
shooting, gun control advocates immediately jumped on the opportunity
to dust off old gun control legislation, specifically advocating for a
ban on "assault weapons." ... MOREJacob Sullum: Drug Dealing And Legal Stealing
Feds try to take motel because guest broke the law. 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 ... MOREVIDEO: Choose Your Own Crime Stats
EYE-OPENER: Did you know the U.S. crime rate has steadily fallen since 1992?
Walter E Williams: Official Lies
Let's expose presidential prevarication. Earlier this year, President Barack Obama warned that Social Security checks will be delayed if Congress fails to increase the government's borrowing authority by raising the debt ceiling. However, there's an issue with this warning. According to the 2012 Social Security trustees report, assets in Social Security's ... MORELA Times Editorial: The DEA's Marijuana Mistake
Creating a ridiculous circle of denials. For a muscular agency that combats vicious drug criminals, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration acts like a terrified and obstinate toddler when it comes to basic science. For years, the DEA and the National Institute for Drug Abuse have made it all but impossible to develop a robust body of research on the medical ... MORE
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