by David Brown. New commissioner Rob Manfred says he would be open to Major League
Baseball considering a new approach to legalized gambling. Echoing
statements that NBA commissioner Adam Silver made recently, Manfred told ESPN's Outside the Lines on Thursday that, "It's important for baseball to give fresh consideration to the ... MORERob Manfred Says MLB Could Support Legalized Gambling
by David Brown. New commissioner Rob Manfred says he would be open to Major League
Baseball considering a new approach to legalized gambling. Echoing
statements that NBA commissioner Adam Silver made recently, Manfred told ESPN's Outside the Lines on Thursday that, "It's important for baseball to give fresh consideration to the ... MOREShearing The Sheep: Democrats Want To Spend Taxpayer Dollars To Study New Ways To Tax People Even More
by Pete Kasperowicz. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) this week introduced legislation that would give states federal grants to study the possibility of imposing a controversial new tax — one that would tax people for every mile they drive in their cars. Blumenauer’s Road Usage Charge Pilot Program Act is the latest effort to move away from a gas ... MOREPaul Craig Roberts: The Police State Is Upon Us
You are in grave danger, and so are your children. Anyone paying attention knows that 9/11 has been used to create a police/warfare state. Years ago, NSA official William Binney warned Americans about the universal spying by the National Security Agency, to little effect. Recently, Edward Snowden proved the all-inclusive NSA spying by ... MOREAfter Whistleblowers Expose Stunning Instances Of Abuse, Florida Prison Officials Crack Down . . . On Whistleblowers
by Mary Ellen Klaus and Julie Brown. The tyranny is always at odds with transparency. Two days after Florida legislators asked a series of probing questions of the top inspector at the Department of Corrections, the agency has banned inspectors from discussing any investigations, releasing any public records relating to agency probes, or even ... MOREMatt Agorist: Shock Video Shows Cops Run Down Man With Cruiser, Severely Beat Him, Charge Him With Assault
Can we all agree these cops are racist? Surveillance cameras reveal the truth. Two Philly cops have been charged with the assault of a man after surveillance footage revealed the officers lied about the incident. The laundry list of charges that Officers Kevin Robinson and Sean McKnight are facing is lengthy: Aggravated Assault, Simple ... MOREHolding Data Hostage: The Perfect Internet Crime?
by Tom Simonite. Every so often someone invents a new way of making money on the Internet that earns wild profits, attracts countless imitators, and reshapes what it means to be online. Unfortunately, such a shift took place last year in the world of online crime, with the establishment of sophisticated malicious software known as ransomware as a ... MORE
Sheldon Richman: America’s James Bond Complex
A license to kill? Today, American politicians of both major parties — conservatives, “moderates,” and so-called liberals alike — insist that the United States is an “exceptional,” even “indispensable” nation. In practice, this means that for the United States alone the rules are different. Particularly in international affairs, it — the ... MOREMatt Agorist: Good Samaritan Saves Woman’s Life After Overpowering The Cop Who Was Trying to Kill Her
Protection from predators just his day job. Louis Mossey was driving down a county highway when the car in front of him unexpectedly swerved off the road and hit a tractor in a John Deer store parking lot. He had no idea what he was about to witness. When Mossey gets out of the vehicle to check on the wellbeing of the occupants in the ... MOREHow Reality TV Is Teaching Us To Accept The Police State
by John W. Whitehead. Americans love their reality TV shows—the drama, the insults, the bullying, the callousness, the damaged relationships delivered through the lens of a surveillance camera—and there’s no shortage of such dehumanizing spectacles to be found on or off screen, whether it’s Cops, Real Housewives or the heavy-handed ... MOREObama's Gift: ‘Amnesty Bonuses’ in Tax Code Mean Illegal Immigrants Will The Receive Earned Income Tax Credit
by Daniel Halper. President Barack Obama has promoted his recent executive action on immigration by arguing that he’s only deferring action – holding off on enforcement of the current immigration laws until an immigration reform he approves of passes Congress. But that's not really true; in fact there’s a way for illegal immigrants immediately to ... MOREFree Market Fills Your Tank; Government Empties It
by Patrick Everson. Surely you’ve heard the cliché, “You’ve got to break a few eggs to make an omelet.” It perfectly explains how many on the left side of the political spectrum can reconcile their latest policy conflict: Obamacare vs. low gas prices. To insure the 10 to 15 percent of the population who didn’t have medical coverage — including ... MOREObama's Student Loan Debt Bailout Will Cost $22 Billion
by Robby Soave. Another swindle for taxpayers. President Obama's student loan debt forgiveness policies will add a whopping $21.8 billion to the national debt, according to figures in the latest budget proposal. And thanks to the magic of government accounting, the shortfall is automatic—Congress can't really do anything about it. With students and ... MORE
Bill Bennett's Confusing Defense of Pot Prohibition
by Jacob Sullum. An old statist looks to defend the status quo. “With marijuana,” declare William J. Bennett and Robert A. White in Going to Pot,
their new prohibitionist screed, “we have inexplicably suspended all
the normal rules of reasoning and knowledge.” You can’t say they didn’t
warn us. The challenge for Bennett, a former drug czar and ... MOREScience 2.0: Educated, White Collar People Disavow Collectivism, Embrace Individualism Over Time
More education leads to individualism. Not a recent phenomenon. The American century was the result of a can-do attitude born in the 19th century. As prosperity began to increase, collectives, such as unions, became the norm, and they were endorsed by many educated elites - but they were still promoting individualism in doing so. That ... MOREBrian Doherty: A Loss for Justice, Liberty, Safety & Peace
The persecution of Silk Road. The operation Ulbricht was found guilty of managing was one guaranteed to save lives, reduce real crime, and preserve liberty. As I
reported earlier today, Ross Ulbricht was found guilty of all
seven counts related to running the Silk Road website. The government baldly asserted—and the judge allowed the grossly ... MORE
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