Bill O'Reilly: Hating The Rich
My late father was a man of strong opinion. He despised phonies, cowards and liars. He named names -- sometimes in very close proximity to those being singled out. A veteran of World War II, he recognized a weasel when he saw one. But my dad never denigrated rich people in general. We lived in Levittown, N.Y., where everybody had pretty much the ... MOREWashington State To Partially Legalize Home Cooking
by Matthew Yglesias. Details vary from place to place, but the standard legal rule in the United States is that if you want to bake some cookies in your house then you're free to do so. You can also give the cookies you baked to friends, family, and neighbors. You can bring the cookies in to work to share with coworkers. You're also free to exchange the cookies in a wide ... MORE
J D Tuccille: The Terrible Truth About The TSA
It's a failure at everything it does. We don't all all agree on whether the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has any business groping toddlers and destroying expensive medical equipment in the pursuit of its appointed mission of keeping travelers safe from scary terrorists. Quotable security expert Bruce Schneier calls it all pointless and oppressive ... MOREGerri Willis: The Good Government Spending Myth Busted
When politicians spend more, citizens must spend less. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is out trying to promote the administration's free-spending policies. He's pushing back against Republicans who are calling for immediate budget cuts and long-term reform for social security and Medicare. To bolster his campaign for tax increases instead of deeper cuts ... MOREGustin L Reichbach: A Judge's Plea For Medical Marijuana
A law that requires the innocent to suffer. Three and a half years ago, on my 62nd birthday, doctors discovered a mass on my pancreas. It turned out to be Stage 3 pancreatic cancer. I was told I would be dead in four to six months. Today I am in that rare coterie of people who have survived this long with the disease. But I did not foresee that after having dedicated ... MOREWhat Does Ron Paul Have Against Gary Johnson?
by Ben Jacobs. Why won’t Ron Paul back Gary Johnson? On a campaign conference call today, campaign spokesperson Jesse Benton said that Paul would not back Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson under any circumstances. This was the most definitive language used by Benton on a call laced with caveats. Benton said that Paul was “not likely” to ... MORETricia Escobedo: Group Argues Weed Is Safer Than Booze
Ad campaign injects reality into Colorado debate. Colorado advocacy group is spending thousands of dollars to convince people that smoking pot is safer than drinking alcohol. It's an attempt by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol to rally support for a vote in November that would legalize the drug for recreational use. ... MORE
Investors.Com: ALEC And The Left's War On Free Speech
Journalists show their "free speech" colors. If you want an insight into today's left, look at its multifront war against the American Legislative Exchange Council for committing the grave sin of pushing free-market bills in state legislatures. At a recent meeting in Washington, Aniello Alioto of ProgressNow Colorado summed up the left-wing's campaign against ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: Is There A Drone In Your Backyard?
What happened to the right to be left alone? Earlier this week, the federal government announced that the Air Force might be dispatching drones to a backyard near you. The stated purpose of these spies in the sky is to assist local police to find missing persons or kidnap victims, or to chase bad guys. If the drone operator sees you doing anything of interest ... MOREObamaCare Patient-Dumping, Privacy Meddling & Cronyism
by Michelle Malkin. The stench of Chicago cronyism over the White House just got fouler. Inhale this: A shadowy $10 billion Obamacare agency with zero oversight just awarded first lady Michelle Obama’s pet patient-dumping scheme at the University of Chicago Medical Center a $5.9 million taxpayer-funded grant. It will enable Mrs. Obama’s cronies to build a ... MORETed Nugent: The Great California Nightmare
Bankrupt state serves as a warning to the rest of America. I was reminded of that last week when I heard from Sergei Shevchuk, a reader who was flying from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Delta Air Lines. "I was pleasantly surprised when an officer advised me not to take out my laptop and liquids and to keep my shoes and jacket on," he told me. "They said they've been ... MOREWhen Will Obama Evolve On The Drug War?
by Sheldon Richman. Much is made of how President Obama’s position on same-sex marriage has “evolved” to an endorsement of legalization. One hopes his position on the atrocity called the “war on drugs” is evolving. It’s not really a war on drugs. It’s a war on people, most of whom have committed no violence or other aggression against person or ... MOREChristopher Elliot: What Do Really Know About The TSA?
Enough to know they should be defunded? When it comes to the TSA, you may know less than you think. I was reminded of that last week when I heard from Sergei Shevchuk, a reader who was flying from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Delta Air Lines. "I was pleasantly surprised when an officer advised me not to take out my laptop and liquids ... MORE
Julie Stachowiak: Confirmed. Medical Marijuana Helps MS
Could scientists know more than politicians? I'll admit, I found it a little weird to see this all over the news of the multiple sclerosis world. I kind of thought we already pretty much knew that marijuana helped with certain MS symptoms. I guess the big news here is that this was a well-run, rigorous (albeit small) study. In this study, published in the ... MORERobert Costa: The Younger Paul Eyes 2016
Libertarians take heart, Rand Paul rises. As Representative Ron Paul, a 76-year-old Texan, slows down his presidential campaign, libertarians are looking for their next champion. But their search will be short. Over the past two years, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, the candidate’s charismatic son, has established himself as a favorite ... MOREJohn Stossel: Making Life Fair
Do you really want to surrender your fate to politicians? When my wife was a liberal, she complained that libertarian reasoning is coldhearted. Since markets produce winners and losers -- and many losers did nothing wrong -- market competition is cruel. It must seem so. President Obama used the word "fair" in his last State of the Union address ... MORE
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