Thousands of drones patrolling U.S. skies? Predictions that multitudes of unmanned aircraft could be flying here within a decade are raising the specter of a “surveillance society” in which no home or backyard would be off limits to prying eyes overhead. Law enforcement, oil companies, farmers, real estate agents and many others have ... MOREJoan Lowy: Drones Spark Privacy Fears
Thousands of drones patrolling U.S. skies? Predictions that multitudes of unmanned aircraft could be flying here within a decade are raising the specter of a “surveillance society” in which no home or backyard would be off limits to prying eyes overhead. Law enforcement, oil companies, farmers, real estate agents and many others have ... MOREOle Martin Moen: Did Ayn Rand Eat Babies For Breakfast?
A clear and present danger to leftist ideology. According to Mahatma Gandhi, revolutionaries are first ignored, then laughed at, then attacked—and then they win. Reading George Monbiot’s piece on Ayn Rand, “How AynRand became the new right’s version of Marx” (The Guardian), has made me think that Gandhi could have included an intermediary ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Can Obama Rewrite Federal Law?
Power without limits. Here we go again. Is the Constitution merely a guideline to be consulted by those it purports to regulate, or is it really the supreme law of the land? If it is just a guideline, then it is meaningless, as it only will be followed by those in government when it is not an obstacle to their purposes. If it is the supreme law of the land, what do we ... MORE
130,000 Elderly Brits A Year Killed By Gov't Health Service?
Top doctor says a 'death pathway' is used. NHS doctors are prematurely ending the lives of thousands of elderly hospital patients because they are difficult to manage or to free up beds, a senior consultant claimed yesterday. Professor Patrick Pullicino said doctors had turned the use of a controversial ‘death pathway’ into the equivalent of euthanasia ... MOREEmily Miller: Gun Ownership Up, Crime Down
The inconvenient truth for gun control advocates. Gun-control advocates are noticeably silent when crime rates decline. Their multimillion-dollar lobbying efforts are designed to manufacture mass anxiety that every gun owner is a potential killer. The statistics show otherwise. Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ... MOREAP: Regulations Raising Cost Of Doing Business
Strangled by red tape. Small company owners told the House Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce last week that federal regulations are raising costs and creating more work for them and other owners. The subcommittee, meeting in Rock Hill, S.C. on Thursday, heard testimony from local business owners about the impact of federal ... MORELibertarians Could Vote For Johnson, Elect Obama
by Charles Mahtesian. There hasn’t been a single poll out of Colorado this year that’s shown Mitt Romney ahead of Barack Obama. Tuesday’s Public Policy Polling poll is no exception: Obama leads Romney in a head-to-head matchup by 49 percent to 42 percent. But add libertarian Gary Johnson to the mix and the numbers are slightly different: Obama leads ... MORE
John Stossel: Regulating Political Speech
Congress shall make no laws abridging freedom of speech? It's presidential season, so again pundits are indignant that money is spent on politics. Spent by corporations! And rich people! Because the Supreme Court allowed that, "2012 will be a miserable year," says The Washington Post's E.J. Dionne 2012 may be miserable -- but if it is, it won't be because ... MOREBrian Doherty: Ron Paul's Clone Army
Spawning new candidates in the mold of Dr. No. As the 2012 race for the Republican Party presidential nomination winds down, the last runner-up standing is Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. This time around, Paul has managed to snag about 10 percent of the overall primary vote (as of late April), up from 4 percent total in his 2008 campaign. He is sure to ... MOREThomas Sowell: The Immigration Ploy
A move to help Obama, not the country. President Obama's latest political ploy -- granting new "rights" out of thin air, by Executive Order, to illegal immigrants who claim that they were brought into the country when they were children -- is all too typical of his short-run approach to the country's long-run problems. Whatever the merits or demerits of ... MOREWhy Free Enterprise Is About Morals, Not Materialism
by Arthur Brooks. It's not an easy time to be a free enterprise advocate in America. For years, we thought we had won. After all, almost no self-respecting public figures call themselves socialists anymore. With the advent of the New Democrats, even America's progressive party was on board with free markets and somewhat limited government. The Reagan ... MORE
Bob Dorigo Jones: Silly Labels, Serious Consequences
Frivolous lawsuits increase product dangers. Have you ever shaved while sleeping? Or used a map on a desktop globe to navigate a boat? Perhaps a better question is: Do you really need to be warned against doing either of those things? Chances are, you answered “no” to these questions. Nevertheless, the manufacturer of a 7-inch ... MORERon Paul's Delegates May Have Loud Voice At Convention
by Seema Mehta. Rick Santorum narrowly won January's Iowa caucuses, and future Republican nominee Mitt Romney finished a close second. But when the state's delegates head to the Republican National Convention in August, most of them will be loyal backers of third-place finisher Ron Paul. His haul of delegates from a weekend Iowa convention is part of ... MORE
Katie Kieffer: Read My Lips: Recession
If you’re tracking the economy, start tracking women’s lips. If they’re red, plump and glossy, then you know that the economy is heading into a recession. With the possible exception of Kim Kardashian, who has millions to blow on 72-day marriages, American women are putting off big-ticket investments like weddings, childbirth or ... MORECharles C. W. Cooke: Doublethink On Drones
From free country to glass house. Something peculiar happens to people who cherish their liberty when machines effect its abridgement: They cease caring. In London, where almost 8,000 closed-circuit television cameras spy on the population without rest or interruption, the people appear to be wholly unperturbed. Even an advertising campaign for the ... MOREWalter E. Williams: Racial Double Standards
Double standards now accepted as politically correct. Back in 2009, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said we were "a nation of cowards" on matters of race. Permit me to be brave and run a few assertions by you just to see whether we're on the same page. There should be two standards for civilized conduct: one for whites, ... MORE
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