by John Nolte. If you can't beat him, censor him. During the Bush administration, national Democrat leaders threatened to kill the ABC network's broadcast license if a miniseries unfavorable to the Clinton administration wasn't censored to satisfy Democrats. ABC complied. Earlier this year, Democrats started a push for a Constitutional ... MOREDemocrats Launch Effort To Get Rush Limbaugh Off The Air
by John Nolte. If you can't beat him, censor him. During the Bush administration, national Democrat leaders threatened to kill the ABC network's broadcast license if a miniseries unfavorable to the Clinton administration wasn't censored to satisfy Democrats. ABC complied. Earlier this year, Democrats started a push for a Constitutional ... MOREHow Marijuana Tax Revenue Could Top $3 Billion A Year
by Matt Ferner. Money may not grow on trees, but it apparently does grow on marijuana
plants. If all 50 states legalized cannabis today, they'd be
collectively raking in more than $3 billion a year in taxes. That's
according to NerdWallet, a personal finance site, which forecasts a
total $3.1 billion annual windfall for state governments that legalize ... MOREMichael Booth: Crony Capitalism & Progressive Desparation
What happens when you run out of the people's money? If you hang out at the intersection of Politics Avenue and Economics Boulevard, as I frequently do, you've noticed the ugly fusion of welfare state government and major corporations we have come to call "crony capitalism." It was a mystery to me why progressives, who ... MORE
Rethinking ‘No-Knock’ Tactics In Wake Of Cop’s Death
by Jared Keever. The downside of breaking in through a window. The recent announcement that a Texas district attorney will seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting a police officer raiding his home has sparked debate among many as to whether so-called no-knock search warrants, conducted by local SWAT teams, are safe or ... MORE
No Nukes, No Fracking, No GMOs, And No Capitalism
by Ronald Bailey. No brains on display at the People's Climate March. The People's Climate March ambled
genially down 6th Avenue in New York City Sunday afternoon.
The March's slogan was "To Change Everything, We Need Everyone."
Not everyone showed up, but the March did attract between
300,000 and 400,000 participants, making it by far the ... MORE
How A Government Crime-Fighting Tool Was Made Evil
by John Yoder and Brad Cates. John Yoder was director of the Justice Department’s Asset Forfeiture Office from 1983 to 1985. Brad Cates was the director of the office from 1985 to 1989. Last week, The Post published a series
of in-depth articles about the abuses spawned by the law enforcement
practice known as civil asset forfeiture. ... MORERight of Self Defense in Texas Completely Depends on Race
By all means if you're white. In the first stage of what is known as general adaptation syndrome, a recognized natural response among all vertebrates and many other organisms is hyperarousal or acute stress response. In its more recognizable name, the “fight or flight” response is a natural physiological reaction to a perceived harmful event, ... MOREWall Street Journal: Climate Science Is Not Settled
by Steven E. Koonin. But government proceeds as though it is. The idea that "Climate science is settled" runs through today's popular and policy discussions. Unfortunately, that claim is misguided. It has not only distorted our public and policy debates on issues related to energy, greenhouse-gas emissions and the environment. But it also has ... MOREWalter E Williams: Do Statistical Disparities Mean Injustice?
The truth behind the numbers. How many times have we heard laments such as "women are 50 percent of the population but only 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs" and, as the Justice Department recently found, "blacks are 54 percent of the population in Newark, New Jersey, but 85 percent of pedestrian stops and 79 percent of arrests"? ... MOREThe War On Poverty: 50 Years Of Failure
by Robert Rector. This year marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s launch of the War on Poverty. In January 1964, Johnson declared “unconditional war on poverty in America.” Since then, the taxpayers have spent $22 trillion on Johnson’s war. Adjusted for inflation, that’s three times the cost of all military wars since the ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: An Unbearable And Choking Hell
The loss of our freedoms in the wake of 9/11. Ironically, just a short week after the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we find ourselves commemorating the 227th anniversary of the ratification of our Constitution. Yet while there is much to mourn about the loss of our freedoms in the years since 9/11, there has been little to ... MOREEven Creators Want Asset-Forfeiture Racket Shut Down
by Daniel J. Mitchell. Shady law enforcement incentives. If you ask me about the most wasteful department in the federal
government, I’ll state that there are lots of good choices, but if
forced to identify the best candidate for elimination, I’ll go with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. If you ask me about the entitlement ... MORE
Minimum Skills Translate To A Minimum Wage
by Abdul-Hakim Shabazz. Whenever I read an article about fast-food workers demanding $15 an hour I have to double check and make sure I am not getting my news from the Onion or some other satirical website. You’ve seen the headlines as of late. A group of low-skilled, usually low-educated, workers are demanding $15 an hour just ... MOREWash D.C. Voters Strongly Support Marijuana Legalization
by Matt Ferner. Washington, D.C., voters appear to be ready to legalize marijuana, according to a new poll that puts support at 65 percent. The NBC4/Washington Post/Marist poll's finding that district voters support legalization by almost a 2-1 margin “is the highest support ever for a marijuana legalization ballot initiative,” Adam ... MORE
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