by Michael Hurd. Nothing happens in a vacuum. It’s easy enough to call the rioters in Baltimore “thugs;” and it’s entirely true. But when they take the actions they do, they are acting on ideas. Personally, they are acting on their own impulses and emotions. But even their own, thuggish, range-of-the-moment impulses and emotions rest on ideas. ... MOREEntitled To Loot: Why Are There Riots In Baltimore?
by Michael Hurd. Nothing happens in a vacuum. It’s easy enough to call the rioters in Baltimore “thugs;” and it’s entirely true. But when they take the actions they do, they are acting on ideas. Personally, they are acting on their own impulses and emotions. But even their own, thuggish, range-of-the-moment impulses and emotions rest on ideas. ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Turning America Into A Battlefield
A blueprint for locking down the nation. Americans now find themselves struggling to retain some semblance of freedom in the face of police and law enforcement agencies that look and act like the military and have just as little regard for the Fourth Amendment, laws such as the NDAA that allow the military to arrest and indefinitely detain ... MORERadley Balko: If The Government Decides To Destroy Your Property To Fight The Drug War, You're Just Out Of Luck
The drug war means never having to say you’re sorry. A
Houston-based federal judge ruled that the U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration does not owe the owner of a small Texas trucking company
anything, not even the cost of repairing the bullet holes to a
tractor-trailer truck that the agency used without his permission for a
wild ... MORENew DPA Report Finds 'Policing for Profit' Gone Wild
by Jag Davies. Did you know police are allowed to seize and keep your cash, cars, real estate, and any other property -- even if you're never convicted or even charged with a crime? It's called civil asset forfeiture -- and if it sounds like legalized burglary, that's because it is. In cities and small towns across the country -- Baltimore jumps to mind at ... MORE
Donald Bradley: After State Takes Her Child, A Kansas Woman Is At The Center Of National Marijuana Debate
Treat your disease or raise your child. You can't do both. Shona Banda says she had a clear choice: Live in misery or use medical marijuana to ease her Crohn’s disease and risk going to jail. Turned out to be an easy call for the Garden City, Kan., woman. She said her symptoms eased to the point where she could return to work and once again play with ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: The Tyranny Of One Man's Opinion
Having your own kill list. Thomas Cromwell was the principal behind-the-scenes fixer for much of the reign of King Henry VIII. He engineered the interrogations, convictions and executions of many whom Henry needed out of the way, including his two predecessors as fixer and even the king's second wife, Queen Anne. When Cromwell's son, ... MOREWant To Fix Baltimore? End The Drug War
by Christopher Ingraham. No, The Wire does not explain what's happening in Baltimore this week, as my colleague Alyssa Rosenberg wrote yesterday. Still, the show's creator and former Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon knows a lot more about the city than most of us. And in a wide-ranging and riveting interview with The Marshall Project ... MOREPizza Shop Goes Under Thanks To Minimum Wage Hike
by Tina Patel. On Seattle's minimum employment incentives. It may be one of the first casualties of Seattle’s new minimum wage law. The owner of Z Pizza says she’s being forced to close her doors, because she can’t afford the higher labor costs. Devin Jeran was happy to get a raise, when Seattle’s minimum wage went up to $11 an hour at the beginning ... MOREThe Time To Limit NSA Snooping Is Now
by Jacob Sullum. Reauthorizing unamended PATRIOT Act would be reckless. When Congress passed the PATRIOT Act in 2001, it did not intend to
authorize the indiscriminate collection of personal information about
every American. But that is what Congress will be doing if it renews the
law next month without changes aimed at protecting our privacy ... MOREJohn Stossel: What Creates Jobs
Regulation kills options. I took a camera to Times Square this week and asked people, "What creates jobs?" Most had no answer. One said, "stimulus!" What? Government creates jobs? No! I suppose it's natural that people think government creates jobs because politicians always say that. "We've now created more than 10 million," said President ... MOREU.S. Economic Growth Nearly Grinding To A Halt
by Chico Harlan. The U.S. economy ground nearly to a halt in the first three months of the year, according to government data released Wednesday morning, as exports plunged and severe winter weather helped keep consumers indoors. The gross domestic product grew between January and March at an annualized rate of 0.2 percent, ... MORELynch’s Confirmation A Step Backward For Asset Forfeiture
by Mitchell Colbert. Another proponent of government theft at the helm. After nearly three months of debate the Republican-controlled Senate has allowed Loretta Lynch to become the nation’s next Attorney General, replacing Eric Holder. Barack Obama has now appointed both the nation’s first black man and first black woman to serve as ... MORE
Did You Know Police Have Their Own Bill Of Rights?
by Eli Hager. Why the public is still in the dark about Freddie Gray. It has been more than two weeks since Baltimore police dragged Freddie Gray
into the paddy-wagon from which he would emerge, half an hour later,
with a fatal injury to his spine. But as another day ticks by, Gray's
neighbors and fellow citizens remain largely uninformed about ... MOREVA Blocks Injured Vets From Access To Medical Weed
by Lori Denman-Underhill. War veterans of Los Angeles wait patiently to be given the freedom to toke up. A VA policy known as VISN-22 was modernized to let veterans use medical marijuana as well as opioids while getting care, a blessing to vets who suffer pain, post-traumatic stress disorder, anger issues and suicidal tendencies. The policy change ... MORE
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