A crisis created by government regulations. Californians have a love affair with water. It’s used for pools, irrigation, green grasses, and washing cars. Yet, because of the drought the grass is turning brown, cars are staying dirty, and pools might be a thing of the past. American Thinker interviewed people who have some knowledge about this crisis. ... MOREElise Cooper: How Not To Handle A Water Crisis
A crisis created by government regulations. Californians have a love affair with water. It’s used for pools, irrigation, green grasses, and washing cars. Yet, because of the drought the grass is turning brown, cars are staying dirty, and pools might be a thing of the past. American Thinker interviewed people who have some knowledge about this crisis. ... MOREThe Nanny State Sets Its Sights On The Stogie Set
by James Bovard. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is finalizing regulations that could ban the sale of most of the cigars currently available in the United States. The FDA
last year uncorked a 241-page, 70,000 word barrage of proposed
restrictions on the sales and marketing of tobacco products. Some
congressmen are pushing back against the ... MORECalifornia Aims to Regulate Your Dirtiest Fantasies
by Josh Gucket. Big Brother is watching you; he says to stop before you go blind. Following five years of procedural hurdles, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has proposed a set of safety standards outlining how adult film performers and others on set can operate in their jobs more safely. Among 21 pages of proposals,
it emphasizes ... MORESheriff’s Office Stoops To New Low: Claims Infant At Fault For SWAT Team Blowing His Face Apart With A Grenade
by Mike Sawyer. “Merely by being in that room, Bou-Bou had assumed the risk of coming under attack by a SWAT team. By impeding the trajectory of that grenade, rather than fleeing from his crib, Bou-Bou failed to “avoid the consequences” of that attack.” Habersham County Sheriff, Joey Terrell, has allegedly given the most asinine ... MOREGina Tron: Man Threatens Suicide; Police Kill Him
To serve and protect. Justin Way was in bed with a knife. His girlfriend called a non-emergency number to try to get him into a hospital. Minutes later, cops shot him dead. On May 11, Justin Way was drinking and threatening to hurt himself. His father, George Way, said his son was a recovering alcoholic and had been alcohol-free for five weeks. ... MOREKatie Kieffer: Lower The Minimum Wage To $0
Or, how to energize a floundering economy. If you love In-N-Out burgers and care about the workers who flip your burgers, then you should support a minimum wage of $0. Deep down, I know you’re tired of seeing actors jump up and down for TV cameras while waving professional signs that read: “McGreedy! McStingy! McPoverty!” or “McShame. ... MORE'Atlas Shrugged Reimagined By Mickey Mouse'
by Charles Paul Freund. Brad Bird's Tomorrowland is "the most insidiously political blockbuster ever made," writes Barry Hertz at Toronto's Globe and Mail.
Like Ayn Rand, Hertz argues, director Bird "pines for worlds where
incredible people can be free to do incredible things, and to hell with
everyone else." This is a theme that some of Bird's ... MOREJeffrey Lord: Kirsten Powers’ Profile in Courage
A liberal stands up for liberty. This is a book that had to be written — by a liberal. It won’t help Kirsten Powers for a conservative to say this, either. But in writing The Silencing: How the Left Is Killing Free Speech Ms. Powers has done a service to liberals — if they even understand her significant contribution, which is doubtful. She is a profile in ... MORE
Barry Farber: ISIS Vs. 'Climate Change'
Contemplating America's perceived enemies. How much can you blame a liar when his audience is too ignorant to follow his tongue? Oh, how the New York kiddies loved Uncle Don, the deeply beloved children’s radio star! One day, as his show was ending and the happy theme music was playing, Uncle Don reminded his loyal, sweet ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Saving The Fourth
The Patriot Act has a bad pedigree and an evil history. In the fearful days immediately following 9/11, the Department of Justice quickly sent draft legislation to Congress that, if enacted, would have permitted federal agents to violate their oaths to uphold the Constitution by writing their own search warrants. The draft subsequently was revealed ... MOREMatt Agorist: What Do You Say To Your Children When They See A Video of A Police Officer Killing Someone?
Explaining the nature of the state. The video of Walter Scott being shot in the back by North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager was plastered across television screens worldwide. It showed a public servant gunning down a man in cold blood. It was a paradigm-shattering moment for people across the US, especially for America’s youth. ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: One Nation Under Surveillance
The NSA's technotyranny. We now have a fourth branch of government. As I document in my new book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, this fourth branch came into being without any electoral mandate or constitutional referendum, and yet it possesses superpowers, above and beyond those of any other government ... MORESteve Forbes: Income Tax Rate Cuts Work. Always.
The federal government could learn from the states. One of the genius features of our federal system of government is that it allows states to be laboratories for policies, to see what works and what doesn’t. The great welfare reform bill of 1996 came out of the pioneering policies of Wisconsin, which demonstrated that there could be a work ... MOREFarai Chideya: Your Data Is Showing -- Breaches Continue To Wreak Havoc While the Government Plays Catch-Up
Government's incentive is to infiltrate, not protect. When Kansas City, Missouri, real estate appraiser Dave Markus learned he was one of about
80 million people whose personal data was exposed in the Anthem health
insurance breach discovered at the end of January, he immediately signed
up for an identity protection service. But ... MORE
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