ObamaCare And The Assault On Individual Liberty
by Peter Berkowitz. From the beginning, opponents of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act argued that its arrogation of responsibility to the federal government for administering health insurance, and consequently overseeing one-sixth of the nation’s economy, damaged the public interest and contravened sound ... MOREQuin Hillyer: Kill The Corporate Tax To Help Workers
To increase wages and shrink the tax loopholes. It was a former top Democratic staffer on the House Budget Committee, not some Kemp-Laffer supply-sider, who first convinced me that one of the most dynamic and worthwhile tax reforms, and one of the least costly (to the federal government’s revenues), would be the complete ... MORECivil Forfeiture Powers Expanded In Human Trafficking Bill
Police to profit more from property seizures. Proposed legislation to tighten Pennsylvania’s law against human trafficking would also expand law enforcement’s ability to seize the assets of people simply accused of the crime. Greg Rowe is with the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, which helped write the measure that passed the ... MOREAdvocates Lay Groundwork For Pot Legalization In Mass.
by Joshua Miller. Advocates of marijuana legalization, emboldened by successes with ballot questions in Colorado and Washington state, are laying the groundwork for such a battle in Massachusetts in the next presidential election year. “In 2016, Massachusetts will find itself in the crosshairs for cannabis reform,” said Allen St. Pierre, ... MOREIleana Johnson Paugh: America's Expanding Police State
How free are we anymore? In the increased police state around us and the amplified NSA surveillance everywhere, citizens are feeling more and more like they are guilty until proven innocent. The police in Fairfax County, Virginia, cannot stop many people for speeding since the interstates and highways are constantly partially blocked by ... MOREPot Legalization Hurts Policing For Profit Practices Bigtime
by Zusha Elinson, WSJ. A drug task force in Washington's Snohomish County has historically been funded in part by cash, cars, houses and other assets seized from marijuana purveyors. But with recreational pot becoming legal in the state, this funding is going up in smoke. Snohomish's 22-officer drug-fighting operation, one of ... MORE
Ronald Bailey: The President Is Wrong On Inequality
It is not the "defining challenge of our time." Are the rich getting richer?
Yes. Are the poor getting poorer? No. In fact, over the past 35
years most Americans got richer. Has income inequality increased in
the United States? Yes. Does it matter? Well, President Barack
Obama thinks so. In a December speech at the Center for American ... MOREDetroit Police Chief: Legal Gun Owners Can Deter Crime
by George Hunter. If more citizens were armed, criminals would think twice about attacking them, Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Thursday. Urban police chiefs are typically in favor of gun control or reluctant to discuss the issue, but Craig on Thursday was candid about how he’s changed his mind. “When we look at the good .... MORE
VIDEO: Dumbest New Ban Of 2014
The winner is incandescent light bulbs (the one that casts a warm glow).
David Harsanyi: Opposing Things Without Banning Them
A case for persuasion over force. As a Denver Post columnist from 2004-11, I spent a considerable amount of time writing pieces advocating the legalization of pot. So I was happy when Colorado became one of the first to decriminalize small amounts of "recreational" marijuana. I believe that the war on drugs is a tragically ... MOREEPA Overrides Congress, Gives Town To Indian Tribes
by Michael Bastasch. Have you heard the story of the residents of Riverton, Wyo.? One day they were Wyomingans, the next they were members of the Wind River tribes — after the Environmental Protection Agency declared the town part of the Wind River Indian Reservation, undoing a 1905 law passed by Congress and angering state ... MORE
Total Privacy = Total Destruction Of The State
by Michael Suede. The state cannot exist without invasions of privacy. Without invasions of privacy, taxes could not be imposed. If all transactions and accounting records were private, incomes and revenues could not be verified. Tax evasion could not be prosecuted because no proof of incomes could be obtained. Further, state currencies ... MOREBrian Doherty: Petty Law Enforcement Vs. The Poor
The state against the poor. The New York Times recently noted a new trend in Los
Angeles:
strict enforcement of jaywalking laws downtown, including the
little-known regulation that makes it a crime to enter a crosswalk
after the red crosswalk light is flashing—even if that red light,
as it often does in L.A., is counting down the seconds ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Spying On Congress
Marijuana Legalization In Alaska Gets One Step Closer
by Hunter Stuart. Alaska just got one step closer to fully legalizing marijuana. But ultimately, like in Colorado and Washington, it will be voters who make the final call. Activists in Anchorage delivered a petition with over 45,000
signatures to Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell on Wednesday, organizers
confirmed to The Huffington Post ... MORE
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