Small Restaurants Feel Pinch of Minimum Wage Hike
by Kevin Mooney. Bad news for mom and pop. As far as Rob Pluta is concerned, New Jersey lawmakers who say they want to help restaurant workers by raising the state’s minimum wage for tipped employees have it all wrong. If Trenton wants to help these workers, says Pluta, who owns and operates Leonardo’s II, an Italian eatery in Lawrenceville, it ... MOREAnit-Freedom California Nannies Now Ban Plastic Bags
by Fenit Nirappil. Good news: repeal referendum already planned. Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the nation's first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery and convenience stores, driven to action by pollution in streets and waterways. A national coalition of plastic bag manufacturers immediately said it would seek a voter ... MOREVIDEO: Nanny Of The Month - September 2014
The strained relationship of government and transparency.
John Stossel: It's Better Now
Contrary to what you may see on television. Americans now face beheadings, gang warfare, Ebola, ISIS and a new war in Syria. It's natural to assume that the world has gotten more dangerous. But it hasn't. People believe that crime has gotten worse. But over the past two decades, murder and robbery in the U.S. are down by more than ... MORECop Pulls Car Over for Nonexistent Traffic Violation, Then Tows It To Search For Evidence Of Nonexistent Crime
by Jacob Sullum. Drug war incentives strike Vermont. Last March, according to a
lawsuit filed this month by the ACLU of Vermont, a state
trooper pulled Gregory Zullo over for a nonexistent traffic
infraction, then towed his car away so it could be searched for
evidence of a nonexistent crime. Trooper Lewis Hatch stopped Zullo, a 21-year-old resident ... MORECalifornia Governor Approves Benefits For Illegal Aliens
by Jonah Bennett. Pass Go and collect $200. Thanks to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, millions of dollars of aid
will now be available to California’s illegal immigrants, in order to
help them navigate the complexities of the legal system, the Washington Post reports. Illegal immigrants have been streaming across the the southern U.S. ... MOREPolice Captain: To Avoid Cop Rape, Don't Break Any Laws
by Elizabeth Nolan Brown. In less than two months, three Oklahoma police officers have been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting women while on duty. One of the officers, state trooper Eric Roberts, was accused of raping women he pulled over for traffic violations. In the wake of this, Tulsa news station KJRH interviewed Oklahoma Highway ... MOREJacob Sullum: New Survey Data Deflate Two Drug Scares
The drug war is dependent on deception. Survey data released this month by the
federal government cast doubt on a couple of widely accepted
beliefs about drug use trends: 1) that the nation is in the midst
of an escalating "heroin epidemic" and 2) that loosening marijuana
prohibition encourages teenagers to smoke pot. In the National ... MORERigged Gold Price Distorts Perception of Economic Reality
by Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler. The Federal Reserve and its bullion bank agents (JP Morgan, Scotia, and HSBC) have been using naked short-selling to drive down the price of gold since September 2011. The latest containment effort began in mid-July of this year, after gold had moved higher in price from the beginning of June and ... MOREJaana Woiceshyn: Business As A Moral Endeavor
The ones who make our lives better. When I tell people that I teach business ethics, I am often told that it is an oxymoron because business cannot be moral. That view is common, thanks to the wide acceptance of altruism as a moral code. The view is also mistaken, and we should be concerned because such a view hampers the ability ... MOREThomas Sowell: Random Thoughts On The Passing Scene
Musings of a genius. What a non-judgmental society amounts to is that common decency is optional — which means that decency is likely to become less common. The biggest issue in this fall's election is whether the Obama administration will end when Barack Obama leaves the White House or whether it will continue on, by appointing federal ... MOREA Very Real Introduction To The Growing Police State
by Heather Wilhelm. A few years ago, when my husband and I lived in the Chicago area, we joined a Bible study group through our church. It was a nice, well-mannered, cordial collection of eight couples who met monthly for dinner and discussion. Upon reflection, our approach was a little unorthodox. After about five to 10 minutes of valiant ... MOREChef Emeril Lagasse Says Obama May Drive Him Broke
by Brian Preston. Government needs to kick it down a notch. Famed chef Emeril Lagasse says that it’s becoming all but impossible
to be a successful restaurateur in America today. The government just
gets in the way too much. Lagasse specifically singled out the current president’s policies. “It’s becoming a very challenging industry to become a ... MOREWalter E Williams: Will The West Defend Itself?
The barbarians at the gate. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), sometimes called ISIS or IS, is a Sunni extremist group that follows al-Qaida's anti-West ideology and sees a holy war against the West as a religious duty. With regard to nonbelievers, the Quran commands, "And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from ... MORECynthia Walker: Common Core Is Un-Common & Not Core
Making math hard. I became a math teacher by a circuitous route. My degree is in engineering. I spent five and a half years refurbishing nuclear submarines, and then I quit work to bear, rear, and eventually homeschool our three children. As a homeschool mom, I participated in co-ops, taking turns teaching groups of homeschooled children ... MORE
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