Prohibition creating bigger problems than drug use. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has become the latest leader to condemn the now 40-year-old war on drugs. "The war on drugs, while well-intentioned, has been a failure," Christie said Monday during a speech at The Brookings Institution. "We're warehousing addicted people everyday in state prisons in ... MOREAlex Becker: Chris Christie Calls War On Drugs 'A Failure'
Prohibition creating bigger problems than drug use. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has become the latest leader to condemn the now 40-year-old war on drugs. "The war on drugs, while well-intentioned, has been a failure," Christie said Monday during a speech at The Brookings Institution. "We're warehousing addicted people everyday in state prisons in ... MOREThomas Sowell: Jobs Versus Net Jobs
Sometimes a gain in one means a loss in the other. One of the reasons for the popularity of political rhetoric is that everybody can be right, in terms of their own rhetoric, no matter how much the rhetoric of one side contradicts the rhetoric of the other side. President Obama constantly repeats how many millions of jobs have been created ... MOREGeorge Will: Navajos Feeling The Regulatory Heavy Hand
More punishment for Arizona. The federal government is a bull that has found yet another china shop, this time in Arizona. It seems determined to inflict, for angelic motives and progressive goals, economic damage on this state. And economic and social damage on American Indians, who over the years have experienced quite enough of that ... MOREWalter E Williams: Difficult Economic Lessons
Sifting the objective from the subjective. One of the more difficult lessons to teach economics neophytes — and, many times, trained economists — is that economic theory cannot say anything definitive about subjective statements, such as what's better, good, bad or worse. Let's try a few examples to make the point. Cabernet sauvignon wine is ... MOREDavid Catron: The States Can Still Kill ObamaCare
Taking aim at the law's Achilles' heel. Now that conservatives and libertarians are beginning to recover from the injuries they sustained by banging their heads against walls, desks, and other hard objects on June 28, perhaps it's a good time to introduce a ray of hope that might have seemed absurdly Pollyannaish during the dark hours ... MORE
Reminder: TSA Still Asking Women To "Raise Your Skirt"
Thong underwear not recommended for air travel. No, women still haven’t gotten used to this TSA practice. And it’s still offensive, humiliating, degrading, and makes being a woman an unfortunate preexisting condition (thanks, Nancy!). The TSA asked a female passenger at Philadelphia International Airport this morning to raise her ... MOREDon Richmond: Defending Constitutional Principles
No precept may properly be made law if it violates rights. To defend the principles of the Constitution, one must understand what they are. While the Declaration of Independence advocated individual rights, the Constitution was written to form a government that would protect those rights. However, as we know from history, the Constitution ... MORE
Michael Suede: Jury Nullification Becomes Reality in N.H.
Judging the law as well as the facts. For those of you who don’t know much about jury nullification, basically it’s when the jury finds a defendant innocent because of their dislike of the law. For example, a jury might refuse to convict a non-violent drug offender because they disagree with the fundamental premise of drug laws themselves. ... MOREPaul Armentano: Why Marijuana Should Be Legalized
The public is ready for a new approach. It's time for politicians to call for a truce in the so-called war on drugs. According to a 2010 investigation by the Associated Press, lawmakers have spent over $1 trillion dollars enforcing the drug war. Their actions have resulted in a quadrupling of the U.S. prison population since 1980, but little ... MOREJohn Fund: Off The Rails, Over The Cliff
California's train to nowhere: full speed ahead. It’s hard to express how sad it was for me to watch, in person, as the state I grew up in committed fiscal suicide. I went down to the state capitol here on Friday afternoon to watch the state senate approve, by a single vote, a $4.7 billion bond package to build a high-speed-rail system from ... MOREDuncan Holmes: Five Steps To A Police State
Herded down the collectivist path. Step 1. Take away people’s mobility Step 2. Control how much and how far people can travel. Walter Reuther once called the automobile a great invention, because he said it gave people a fifth freedom. (This was referring to Roosevelt’s famous four freedoms.) What he meant was simple. It was called ... MORESarah de Crescenzo: Court Rules Cities Can't Ban Pot Shops
State law preempts municipal bans. Orange County cities fighting to keep out medical marijuana dispensaries may have a tougher time doing so after a Monday ruling affirming the legality of the shops under California law. A three-justice panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that Los Angeles County's ban on medical marijuana is "preempted" by state ... MOREAP: Broke California Spends $62 Billion On High-Speed Rail
They can always get a bailout. California lawmakers gave the green light to start building the nation's first dedicated high-speed rail line, a multibillion dollar project that will eventually link Los Angeles and San Francisco. The move marked major political victories for Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and the Obama administration. Both have promoted ... MOREWashington Times: The U.N. Is Coming For Your Guns
Obama administration is pushing for global arms control. The United Nations is deliberating over a treaty that will place comprehensive limits on the international weapons trade. The language of the draft agreement is so expansive it wouldn’t take an Obama-appointed judge very long to extend the treaty to cover the domestic firearms market ... MOREJohn Stossel: The Education Blob
Government schools are monopolies. Since progressives want government to run health care, let's look at what government management did to K-12 education. While most every other service in life has gotten better and cheaper, American education remains stagnant. Spending has tripled! Why no improvement? Because K-12 education is a virtual ... MOREStephen Dark: Are DUI Checkpoints Constitutional?
About road safety or trawling nets for cops? Tomorrow night, July 6, at 4100 S. State, Unified Police Department and the Utah Highway Patrol will be pulling over cars from 9:30 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. in search of people driving under the influence. But are such checkpoints constitutional? "The big reason for the checkpoint is to protect everybody's safety," ... MOREVIDEO: Walter E Williams - The Wisdom Of Williams
Williams speaks on greed, gun rights, education, social security and more.
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