by Stephen Dinan. The federal government will be flirting with $30 trillion in debt within a decade, the Congressional Budget Office
reported Monday, blaming an aging population, new spending and tax cuts
approved on Capitol Hill, and the growing burden from Obamacare for
erasing the progress Washington had made over the past few years. ... MOREThe Congressional Budget Office Foresees A $30 Trillion Debt As A Result Of Looming Tax Hikes And Obamacare
by Stephen Dinan. The federal government will be flirting with $30 trillion in debt within a decade, the Congressional Budget Office
reported Monday, blaming an aging population, new spending and tax cuts
approved on Capitol Hill, and the growing burden from Obamacare for
erasing the progress Washington had made over the past few years. ... MOREThomas Sowell: Do Emotions Trump Facts?
More hope and change may be coming. Those of us who like to believe that human beings are rational can sometimes have a hard time trying to explain what is going on in politics. It is still a puzzle to me how millions of patriotic Americans could have voted in 2008 for a man who for 20 years — TWENTY YEARS — was a follower of a preacher who ... MOREMike Hume: Should Anything Be ‘Beyond A Joke’?
Intolerant conformism is no laughing matter. Comedy, it seems, is no laughing matter these days, caught up in one controversy after another over the acceptable limits of humor. Last week it was the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that was in the firing line again, accused of racism by everybody from the Queen of Jordan to ... MOREThomas Sowell: The Demand For Villains
Racism is a convenient rationale. The latest tempest in a teapot controversy is over a lack of black nominees for this year's Academy Awards in Hollywood. The assumption seems to be that different groups would be proportionally represented if somebody were not doing somebody else wrong. That assumption carries great weight in far more ... MOREHow Long Could The U.S. Go Without Electricity?
by A. Barton Hinkle. The power is still out, and things are getting scary. The house is so cold you can see your own breath. Some of the food in the refrigerator is good, but there's no way to cook it. The water is still running, barely, but it smells bad and tastes worse. The grocery store is open, but it's only taking cash—which you can't get, because the ... MORE"The Libertarian Case For School Choice"
by Nick Gillespie. Reason is proud to once again be involved with National School Choice Week, which celebrates school choice broadly defined. Over the next week or so, over 16,000 events in every state in the country will champion the growth and variety of programs that bring more options to more students and parents (and teachers, too). ... MOREJury-Nullification Activist Delivers In-Your-Face Defense
by Bob Unruh. A Michigan man charged with felony
obstruction of justice and jury tampering for handing out a leaflet on
jury nullification in front of a courthouse contends the local
prosecutor’s objection to the contents of his material doesn’t make his
actions a crime. Keith Wood, a former pastor, was arrested Nov. 24 on the orders of Mecosta ... MOREDaniel Holtzclaw And The Limits Of “Community Policing”
by Victoria M. Massie. At the sentencing last week of Daniel Holtzclaw — the 29-year-old former Oklahoma City police officer convicted on 18 counts of rape and sexual assault of African-American women in the neighborhood he was assigned to patrol — District Attorney David Prater told the media: “I think people need to realize that this is not a ” ... MOREThe Shoes Are Raining Down In Hillary’s E-Mail Mess
by NY Post Editorial Board. It’s easy to see why some feel numbed by the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal. Damning new “shoes” are dropping . . . well, fast and furious, to cite yet another administration outrage (see below). Fox News, which last week disclosed that messages on Clinton’s private server went beyond even Top Secret classification, ... MOREWalter E Williams: Education Insanity
The problem is not money. Some credit Albert Einstein, others credit Benjamin Franklin, with the observation that "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing year after year and expecting different results." Whomever we credit, he was absolutely right. A perfect example of that insanity is education in general and particularly black ... MOREPentagon Holds Gala Celebrating 25 Years Of Bombing Iraq
cut from the Onion. Bringing together the many civilian leaders and military strategists who helped them reach such a historic milestone, Pentagon officials held a lavish black-tie gala Sunday at which, sources said, they commemorated 25 years of the United States bombing Iraq. Hundreds of active-duty and retired military officers, high- ... MORETaxpayers And Property Rights Win In Rams Move To LA
by Raymond J Nhan. Eminent domain and public funded statia. Recent news of the Los Angeles Rams is a win-win-win for the NFL and
taxpayers in Los Angeles and St. Louis. Though citizens of the Gateway
City may feel differently right now, they just avoided a massive waste
of taxpayer funds and a series of eminent domain abuses. And the ... MOREOakland’s Minimum Wage Is Up, Wal-Mart Is Out
by Leah Jessen. How that workin' out for ya? A minimum wage of $12.55 an hour in Oakland, Calif., may be the culprit for a Wal-Mart store’s closure. Last Friday, Wal-Mart announced it will close 269 stores globally—including 154 locations in the United States—impacting about 10,000 associates here at home. “The minimum wage in the city of ... MOREFlint Lead Poisoning: The Anatomy Of Government Failure
by Shikha Dalmia. In the simple morality tale that is modern mainstream liberalism, government spending leads to good things and cutting government spending leads to bad things. So when news broke that
Flint, Michigan’s, water system was laced with lead and may have
poisoned up to 2 percent
of city residents, including 23 children, they ... MORE
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