Adam Thierer: Achieving Internet Order Without Law
Heavy-handed regulations are highly overrated. The popular narrative in Internet policy circles these days goes something like this: The early days of the Net were a glorious unregulated nirvana, but eventually governments had to move in and assert more authority over cyberspace or else an unruly “Wild West” would have developed and left us ... MOREHilary Burke: Uruguay Aims To Legalize Marijuana
Officials conclude pot less harmful than black market. Uruguay's government unveiled a proposal to legalize and monitor the marijuana market, arguing that the drug is less harmful than the black market where it is trafficked. President Jose Mujica's leftist government will send a bill to Congress shortly on this as part of a package of measures to fight ... MORE
Rory Cooper: Obama's Fast & Furious Scandal Grows
Keeping the facts away from sunshine. On the night of December 15, 2010, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was shot and killed by an untraceable assault weapon that was deliberately handed to Mexican drug lords by U.S. officials via Operation Fast and Furious. Ever since, the Terry family and Americans across the nation have asked how this could ... MOREWashington Times: A Regulatory Drug Shortage
Cancer patients endangered by FDA bureaucrats. The last thing a sick person wants to hear is that ample supplies of a life-saving medicine have been replaced by a surplus of red tape. That’s precisely what’s happening nationwide, with 82 percent of hospitals reporting shortages so severe that treatment must be put on hold, according to the ... MORE
Patrick Brennan: The Inequality Fetish
Does unequal income cause economic ills? There must be something in the water in Scandinavia: Nobel laureates, from our president to Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz, all agree that high levels of inequality are a serious problem, if not the problem, facing our weak economy. According to this liberal thesis, either the 2008 financial ... MORELiberal Logic Has Become A Contradiction In Terms
Random thoughts on the passing scene by Thomas Sowell. Many people may have voted for Barack Obama in 2008 because of his charisma. But anyone familiar with the disastrous track record of charismatic political leaders around the world in the 20th century should have run for the hills when they encountered a politician with ... MOREFDA Hinders Treatment For Girl With Rare Disease
Government stands between girl and hope. There's a drug available to treat the symptoms of 10-year-old Brooke Foster's life-threatening, rare disease, but it isn't for sale in the United States. Brooke's mom, Kelli Foster, struggled for years to get her daughter's disease, mastocytosis, diagnosed. Now the New Jersey mom is fighting to have a drug that can treat ... MORE14-Year Old With Gun Protects Siblings From Intruder
Criminals demand more gun control in Arizona. A 14-year-old boy shot and nearly killed an intruder who broke into his Phoenix home and pulled a gun on him while he was watching his three younger siblings, police said Saturday. The teen and his siblings, ages 8, 10 and 12, were at home alone when a woman rang the doorbell on Friday. A common ... MOREVIDEO: Afterburner with Bill Whittle: Follow the Ideology
Why President Obama must claim executive privilege over Fast and Furious.
Should We Hire Even More Teachers, Cops And Fireman?
by Nick Gillespie. Though it feels like it was about a thousand years ago, it was only a couple of weeks back that President Barack Obama announced that the private sector was "doing fine" and that it was the public sector that really needed a helping hand getting through this furshlugginer economy. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney bravely critiqued his ... MOREJim Wilson: Is Gun Control Just Another Petty Tyranny?
Where do you draw the line? I’m not a big gun control fan or advocate. I’ve joked on this blog that I live in a state where the second is the only amendment that matters. I think the second amendment is an important one. I think law abiding people should be able to arm themselves, for protection, for hunting, target shooting, and ... MOREDavid Limbaugh: An Arrogant And Lawless Cover-Up
What is it that needs executive privilege protection? Few principles are more important to our constitutional scheme than the separation of powers, which is precisely why President Obama's bogus assertion of executive privilege to thwart Congress' investigation into Fast and Furious is so inexcusable. Executive privilege is an important ... MOREKyle-Anne Shiver: Is This Republic Worth Saving?
We've got the means, but do we have the will? There's been a great deal of talk lately on the likely demise of this Grand Republic of ours. Very wise and scholarly Americans have taken to opining publicly on the dire state of things, all asking the basic question, "Can this Republic be saved"? Some historians have compared our current plight to that ... MORELou Rom: Jury Nullification In The Roger Clemens Verdict?
Perhaps a protest against minutia. The Rocket launched another unbelievable shutout Monday, leaving federal prosecutors holding their bats in disbelief at the end of a costly, drawn-out perjury trial. A day after the verdict, the consensus is that Clemens' acquittal doesn't mean he's innocent, but rather that the jury was unconvinced of his guilt ... MORE
Jonathan Hoenig: The Economic Police State
When the economy is not free, neither are you. Taking a page from the United States, Argentina announced plans last week to stimulate its stagnant economy with no-cost housing loans. The idea is to boost growth by intervening in the supposedly "free" economy. It won't work. Japan's decades of infrastructure spending, government- ... MORE
Brian Phillips: Social Problems And The Solution
Once the core problem is identified, the solution is simple. If we look at any number of social problems, we find numerous similarities. No matter the issue–education, energy, infrastructure, pollution, and much more–Americans look to government to provide the solution. These issues provoke heated political debates, with ... MORE
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