Laura College: How To Find DUI Checkpoints
Or, how to avoid warrantless searches. The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that DUI checkpoints, also called "sobriety roadblocks," are legal and minimally invasive. Of course, for a motorist who is late for a meeting or eager to get home, the inconvenience is subjective. Fortunately, there are ways to find out if there are DUI ... MOREHomeland Security Loses Track Of 6,000 Foreigners
by Brian Ross and Matthew Mosk. But they have your e-mails. The Department of Homeland Security
has lost track of more than 6,000 foreign nationals who entered the
United States on student visas, overstayed their welcome, and
essentially vanished -- exploiting a security gap that was supposed to
be fixed after the Sept. 11, ... MOREFeds Creating Database To Track Hate Speech On Twitter
by Elizabeth Harrington. The federal government is spending nearly $1 million to create an online database that will track “misinformation” and hate speech on Twitter. The National Science Foundation is financing the creation of a web service that will monitor “suspicious memes” and what it considers “false and misleading ideas,” with a major ... MOREGene Robinson: Is America A Police State? For Many, Yes
An everyday reality for millions. I don't know what it's like to live in a police state. But some people who live in America do. This week, a video surfaced of an event that occurred in St. Paul, Minnesota, back in January—and it's as horrifying as anything I've seen and heard in a long time. I've watched it several times because (1) I can't believe ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: Irresponsible Choices
So now we want the first woman president? The latest Gallup poll indicates that 14 percent of the people "moderately disapprove" of Barack Obama's performance as president and 39 percent "strongly disapprove." Since Obama won two presidential elections, chances are that some of those who now "strongly disapprove" of what he ... MOREU.S. Hikes Fee To Renounce Citizenship By 422%
by Robert W. Wood. Government looks to cash in on bonanza. Over the last two years, the U.S. has had a spike in expatriations.
It isn’t exactly Ellis Island in reverse, but it’s more than a dribble.
With global tax reporting and FATCA, the list of the individuals who renounced is up. For 2013, there was a 221% increase, with record numbers of ... MOREVIDEO: One Citizen Crushed By Civil Asset Forfeiture
Policing for profit. More evidence the government is not us.
David Rose: The Myth Of Global Meltown
Al Gore's predicted it would be ICE-FREE by now. The speech by former US Vice-President Al Gore was apocalyptic. ‘The North Polar ice cap is falling off a cliff,’ he said. ‘It could be completely gone in summer in as little as seven years. Seven years from now.’ Those comments came in 2007 as Mr Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for his ... MOREJeff Mizanskey Is Serving Life in Prison for Marijuana
by Aaron Malin. Rapists and murderers come and go, but he's there for the duration. As I prepared to leave home for my interview with Jeff Mizanskey I looked up the address of the prison where he is held. In disbelief, I typed the characters into the GPS on my phone: 8200 No More Victims Road. Jeff Mizanskey is serving a life sentence without ... MORE The Police Violence We Aren’t Talking About
by Zoe Carpenter. Using authority to coerce sexual favors. Police officer Daniel Holtzclaw worked the evening shift, from four in the afternoon until two in the morning, patrolling the northeastern part of Oklahoma City. Between February and June he allegedly sexually assaulted at least seven women while on duty, including a ... MORERobert Klein Engler: A Worthless Sacrifice
The unfortunate education of James Foley. The recent death of reporter James Foley at the hands of ISIS and the past death of American ambassador Chris Stevens have an interesting similarity. Both men were known to be liberals, and some would even say they were educated in a radical liberal tradition. Writing in USA Today, David McKay ... MOREWalter E Williams: Things I Don't Understand
There are things that really puzzle me. Some life insurance companies charge lower premiums if you haven't made a life-shortening lifestyle choice. Being a nonsmoker is one of them. Actuarially, that makes sense because the life expectancy for smokers is at least 10 years shorter than for nonsmokers. Insurance company policies ... MORE"The Police Force Is Watching The People"
by Sheldon Richman. Political philosophy — the libertarian philosophy included — can take you only so far. The libertarian philosophy provides grounds for condemning aggression, that is, the initiation of force, and along with some supplemental considerations, it identifies in the abstract what constitutes aggression, victimhood, and ... MORE
Obama On The Islamic State: Who’s On First?
by Monica Crowley. Obama foreign policy has long resembled the old Abbott and Costello “who’s on first” routine: a dazed and confused mush of leftist ideology and demonstrable weakness. The left hand hasn’t known what the far-left hand has been doing. Or the far-left hand has had to take the left one out to the woodshed for not being ... MORECops Taser To Death Handcuffed Man Laying On Ground
He wasn't getting up fast enough. A 24-year-old man was tasered at least 13 times before he died in police custody, an attorney for the deceased victim has revealed. Gregory Lewis Towns, Jr was killed last April in East Point, Georgia after he was arrested by police who responded to reports of a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. Towns died ... MORE
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