Use free market competition. Last summer's Ferguson, Missouri, disturbances revealed that while blacks were 67 percent of its population, only three members of its 53-officer police force were black. Some might conclude that such a statistic is evidence of hiring discrimination. That's a possibility, but we might ask what percentage of blacks met ... MOREWalter E Williams: Improving Black Education
Use free market competition. Last summer's Ferguson, Missouri, disturbances revealed that while blacks were 67 percent of its population, only three members of its 53-officer police force were black. Some might conclude that such a statistic is evidence of hiring discrimination. That's a possibility, but we might ask what percentage of blacks met ... MORESheldon Richman: The USA Freedom Act Is Inscrutable Because Politicians Know Power Thrives On Complexity
Just as roaches flourish in the dark. In a democracy citizens prevent the government from abusing them by staying informed and exercising their "rights" under the system. They monitor the politicians’ and bureaucrats’ conduct, and when citizens see what they consider misbehavior, they act to stop it either by communicating ... MOREWalter Olson: Jail For Missed Days at School?
The madness of truancy laws. We've seen it happen again and again: libertarians are derided over some supposedly crazy or esoteric position, years pass, and eventually others start to see why our position made sense. It's happened with asset forfeiture, with occupational licensure, with the Drug War, and soon, perhaps, with ... MOREUK Police Tell Subjects Not to Harm Their Attackers; Rape Alarm Is The Only Fully Legal Defense System Allowed
What happens there's no 2nd Amendment. The latest dispatch from the United Kingdom’s ongoing campaign to
eliminate all forms of armed self-defense seems too incredible to be
true. Unfortunately, after tracking down the origin of a publicly distributed statement
regarding self-defense products on the country’s “Ask the Police”
website, ... MORE
Katherine Mangu-Ward: Why Don't Women Like Rand Paul?
A bad job of marketing liberty to women? Today at The New Republic, Jeet Heer asks why libertarians are mostly dudes,
inspired by Sen. Rand Paul's polling gender gap, which shows the
Kentucky Republitarian pulling 13 percent of the male primary vote and
only 2 percent of females: Why is Paul so unpopular among women? ... MORE
Edward Snowden Is A Patriot And Deserves Freedom
by Jacob Weisberg. What is the responsibility of public servants who believe that the government is abusing its authority? In most cases, US law encourages them to expose wrongdoing. The Whistleblower Protection Act passed in 1989 protects “any disclosure” that an employee reasonably believes indicates the violation of laws or rules, “gross ... MORECalling Bruce Jenner A Woman Is An Insult To Women
by Matt Walsh. It is what it is. The picture is plastered right on the cover of the next Vanity Fair issue, and it shows Bruce dolled up in makeup and hair extensions, posing in a corset, with parts of his face, forehead, and throat shaved off for cosmetic reasons, and his chest enhanced by hormone pills, Photoshop, and silicone. The idea is to make ... MORESenate Formally Begins Process To Repeal Obamacare
Andrew Napolitano: Neither Freedom Nor Safety
Doing away with probable cause for the illusion of security. In their continuous efforts to create the impression that the government is doing something to keep Americans safe, politicians in Washington have misled and lied to the public. They have violated their oaths to uphold the Constitution. They have created a false sense of security. And ... MOREThe Department Of Homeland Security Just Dumped 3,700 Illegal Immigrant ‘Threat Level 1’ Criminals In Our Streets
by Stephen Dinan. Most of the illegal immigrant criminals Homeland Security officials released from custody last year were discretionary, meaning the department could have kept them in detention but chose instead to let them onto the streets as their deportation cases moved through the system, according to new numbers from Congress. ... MOREBarry Farber: Unify America - Speak English
Language is the glue that holds a country together. What was so strange about that delicatessen? Eventually it dawned on me. The place was busy, bustling; lots of customers asking questions; lots of waiters answering them. What was strange, it turns out, was that even though I was in that deli a good while, I hadn’t heard one single word of ... MORELeaked TISA Documents Reveal Another Privacy Threat
by Emma Woolacott. Under the draft provisions of the latest trade deal to be leaked by
Wikileaks, countries could be barred from trying to control where their
citizens’ personal data is held or whether it’s accessible from outside
the country. Wikileaks has released 17 documents
relating to the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), currently ... MORE
Innovation Vs Intervention In Health Care
by Veronique de Rugy. How can we produce better health for more people at a lower cost, year
after year? By lifting all the rules and barriers that prevent health
care innovators from bringing new lifesaving products to consumers and
force doctors to beg bureaucrats and insurance administrators for
permission to save lives. For years, free market ... MOREMontana Man Saves Baby Moose, Calls Park Service For Help; Only To See Agents Come And Kill The Little Fella
by Michael E Miller. For Josh Hohm, Memorial Day began with all of the magic of a Disney movie, featuring a new animal friend and an unexpected adventure. Thanks to some Montana park rangers, however, it ended up a snuff film. Hohm decided to spend the holiday at the West Boulder Campground in the Gallatin National Forest — near ... MORE
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