Matthew Feeney on a guaranteed income. The Swiss are set to vote on whether their country should introduce a basic national income of 2,500 Swiss Francs ($2,800) a month for every adult, regardless of their salary or net worth. A date for the vote has yet to be announced. Without the Swiss proposal being attached to drastic welfare reforms ... MORE
The ceaseless hunt for victims and oppressors. The Obama presidency has had very little legislative success. Even the signature Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is imploding, and was dubbed a “train wreck” by one of its own Senatorial authors. The lead-from-behind retrenchment abroad from America’s traditional leadership ... MORE
Pearls of wisdom from a brilliant mind. Many people take pride in defying the conventions of society. Those conventions of society are also known as civilization. Defying them wholesale means going back to barbarism. Barbarians with electronic devices are still barbarians. After the government shutdown crisis, the one thing that ... MORE
Nannied in New Jersey. Drivers could possibly be pulled over for snacking, smoking or putting
on make-up behind the wheel under a bill that has been advanced in the
New Jersey Assembly. The proposed law would fine drivers found to “engage in any activity unrelated to the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that that interferes ... MORE
Gimmicky traps are about money, not safety. Officials in the District of Columbia waited until Friday to bury the announcement that 130 new revenue-enhancement cameras are being deployed on the streets of the nation’s capital. Locals have learned a speed camera lurks hidden behind the “Welcome to Washington” sign, and they’re jamming ... MORE
One way to improve policing. Requiring law enforcement to wear video cameras will protect your constitutional rights and improve policing. This summer, after a civil suit challenged the New York City
Police Department's notorious program of patting down "suspicious"
residents, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the Federal District Court
in ... MORE
Slavery by any other name still stinks. One of the oldest notions in the history of mankind is that some people are to give orders and others are to obey. The powerful elite believe that they have wisdom superior to the masses and that they've been ordained to forcibly impose that wisdom on the rest of us. Their agenda calls for an attack ... MORE
Our poor, hapless, uninformed, clueless president! He campaigned on the promise to fundamentally transform our country into his idealized socialist wonderland, and as soon as his efforts began to bear fruit, he begged us to believe he had no idea how. It's amazing the surprises with which our poor president has been blind-sided ... MORE
Push to make warrantless searches the norm. Massachusetts Democrat Barry Greenfield is pushing for legislation to allow police to enter your home unannounced, without warrant, and take your guns. Greenfield actually believes it is a “problem” that police don’t have the authority to enter peoples’ homes and inspect their firearms ... MORE
Markets will stop what politicians will not. The situation with the Federal Reserve (and other central banks around the world) is not very different than what prevailed in the early 1920s and ended in Germany’s horrendous hyperinflation. The notions that “this time is different” or “it can’t happen here” are naive. It is happening ... MORE
by Ben Wilterdink. There was a strong trend of states cutting taxes this year, with 18 states passing significant tax cuts into law during the 2013 legislative session. With one-third of the United States cutting taxes, it is clear economic growth has become a top priority for states that want to dig out of the dismal economy that followed the ... MORE
Serious data-collection on Americans begins. Surveillance monitors and bracelets; key cards; Smart Cards; Radio Frequency Identification tags, labels, and toll collectors; followed by the newest wave of subdermal implants (ostensibly to keep the kids and Grandma safe). Hidden GPS satellite tracking; concealed webcams; ... MORE