Rationality in politics is a formidable long shot. Painful as it is to realize that both the Democrats and the Republicans will still be holding their primaries a year from now, that is one of the high prices we pay for democracy. Seldom does the initial "front-runner" in either party's primaries end up being the actual candidate when election ... MOREThomas Sowell: Chaos In The Primaries
Rationality in politics is a formidable long shot. Painful as it is to realize that both the Democrats and the Republicans will still be holding their primaries a year from now, that is one of the high prices we pay for democracy. Seldom does the initial "front-runner" in either party's primaries end up being the actual candidate when election ... MOREDamon Root: How Libertarians Are Changing Conservative Views on Economic Liberty And The Constitution
A long overdue return to the Founder's vision. This month marks the 110th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Lochner v. New York,
in which the Court struck down an economic regulation on the grounds
that it violated the 14th Amendment right to liberty of contract. In the
early decades of the 20th century, Lochner ... MOREMichael Grable: The California Drought & The Free Market
Free markets free people. Controlled markets control people. A long story in The Desert Sun (a Palm Springs daily) recently manufactured a lake out of a puddle in California's perennial water problems. Maybe it's just Governor Moonbeam's gang feeding propaganda to the fourth estate, but it's a good example of how government regulation and media ... MOREThousands Dead From Police Shootings, Few Prosecuted
from the Washington Post. On a rainy night five
years ago, Officer Coleman “Duke” Brackney set off in pursuit of a
suspected drunk driver, chasing his black Mazda Miata down rural
Arkansas roads at speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour. When the sports
car finally came to rest in a ditch, Brackney opened fire at the rear
window and repeatedly ... MOREStephen Moore: Greens Against The Poor
How the climate change agenda hurts the poor. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton,
Elizabeth Warren and the whole gang of Democratic leaders claim that
one of their highest priorities is to lift up the middle class and
reduce the income gap between rich and poor. That goal collides
with what they admit is their very highest priority: stopping ... MOREState Seizes 11-year-old, Arrests His Mother After He Defends Medical Marijuana During A School Presentation
by Radley Balko. From the website run by investigative journalist Ben Swann: On March 24, cannabis oil activist Shona Banda‘s
life was flipped upside-down after her son was taken from her by the
State of Kansas. The ordeal started when police and counselors at her
11-year-old son’s school conducted a drug education class. Her son, who
had previously ... MOREWalter E Williams: Some Thoughts And Questions
What's the true test of one's commitment to free speech? It does not come when he permits people to be free to say or publish ideas with which he agrees. Not by a long shot. The true test of one's commitment to free speech comes when he permits others to say and publish ideas he deems offensive. In March, a video surfaced of ... MORE
Jesse Walker: How About A Religious Nanny For President?
Mike Huckabee is your guy. Mike Huckabee didn't confirm tonight that he's running for president, but he told us when he'd let us know. Interviewed by Fox News' Bret Baier, the Republican said he'd make a formal announcement in Hope, Arkansas, on May 5. Huckabee, who served as governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, last
ran for president ... MORESheldon Richman: Lessons For The Liberty Movement
Patience and empathy are key in presenting concept. It goes without saying—I hope—that we libertarians should be patient and empathetic when we talk political economy with non-libertarians. Patience and empathy are generally virtues, of course, but libertarians have an additional reason to practice them in their political lives: they ... MORECopyrights & Patents Have Become A Religion
by Tim Cushing. If you've read Techdirt for any length of time, you'll have noticed that intellectual property laws have been decoupled from logic
for several years now. Because the entities heavily-reliant on IP
protections (and who mostly serve as gatekeepers and middlemen, rather
than perform any creative work of their own) have trouble ... MOREHow To Break The Internet
by Geoffrey A. Manne & R. Ben Sperry. "Net neutrality" sounds like a good idea. It isn't. As political slogans go, the phrase net neutrality has been enormously effective, riling up the chattering classes and forcing a sea change in the government's decades-old hands-off approach to regulating the Internet. But as an organizing principle for the ... MORENY Times Gets Confused About Minimum Wage Again
by Tim Worstall. The editorial page has been dumbed down. There was a glorious time, when America was young again, that the New
York Times actually had the right idea about the minimum wage. The rate
should be zero of course. No, really, here’s their headline: "The Right Minimum Wage: $0.00." That’s not an Op/Ed, that’s an editorial. ... MOREEx-Drug Cop Says He Stole Cash, Planted Drugs Many Times
by MaryClaire Dale, AP. A disgraced ex-police officer testifying against his drug squad colleagues acknowledged Tuesday that he stole drug money, planted evidence and lied on police paperwork too many times to count. Jeffrey Walker told jurors that the Philadelphia Police Department drug squad targeted white "college-boy ... khaki-pants types" ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: No Matter Who Wins The White House, The New Boss Will Be The Same As The Old Boss
Liberty is an individual, not a political, choice. The American people remain eager to be persuaded that a new president in the White House can solve the problems that plague us. Yet no matter who wins this next presidential election, you can rest assured that the new boss will be the same as the old boss, and we—the permanent underclass in ... MORE
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