The strategic air support. The media's often called the fourth estate. Where's that come from? In the Middle Ages in Europe the first estate was the nobility, the second estate was the clergy, and the third estate was peasants, everyone else. Together the three estates constituted a feudal "realm." The king existed outside the ... MORE
by Katie Kieffer. Bang! Lee looked up from addressing a package while she
waited in line for service at the post office. Despite a lobby packed
with customers—without notice—a postal worker slammed down the service
window gate and went to lunch, leaving Lee and the other patrons to fend
for themselves. The U.S. Postal Service excels ... MORE
by Simon Davis-Cohen. A legally murky tactic to scrutinize citizens. Checkpoints occupy a unique position in the American justice system. At these roadside stations, where police question drivers in search of the inebriated or “illegal,” anyone can be stopped and questioned, regardless of probable cause, violating the Fourth ... MORE
by John W. Whitehead. “There were relatively few secret police, and most were just processing
the information coming in. I had found a shocking fact. It wasn’t the
secret police who were doing this wide-scale surveillance and hiding on
every street corner. It was the ordinary German people who were
informing on their neighbors.” —Professor ... MORE
A travesty of justice personified. Even we were shocked when we researched our new book, “Obama’s Enforcer: Eric Holder’s Justice Department,” at the extent to which Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has politicized the Justice Department
and put the interests of left-wing ideology and his political party
ahead of the fair and impartial ... MORE
Court says schools can prohibit American flag apparel. A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling could have wide implications that limit free speech rights in schools, according to the lawyer who defended students who wore the American flag to school. More than four years after students were sent home for wearing American flag t-shirts on ... MORE
by Allen R. Sanderson. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, among other city and state officials across the country, have recently proposed raising the minimum wage well beyond the current state-mandated levels of $9 an hour in California and $8.25 in Illinois. And public opinion polls generally show widespread ... MORE
You can fight tyranny. Jury duty. It’s the setup to innumerable punchlines, a civic chore that some people dread and many try to avoid. But jurors hold a special place in society, serving as a final check and balance on government power. Consider the following scenario: An individual is charged with a victimless crime; a behavior our ... MORE
They can agree on control. Democrats often call themselves "pro-choice." Republicans defend "freedom." Unfortunately, neither party really believes in letting individuals do what we want. When Democrats say they are "pro-choice," they are talking about abortion. Some act as if a right to legal abortion is the most important freedom in America. ... MORE
by Tony Newman. The war on drugs is a cruel joke. The U.S. spends more than $50 billion a year on the "war on drugs" with the goal of creating a "drug-free society" -- yet there has never been a "drug-free society" in the history of civilization. Virtually all of us take drugs every single day. Caffeine, sugar, alcohol, marijuana, Prozac, Ritalin, ... MORE
It's time to end the practice of policing for profit. Hey, here’s a great crime-fighting idea: Let’s give local police and prosecutors the authority to seize cash, cars, homes, and other property from private citizens—without a court convicting those citizens of any crime. Without, in fact, even charging those citizens with any crime. Then let ... MORE
Government's heavy-handed employment barriers. Public officials at the federal, state and local levels chatter constantly about employment and job creation. Unfortunately, not enough of them seem concerned about the nonsensical barriers they and their predecessors erect that often stand in the way of budding entrepreneurs ... MORE