LA Times: Another Former Cop Calls To Legalize Drugs
Favors legalization to subsidizing underworld. Stephen Downing speaks fondly of his 20 years with the Los Angeles Police Department, saying he misses the camaraderie and the integrity of the people he worked with in a career that took him from street cop to deputy chief. Along the way, as commander of the Bureau of Investigations, he oversaw the ... MOREPeter Ferrara: Obama Is Biggest Spender In World's History
The president is running against reality. The U.S. has never before had a President who thinks so little of the American people that he imagines he can win re-election running on the opposite of reality. But that is the reality of President Obama today. Waving a planted press commentary, Obama recently claimed on the campaign stump, "federal spending ... MOREMichelle Malkin: Who Will Protect The Freedom To Blog?
A concerted threat to a fundamental right. Free speech is under fire. Online thugs are targeting bloggers (mostly conservative, but not all) who have dared to expose a convicted bomber and perjuring vexatious litigant who is now enjoying a comfy life as a liberally subsidized social justice operative. Where do your elected representatives stand on ... MOREKarolina Tagaris: Greek Health System Implodes
Socialized medicine in an economic crisis. Greece's rundown state hospitals are cutting off vital drugs, limiting non-urgent operations and rationing even basic medical materials for exhausted doctors as a combination of economic crisis and political stalemate strangle health funding. With Greece now in its fifth year of deep recession, ... MOREBrett Wolf: U.S. Targets Landlords In Medical Pot War
Property theft is a favorite government ploy. Federal prosecutors are targeting medical marijuana shops in California, seeking forfeiture of the properties in which they do business. The authorities are pressuring landlords to shut down the shops or face possible loss of the real estate through the unconventional and low-key use of a civil statute ... MOREEric Peters: A Double Standard In Speed Enforcement
Who watches the watchmen? If "speeding" -- defined as driving faster than the legally posted maximum velocity -- is necessarily "unsafe," why do cops do so routinely? The answer, of course, is: Because they can. More precisely, they can do so with impunity. Who watches the watchmen, after all? Here is a recent -- and particularly egregious ... MOREDavid Harsanyi: Create Wealth, Not Jobs
Free the private sector. Soon after the president dropped his ill-advised "the private sector is doing fine" gaffe, White House press secretary Jay Carney scolded the media for failing to frame the comment in the proper "context." Which is weird, because the context is the worst part. Yes, government "creates" jobs, often out of thin air. The ... MOREDaily Mail: NY's Soda Jerk Wants To Ban Popcorn Too
Individual liberty to get skinnier in the Big Apple. Health experts in New York want to widen the proposed ban on super-sized soda to include juices, milk shakes and even popcorn, it emerged today. Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to outlaw sugary drinks over 16 ounces (1 pint) in the city's restaurants, delis, food trucks, movie theatres and ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: Squealing Versus Killing
Finding the leaker is relatively unimportant. If you are still listening to those in the political class who are falling over each other to condemn leaks from the government to the media, you'd think the leaks had revealed private information in which the public has no legitimate interest, or perhaps a planned secret government mission to ... MOREGreg McNeal: Rand Paul's Attempt To Rein In Drone Usage
Senator wants a warrant to precede drone searches. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has introduced a bill requiring the government to obtain a warrant prior to using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone). The bill, S.3287, also known as The Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act is a good start for the public debate about how to regulate ... MOREAnti-Obesity Efforts Are Fattening Government
by Julie Gunlock. Left unchecked, 42 percent of American adults will be obese by 2030. That was the headline grabbing conclusion of a 400-plus page report released by the Institute of Medicine (IoM) last month, which also found that two-thirds of adults and one-third of children are already overweight or obese. Yet the federal government has ... MORELisa De Pasquale: The EPA Against America
Opposition to the economic interests of Americans. In 1995, the VENONA project revealed that there were pro-Soviet, anti-American saboteurs and spies who infiltrated the State Department, Treasury, Office of Strategic Services, and the White House during the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations. The project revealed that the infiltration into ... MOREJohn Stossel: Improving Health Care
Denial of reality is no longer an option. Any day now, the U.S. Supreme will rule on whether the Obamacare insurance mandate is constitutional. Seems like a no-brainer to me. How can forcing me to engage in commerce be constitutional? But there's a deeper question: Why should government be involved in medicine at all? Right before ... MORE
Jon N. Hall: What 'Every Economist' Says
Except for the ones that disagree. The expression "every economist" is one of the most widely abused in politics. In various formulations, one hears a lot of this rhetoric. You see, there's no disagreement among economists. Keynesians, Austrians, Marxists, classical economists, Rastafarians, you name it...they all say the same thing. Here are ... MOREChristopher Chantrill: A Pre-Revolutionary Situation
Unsettling rumblings among the peasants. Once upon a time, there was a nation that had trouble paying its bills. The people were restless. So the king called for his advisors, and they advised a little inflation to stimulate trade. A few months passed, and the people were still restless. So the king called for his advisors once again and asked ... MOREDomestic Drones And The Need For New Privacy Laws
by Gene Healy. Last week, in its report on the 2013 Defense Authorization bill, the Senate Armed Services Committee called for allowing drones to operate "freely and routinely" in U.S. airspace. "Large numbers of [UAVs] now deployed overseas may be returned to the United States as the conflict in Afghanistan and operations elsewhere wind down in ... MORE
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