Montana Poised To Ban Government License Plate Cameras
by J.D. Tuccille. Cops in Big Sky Country aren't happy about it,
but Montana lawmakers look ready to ban the use of license plate
cameras by government agencies to track motorists' movements.
The legislative move comes after a stream of revelations of local,
state, and federal tracking and databasing of Americans' movements
by car, without cause ... MORECongressman Blasts San Francisco Medical Pot Prosecutions
by David Downs. Calling out the feds. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher blasted San Francisco’s local U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag Sunday, saying she was “breaking the law” in her attempts to seize major Bay Area dispensaries Harborside Health Center and Berkeley Patients Group. The libertarian-leaning Republican from Huntington Beach has ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Creepy, Calculating and Controlling
All of the ways Big Brother is watching you. None of us are perfect. All of us bend the rules occasionally. Even before the age of overcriminalization, when the most upstanding citizen could be counted on to break at least three laws a day without knowing it, most of us have knowingly flouted the law from time to time. Today, however, ... MORESheldon Richman: The Inherently Humble Libertarian
Libertarianism has humility baked in. You would think that the advocates of a philosophy of political
economy that embraces spontaneous social order, bottom-up
rule-making based on peaceful voluntary exchange, and even
competing polycentric law at least at some level would be
safe from the charge of conceit. How conceited can ... MOREJacob Sullum: 'Drugged' Drivers Who Aren't
What if the risk ratio is statistically insignificant? Last year, during a congressional
hearing on the threat posed by stoned drivers, a
representative of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) was asked how many crash fatalities are
caused by marijuana each year. "That's difficult to say," replied
Jeff Michael, NHTSA's ... MOREDemocrats Seek Relief From Obamacare Penalties
by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar. Politicians fear the ugly truth. The official sign-up season for President Barack Obama's health care law may be over, but leading congressional Democrats say millions of Americans facing new tax penalties deserve a second chance. Three senior House members told The Associated Press that they plan to strongly ... MORETammy Bruce: FCC, FEC Look To Ruin The Internet
The left lifts its boot toward the free flow of information. We knew this was coming. Within the last couple of weeks, both the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Election Commission
declared their intention to regulate the Internet. Fascists always
explain their actions as efforts to either make something more
efficient, ... MOREScott Shackford: One Way To Deal With DUI Checkpoints
Police aren’t happy about it. Warren Redlich, back in 2010,
was the Libertarian Party candidate for governor of New York (Nick
Gillespie even highlighted him on the blog here).
Needless to say, he didn’t win. But Redlich is back in the news getting publicity for his method
of dealing with police DUI checkpoints in Florida (where he lives
now) while ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: A Worthless Piece Of Paper
No document can defend itself. President George W. Bush was fond of saying that "9/11 changed everything." He used that one-liner often as a purported moral basis to justify the radical restructuring of federal law and the federal assault on personal liberties over which he presided. He cast aside his oath to preserve, protect and defend the ... MOREJohn Stossel: Spontaneous Order
Most of life happens without a central planner. Yet people think we need one. Suppose you'd never seen a skating rink, and I told you that I want to lay down some ice and charge people money to strap sharp blades on their feet. They will zip around on the ice — young and old, skilled and unskilled. My only rule: Go counter-clockwise. ... MOREWalter E Williams: Fairness And Justice
What you need to know about them. Oxfam reports that the richest 1 percent of people in the world own
48 percent of the world's wealth. Many claim that we should be alarmed
by income inequality because it hampers upward mobility. Others argue
that because income is distributed so unevenly, justice and fairness
require income ... MOREJ.D. Tuccille: Check Out On Your Own Terms
Tragic or self-empowering? Every couple of years, some well-intentioned scribbler pens a
hand-wringer about the national tragedy of suicide among the
elderly. "Suicide
rate for elderly men is alarming," noted Dennis Streets in the
Chatham Journal last month. "Suicide
rates are high among the elderly," cautioned Paula Span in a
2013 New York ... MOREThomas Sowell: Measles, Vaccines And Autism
Vaccines don't cause autism. The current controversy over whether parents should be forced to have their children vaccinated for measles is one of the painful signs of our times. Measles was virtually wiped out in the United States, years ago. Why the resurgence of this disease now? The short answer is that false claims, based on other false claims, ... MORE
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