How do-gooders handicap the poor. Black politicians, civil rights organizations and others who say they are concerned with the welfare of poor black people often support harmful measures. One of the most effective tools for disadvantaged people is to be able to charge a lower price for what they sell and pay a higher price for what they buy. ... MOREWalter E Williams: Self-Enforcing Discrimination
How do-gooders handicap the poor. Black politicians, civil rights organizations and others who say they are concerned with the welfare of poor black people often support harmful measures. One of the most effective tools for disadvantaged people is to be able to charge a lower price for what they sell and pay a higher price for what they buy. ... MOREMatt Agorist: Florida Woman Had To Film Herself Being Raped By A Cop So That Police Would Believe Her Story
Badges don't grant special rights. A man whose job was to help guide people after they’ve been released
from prison, has been arrested himself, after being accused of vile
criminal acts. A parole officer in South Florida was arrested this week for sexually
assaulting a woman on probation. The woman was so scared of violating
her probation ... MOREOff-Target: California GOP Embraces Gun-Grab Program
by Steven Greenhut. With friends like this, who needs enemies? Republican legislators are known for their support of gun rights, yet a letter they sent regarding state Attorney General Kamala Harris last week has a man-bites-dog quality about it. A dozen state GOP senators called for an oversight hearing to examine why Harris has been too ... MORERadley Balko: Absurd Fourth Circuit Ruling Embodies Everything That’s Wrong With SWAT Drug Raids
Some police state bootlickers have robes. Earlier this month, a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an appalling decision in a lawsuit stemming from a fatal 2005 drug raid in Maryland. In fact, the opinion encapsulates everything that’s wrong with sending militarized police barreling into homes to serve ... MORETyranny: An Essential Feature of Socialism
by Doug Reich. I recently heard a television pundit lament the likely outcome of his own prediction that the liberally biased media, after a temporary fit of outrage over the egregious scandals engulfing the Obama administration, will return to its sycophantic posture just in time for the next election cycle. While I agree with this prediction, the more ... MOREMore Executive Overreach, This Time from the EPA
by Ilya Shapiro. Power brokers and their dictates. The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in Michigan v. EPA,
asking whether it was unreasonable for the Environmental Protection
Agency to ignore costs in determining the appropriateness of regulating
mercury emissions from power plants. The EPA’s proposed regulations are
expected ... MOREWhy No Real Change Is Likely: Ron Paul Supporters Bolt Rand Paul Camp In Response To Mainstream Concessions
by Ben Schreckinger. As he pulls together his expected presidential campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sen. Rand Paul is confronted by defections from an unexpected quarter: the die-hard idealists whose energy powered his father’s campaigns. That network of committed supporters was expected to convey to Paul, the natural successor ... MOREMeet Chuck Schumer, The Next Senate Minority Leader
by Nick Gillespie. A partial listing of some of things that the NY political hack has tried to ban. It's long been said that the most dangerous place in Washington is between Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and a TV camera. With news of the resignation of the historically awful Sen. Harry
Reid (D-Nev.), the odds are good that Schumer will now ascend ... MORECalifornia Bill Requires Warrant For Stingray Searches
by Cyrus Farivar. A toothless Fourth Amendment makes it necessary. A California state bill that
would require a warrant to access all kinds of digital data passed its
first hurdle after being approved by the Senate Public Safety Committee
on Tuesday. Among other sweeping new requirements to enhance digital privacy, the
bill notably imposes ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: Amendment By Consent
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? Here is a short pop quiz. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress earlier this month about the parameters of the secret negotiations between the United States and Iran over nuclear weapons and economic sanctions, how did he know what the negotiators were considering? Israel is not a party to ... MOREHouse Effort Would Restore Privacy & Kill The Patriot Act
Pushing back against terrorism's victories. A pair of House lawmakers wants to completely repeal the Patriot Act
and other legal provisions to dramatically rein in American spying. Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday unveiled their Surveillance State Repeal Act, which would overhaul American spying powers ... MORE
Ted Cruz And Rand Paul Team Up To Cut Enviro Funding
by Ben Geman. Two 2016 hopefuls working together. Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are rivals for their party's
White House nomination, but they're finding some common ground in the
Senate's budget fight. On
Wednesday the two 2016 hopefuls jointly filed an amendment to the budget
plan that would cut new budget ... MOREEd Feulner: Breaking The Budget
The pace of unsustainable spending is quickening. Let’s say you were a financial adviser, and a family came to you with the following situation. They make the median family income in the United States — $52,000. But last year they spent $61,000. That’s right, $9,000 more than they’re making, and it all went on the family credit card. ... MORE
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