by Brendan O'Neill. It's all about the mandatory salad bar. Many Americans, when they hear the word Scotland, will think of Mel Gibson in blue facepaint
yelling: "FREEDOM!" That's how Scotland is viewed by non-Scots the
world over: as a plucky, liberty-loving nation that sits atop snooty
England and longs to be free and wild and beer-soaked in ... MOREScotland: The Most Nannying of Europe's Nanny States
by Brendan O'Neill. It's all about the mandatory salad bar. Many Americans, when they hear the word Scotland, will think of Mel Gibson in blue facepaint
yelling: "FREEDOM!" That's how Scotland is viewed by non-Scots the
world over: as a plucky, liberty-loving nation that sits atop snooty
England and longs to be free and wild and beer-soaked in ... MORESWAT Team Raids House And Kills Homeowner Because Criminal Who Burglarized The House Told Them To
by Tim Cushing. We've heard complaints that warrant requirements for searches are an obstacle to efficient crime fighting. Here's a timeline of an incident that led to the death of a homeowner during a SWAT team raid in search of drugs it never found. Late Sept. 22nd/early A.M. Sept. 23rd: David and Teresa Hooks' home was burglarized. Among ... MORESpecial Operations Troops Doubt Women Can Do The Job
by Lolita C. Baldor. Expect lower standards to come. Surveys find that men in U.S. special operations forces do not believe women can meet the physical and mental demands of their commando jobs, and they fear the Pentagon will lower standards to integrate women into their elite units, according to interviews and documents. Studies that surveyed ... MOREStop Pretending To Be Offended By Everything
by David Hansanyi. Lena Dunham received plenty of criticism for her insufferable New Yorker piece titled "Dog or Jewish Boyfriend? A Quiz." In it, the creator of Girls
weighs the pros and cons of getting a pet or keeping her Jewish
boyfriend: "He doesn't tip," and "he never brings his wallet anywhere,"
and so on. The jokes may tell us something about ... MOREIn Nevada, Applying Lip Balm While Driving Gets You A Fine
Distracted driving laws are great revenue scheme. A Nevada woman received a $200 ticket after she was pulled over for putting on makeup while she was behind the wheel as part of a statewide crackdown on distracted drivers. So what sort of beauty product was she applying while stopped at a red light? Lip balm. Stephanie Fragoso was ... MORENew Federal Water Heater Regs Are Tough On Consumers
by Julie Watts. Time to go tankless? New federal regulations for water heaters will go into effect in a few weeks. They are designed to make them more efficient but many people are running out to buy the older remaining water heaters. While new ones will provide savings on energy costs, consumers will have to pay much more in upfront ... MORE
Ronald Bailey: What Evidence Would Be Needed To Persuade You That Man-Made Climate Change Is Real?
Evidence does not mandate any particular policy. In 2005, I changed my mind about climate change: I concluded that the balance of the scientific evidence
showed that man-made global warming could likely pose a significant
problem for humanity by the end of this century. My new assessment did
not please a number of my friends, some of ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Jesus Died In A Police State
Challenging power can be dangerous. It is fitting at a time when the nation is grappling with moral questions about how best to execute death row prisoners, whether police should be held responsible for shooting unarmed citizens, and to what extent we allow the government to dictate, monitor and control every aspect of our lives,
that we ... MOREA Lawsuit Pushes To Make Prostitution Legal In California
by Chris Sieroty. When it comes to legal prostitution, Nevada has welcomed brothels in certain counties and in exchange has taxed the industry and demanded strict medical testing for prostitutes to protect both the sex workers and their clients. Even an attempt by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to have lawmakers in Carson City ... MOREMore Citizens Refusing to Answer Questions at Checkpoints
by Philip Hodges. We’re told that we have a right to remain silent. How ironic it is that these days we get arrested for doing just that – remaining silent. These particular checkpoints are run by the Border Patrol, but they’re nowhere near the Mexico-U.S. border. They’re within 100 miles of the border. So, the people they end up stopping and ... MOREDOJ Will Not Prosecute IRS's Lois Lerner For Contempt
by Susan Jones. After all, she took one for the team. President Obama's Justice Department is refusing to prosecute Lois Lerner for contempt of Congress, a decision that "is disappointing and exhibits a disregard for the rule of law," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform ... MOREVIDEO: NY Cop On A Vulgar Power Trip Reveals Why The General Public Is Seeing Law Enforcement As Them, Not Us
Context: The driver had pulled around and gestured that the officer should use his turn signal, casually and non-offensively, and kept driving. What followed was a horrifying glimpse of power going to someone’s head when they are granted a shiny badge and forget who they work for. ... MORE
Daniel J. Mitchell: Liberty, Morality, and Discrimination
Decent people should not obey immoral laws. When describing their view of government and public policy,
libertarians and constitutional conservatives sometimes use a variation
of this phrase: “Not everything that’s illegal is immoral, and not
everything that’s immoral should be illegal.” To put this in tangible terms, consider the fact that ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Indiana And The Constitution
Clarifying the law of the land. The Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2015 is constitutionally infirm and legally troublesome. The circuitous constitutional route that brought about this statute began in 1990 when the Supreme Court ruled that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment may not be used as a defense to violating the ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: Courts Let Cops Get Away With Murder
Government protects itself, because it can. The police can break into your home unlawfully and shoot you dead, and nobody is at fault for that except you. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, once considered one of the most conservative in the country, has moved to the left
in recent years. But if you think that means it is showing a greater ... MORE
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