Totalitarianism with a happy face. Protestors demand "social justice." I hate their chant. If I oppose their cause, then I'm for social "injustice"? Nonsense. The protesters usually want to punish capitalism. "Spread those resources," says Hillary Clinton. Even capitalists often make the mistake of talking about "social justice" as if it's the opposite ... MOREJohn Stossel: Socialist "Justice"
Totalitarianism with a happy face. Protestors demand "social justice." I hate their chant. If I oppose their cause, then I'm for social "injustice"? Nonsense. The protesters usually want to punish capitalism. "Spread those resources," says Hillary Clinton. Even capitalists often make the mistake of talking about "social justice" as if it's the opposite ... MOREMichigan City Makes The Citizens Pay For Police Brutality
The beatings will continue until revenue improves. One time tax hike needed to pay settlement. Think that since you “aren’t breaking any laws,” police brutality doesn’t affect you? Well, that’s certainly not the case in one Michigan city. Instead of violent cops paying for their own wrong-doings, the legal expenses associated with police brutality ... MOREArmed Robbers With Badges: 'They Took Everything'
by Jacob Sullum. Michigan legislators consider forfeiture reform. When the cops raided Ginnifer Hency's home in Smiths Creek, Michigan,
in July, "they took everything," she told state legislators last
Tuesday, including TV sets, ladders, her children's cellphones and
iPads, even her vibrator. They found six ounces of marijuana and
arrested Hency for possession ... MOREDamon Root: 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch In June
High Court to rule on Obamacare, gay marriage and more. The Supreme Court's 2014-2015 term will soon reach its finale. By the
end of June, when the justices depart for their summer break, the Court
is expected to issue a series of blockbuster decisions, including
rulings on gay marriage, death penalty drugs, and Obamacare. Here are
five ... MOREWalter E Williams: Intellectual Dishonesty
White privilege and other nonsense. President Barack Obama's stance, expressed in his 2014 State of the Union address, is that the debate is settled and climate change is a fact. Obama is by no means unique in that view. Former Vice President Al Gore declared that "the science is settled." This "settled science" vision about climate is ... MOREEd Krayewski: The Long War on Guns
A failure called ATF. "In a paramilitary-style operation, government agents invaded the neighborhood of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Tungren," the vignette reads. "A four-block area was sealed off, the neighborhood evacuated, and the Tungren home surrounded. Some of the agents ransacked their home, while others stood over the Tungrens ... MORE
Brian Doherty: L.A.'s Minimum Wage Hike: A Teaching Moment For Those Trying To Help The Underprivileged
Harder to do good for someone if it costs a lot more. A lightly annotated story from today's L.A. Times from the frontline of the politically connected trying to claim special exemptions from L.A's forthcoming minimum wage hike, which highlights not the corruption of the politically connected seeking special favors but the logic ... MOREIntrusive And Inept: TSA Failed To Detect 95% Of Weapons
by Jessica Marmor Shaw. No one enjoys going through screening at the airport, but at least
it’s making us all safer, right? And there was that one time you made it
through with a Swiss Army knife in your backpack, but surely any real
weapons or explosives would be spotted, right? ABC News is reporting
that, in an internal investigation conducted ... MOREWhat Does It Mean To Be “Free”?
How you can increase your freedom. When most people think of the term freedom, they think of it politically, in the context of living in a “free” country, for example. The libertarian conception of it is the most clear and relevant to us here: freedom is the ability to do whatever you want, so long as it doesn’t infringe on anyone else’s right to do ... MOREJURY NULLIFICATION: Jury Sends Message To Cops, Chase After REAL CRIMINALS; Acquits Man On Felony Pot Charges
by Matt Agorist. In an emotional courtroom display Friday, Steven Ficano, 65, embraced his attorney and his wife after the jury read their verdict of “not guilty.” In 2012, Ficano’s house was raided by heroes protecting the citizens of Nevada from the horrors of marijuana plants. For the next three years, Ficano anxiously lived his life thinking that ... MOREOnly One Supreme Court Justice Believes Government Should Not Be Able To Tell Private Business Who To Hire
Kudos to Clarence Thomas. The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday for a Muslim woman who did not get hired after she showed up to a job interview with clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch wearing a black headscarf. The justices said that employers generally have to accommodate job applicants and employees with religious needs ... MORERand Paul, Ron Wyden, & The End Of The 9/11 Terror Fog
by Nick Gillespie. So provisions in The Patriot Act have expired, including some (such as section 215) that won't be renewed when Congress gets around to passing the reform legislation known as The USA Freedom Act. This is good news, even if many of the Patriot Act's controversial elements will become authorized under the replacement bill. ... MOREThomas Sowell: Paying The Price
Imposing kinder, gentler policing. Baltimore is now paying the price for irresponsible words and actions, not only by young thugs in the streets, but also by its mayor and the state prosecutor, both of whom threw the police to the wolves, in order to curry favor with local voters. Now murders in Baltimore in May have been more than double ... MORENew Privacy App Takes A Page From NSA Technology
by Rob Lever. Before the National Security Agency began complaining about being shut out of encrypted devices, it helped develop software for secure communications that could be adapted by the private sector. That technology is hitting the public this month in the form of a smartphone application called Scrambl3 from a California startup which ... MOREThe Federal Reserve: Promises vs Track Record
by Thomas Sowell. Now that the federal government is playing an ever larger role in the economy, a look at Washington’s track record seems to be long overdue. The release of the Federal Reserve Board’s transcripts of its deliberations back in 2007 shows that their economic prophecies were way off. How much faith should we put in their prophecies ... MORE
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