John W. Whitehead: The Death of Freedom in Our Schools
The final nail in the coffin. Young Alex Stone didn’t even make it past the first week of school before he became a victim of the police state. Directed by his teacher to do a creative writing assignment involving a series of fictional Facebook statuses, the 16-year-old wrote, “I killed my neighbor's pet dinosaur. I bought the gun to take care ... MOREGov't Wants Cars To Broadcast Location, Direction & Speed
by Terrence Jeffrey. Big Brother wants to know your every move. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, part of the
Department of Transportation, published last week an "advanced notice of
proposed rulemaking" on "vehicle-to-vehicle communications." What NHTSA is proposing could begin a transformation in the American ... MORENo Charges For Cop Who Killed While Driving Distracted
by Snejana Farberov. Badges give special privilege. California prosecutors have declined to file charges against a sheriff's deputy who struck and killed a prominent entertainment attorney and former Napster executive with his patrol car last year. Deputy Andrew Wood was apparently distracted by his mobile digital computer when ... MORE
California Drivers Brace For Costly New Gas Tax
Tax-happy politicians take aim at auto drivers. Californians already pay the nation's second highest gas tax at 68 cents a gallon -- and now it will go up again in January to pay for a first-in-the-nation climate change law. "I didn't know that," said Los Angeles motorist Tyler Rich. "It's ridiculous." "I think it’s terrible," added Lupe Sanchez, pumping ... MOREWalter E Williams: Blacks Must Confront Reality
Slavery isn't the real problem. Though racial discrimination exists, it is nowhere near the barrier it once was. The relevant question is: How much of what we see today can be explained by racial discrimination? This is an important question because if we conclude that racial discrimination is the major cause of black problems when it isn't, then ... MORE
John Stossel: Green Monster
Thanks, Environmental Protection Agency! You've required sewage treatment plants, catalytic converters on cars and other things that made the world cleaner than the world in which I grew up. Good work. Today, America's waterways are so much cleaner that I swim in New York City's once-filthy Hudson River — right beside skyscrapers ... MOREThomas Sowell: The Media And The Mob Of Ferguson
The bias of the bullet-counters. Casting blame based on skin color should have ended with Jim Crow. Those of us who admit that we were not there and do not know what happened when Michael Brown was shot by a policeman in Ferguson, Mo., seem to be in the minority. We all know what has happened since then — and it has been a ... MOREThere's Nothing SWEET About the National Soda Tax
by Baylen Linnekin. Last month, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
proposed the SWEET Act, an excise tax on sweetened beverages.
The tax, which has been billed as a national soda tax, would
lay a one-cent duty on every teaspoon of sugar in soft drinks
and other beverages. The proposal is
intended "to curb obesity, diabetes, and the resulting ... MORE
TSA Admits To Allowing Illegal Aliens to Fly Without ID
by Kristin Tate. A new letter from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) admits that illegal aliens were being allowed to board planes using Notice to Appear forms they received after entering the U.S. illegally. The revelation directly contradicts a TSA statement last month denying such allegations to various media outlets, ... MOREPoor Public Schools are Costing Us in Many Ways
by Charles Payne. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its report, Expenditures on Children by Families, and the cost of raising a child is now up to $245,000- not including the cost of college. The most expensive part of raising children is keeping a roof over their heads and food in their bellies; combined, the two equate to 46 % of total ... MOREWait Until Ferguson Police Get Federally Funded Drones
by Gene Healy. Dystopian military toys pointed at citizens. Through the fog of Twitter, it's
difficult to discern the precise details of what's been happening
in Ferguson, Mo.,
in the 10 days of protests spurred by the police killing of an
unarmed teenager. Still, maybe it's not too early to wonder: When, exactly, did
the United States become a banana ... MORE
Jason Snead: Arresting Your Cash
The Heritage Foundation discusses civil forfeiture reform. On July 29, reformers challenging the abuses of civil forfeiture laws gathered at The Heritage Foundation to discuss the pitfalls of forfeiture and the possibilities for reform. Keynoting the event was Representative Tim Walberg (R–MI), who introduced a civil forfeiture reform bill ... MORE
John W. Whitehead: Turning America Into a War Zone
Where ‘we the people’ are the enemy. “If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you.”—Sunil Dutta, an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department for 17 years. Life in the American police state is an endless series of don’ts delivered at the end of a loaded gun: ... MOREMost Want to Criminalize Pre-Teens Playing Unsupervised
by Lenore Skenazy. A whopping 68 percent of Americans think there should be a law that prohibits kids 9 and under from playing at the park unsupervised, despite the fact that most of them no doubt grew up doing just that. What's more: 43 percent feel the same way about 12-year-olds. They would like to criminalize all pre-teenagers playing outside ... MORE
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)