We must protect society from suspected pot smokers. A 22-year-old college student has filed an $11 million federal lawsuit against police in central Utah, claiming they forced a catheter in him after he refused to consent to a search for marijuana. Stephan Cook filed the lawsuit against a Sanpete County Sheriff’s deputy; an Ephraim police officer ... MORENothing To Hide? Let Police 'Force Catheterize' You
We must protect society from suspected pot smokers. A 22-year-old college student has filed an $11 million federal lawsuit against police in central Utah, claiming they forced a catheter in him after he refused to consent to a search for marijuana. Stephan Cook filed the lawsuit against a Sanpete County Sheriff’s deputy; an Ephraim police officer ... MOREGovernment Seen To Threaten More Than Protect Rights
Latest Rasmussen poll reveals a perceptive public. More than half of Americans, 51 percent, believe that the federal government is more a threat to their rights than a protector of them, according to the latest Rasmussen poll. Only 34 percent of those polled in the May 29-30 telephone survey see the federal government more as a protector ... MOREJames S Robbins: The Coming American Counterrevolution
A divided nation faces down fundamental change. The partisan divide in the United States may be past the point of no return. It could well be a symptom of greater changes in the American polity that herald the advent of potentially revolutionary change. On Monday, the Pew Research Center issued its annual report on American values, which revealed ... MOREDavid Harsanyi: The Democrats' 'Fairness' Canard
Beating back the woman haters. Only one group of Americans can make this nation a fairer place: trial lawyers. After all, crushing injustice has enveloped the nation. New Yorkers make more money than Iowans. Female lawyers earn more than male fishermen. People who are 6 feet tall -- and I saw this in a semi-scientific study -- earn, on average, about ... MORE
Jacob Sullum: The Devil In Rudy Eugene
Society's readiness to believe in satanic substances. Casting about for a reason why Rudy Eugene gnawed off most of a homeless man's face in an unprovoked attack on Miami's MacArthur Causeway last month, his girlfriend suggested he may have been the victim of a voodoo curse. Or maybe he was drugged, she told The Miami ... MORE
Young & Crews: Washington's 10,000 Commandments
Regulations and red tape should be campaign issue. Deficits, taxes, and spending are the defining issues of the 2012 campaign. Regulation deserves a seat at the table, too. The federal government spent $3.6 trillion in 2011. But according to the Small Business Administration (SBA), the annual cost of complying with federal regulations has exceeded $1 trillion ... MORELarry Downes: Government Control Of Net Always Bad Idea
The misguided ambitions of local regulators. An important law that would protect California consumers from state-level regulation of VoIP and other IP-based services passed the California State Senate late last week on a bipartisan 30-6 vote. The bill, SB 1161, now moves to the State Assembly, which has scheduled hearings for June 11. SB 1161 is ... MOREVIDEO: End the War on George Washington's Favorite Crop
ReasonTV's contribution to Hemp History Week
Sorry Global Warming Alarmists, The Earth Is Cooling
by Peter Ferrara. Climate change itself is already in the process of definitively rebutting climate alarmists who think human use of fossil fuels is causing ultimately catastrophic global warming. That is because natural climate cycles have already turned from warming to cooling, global temperatures have already been declining for more than 10 years ... MOREPhyllis Schlafly: Obama Lunges Toward Global Government
His second term could take us over the cliff. One of the biggest issues in the November election is whether we will continue or stop President Obama's move toward restricting U.S. sovereignty and rushing down the road to global governance. One would think that the obvious failure of the European Union and disdain for the euro would put ... MOREThomas Kaplan: Plan To Limit Marijuana Arrests In NYC
A grain of sanity infiltrates the big apple. The New York Police Department, the mayor and the city’s top prosecutors on Monday endorsed a proposal to decriminalize the open possession of small amounts of marijuana, giving an unexpected lift to an effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to cut down on the number of people arrested ... MOREAustin Hill: The Immorality Of Obamanomics
“I only care about the moral issues." If I’ve heard that phrase once, then I’ve heard it a few hundred times. It’s a common response among social conservatives during campaigns and election cycles. And this year, as Washington compromises our nation’s future with profligate spending and economic turmoil threatens nations abroad, we need to add to that ... MOREVouchers Produce 'Savings' For Local Indiana Schools
from The Star Press. Indiana's much-criticized school voucher program is nearing the conclusion of its first year. With about 4,000 students participating statewide, furor arose over most of those students enrolling in church-based schools at public expense. The issue of giving tax dollars to parents who then choose a school has survived one legal ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: Playing With Words
Misleading political redefinitions. Would anyone work to support themselves or their families — and then turn over a chunk of that hard-earned money to somebody else, just because of the words used by that somebody else? A few people may be taken in by the words of con men, here and there, but the larger tragedy is that millions more are taken in ... MOREWalter E Willliams: Immoral Beyond Redemption
Perhaps we are debating the wrong issue? Benjamin Franklin, statesman and signer of our Declaration of Independence, said: "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." John Adams, another signer, echoed a similar statement: "Our Constitution was made only ... MORECathy Young: Is There Really A War On Women?
Gender-based political correctness is all too common. Dueling charges of misogyny from the left and the right have become a depressingly regular media circus—one that, regardless of the real issues, is mostly about moral posturing and political point-scoring. Worse, both sides are feeding a toxic obsession with women-as-victims and promoting a sexism of ... MORESmoking Ban Turns Personal Freedom To Ashes
from the Auburn Plainsman editorial board. Whenever the issue of a smoking ban comes up, whether it be for a college campus or an entire city, both sides get loud and angry. Auburn's new smoking ban, which doesn’t take affect until the 2012 fall semester, is source of contention for us. We actually agree with both sides of the argument on most of their talking ... MORE
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