And What It Means For You and The U.S. Economy
E Spitzer: We Must Defend Even The Ugliest Free Speech
-- Especially when there are riots. At the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly this week, plenty of voices will be heard, including that of the hateful president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and not one of those voices will be censored. Rarely has the value of free speech been so threatened. The arc of the unfortunate story is now well-told: ... MOREIra Stoll: Obama's Fact-Challenged Tax Claim
Where are the “fact-checkers” when you need them? On CBS News’s “60 Minutes” Sunday night, President
Obama said,
“Taxes are lower on families than they've been probably in the last
50 years. So I haven't raised taxes.” As of Monday morning, neither the Washington Post’s
Pinocchio-awarding Fact-Checker,
nor the Annenberg Public Policy ... MORE
Katie Kieffer: Economics Of Peace
Freedom allows wealth; wealth allows freedom. How would a free market entrepreneur approach Afghan foreign policy? After all, our politicians seem incompetent on foreign policy given the soaring suicide rate among active duty U.S. military personnel, increasing insider attacks against NATO troops by our Afghan “allies” and numerous civilian ... MOREWalter E Williams - Understanding Economics
Here's a question: If there's a disaster, a war, a severe drought or
some other calamity that restricts future supplies of a commodity — such
as oil, coffee or corn — what is the intelligent thing for people to do
right away? If you said "use less now and try to produce more," you'd
be absolutely correct. That's not rocket science, but ... MOREStanley Kurtz: California's Dangerous Proposition 31
The revolution will not be publicized. We are two months away from fundamentally transforming the State of
California, and barely anyone knows it. With a five to six point lead
in the latest poll, Proposition 31 has a solid shot at passage. The
measure is meant to bail out California’s failing cities by creating
regional super-governments empowered to raid ... MOREWisconsin Raw Milk Advocates Hope For Jury Nullification
Citizens look for tyranny protection. Supporters of a Wisconsin dairy farmer facing a criminal trial for
selling raw milk hope they can turn up interest in jury nullification
among residents of Sauk County who might be seated to hear his case. As Rick Barrett reports in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a
Washington-based group defending the ... MORE
VIDEO: Heavy-handed Cops Detain Citizens At Gunpoint
Cops pull innocent women and children from their cars for warrantless searches.
Robert Knight: Appeasement Trumps First Amendment
Submitting to mob censure whips up violence. I was driving into Washington the other day when a radio clip of Hillary Rodham Clinton got my attention. The secretary of state was emoting hotly, using terms such as “disgusting” and “reprehensible.” At first, I thought Bill Clinton
might have released a candid memoir, but I soon realized that the ... MORENick Hankoff: NDAA And Its Nullification
Insisting the Constitution be followed. Once the US Constitution is rendered unenforcebale, America becomes a mere wish. A republic of a free people ceases to exist except as delusion. The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, with its billions in wel(war)fare and military kidnapping powers against Americans on their own soil, marks a sign of the ... MORESteve Chapman: Teachers' Strike Shows Need For Choice
An impediment to innovation, efficiencies and standards. On Monday, Sept. 10, the first day the Chicago Teachers Union
was out on strike, 350,000 public-school students—and their
parents—were left high and dry. But for 52,000 other youngsters
enrolled in public schools, it was just another day of learning.
They attend charter schools, of which ... MOREAvik Roy: AARP Made $2.8 Billion Selling Out Seniors
Why the AARP supported MediCare cuts. As you know if you’ve been reading this blog, Obamacare cuts $716 billion from Medicare in order to pay for its expansion of coverage to low-income Americans. It’s one of the reasons why seniors are more opposed to the new health law than any other age group. So why is it that the group that purports to ... MOREGovernment Dependency Rises, Number Of Taxpayers Fall
Rx for disaster: More spending, but fewer paying. The leak of a video featuring former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) has sparked debate about government dependency and the number of people in the United States who do not pay federal income tax. In the video, Romney refers to “47 percent” of Americans and says that they are “dependent ... MOREAbby Simmons: Jury Nullification In Minnesota?
Jury refuses to convict raw milk distributor. A soft-spoken Minnesota farmer was cleared of violating state laws
for distributing raw milk Thursday, a verdict advocates for such foods
called their first major legal victory. After a three-day trial and more than four hours of
deliberation, a Hennepin County jury found Alvin Schlangen ... MOREVIDEO: Robert P. Murphy - Econ Moment QE3
Information is power. This is an important video that all citizens need to watch.
Mark Steyn: Bowing To The Mob
So much for freedom of speech. I see the Obama campaign has redesigned the
American flag, and very attractive it is too. Replacing the 50 stars of a
federal republic is the single “O” logo symbolizing the great gaping
maw of spendaholic centralization. And where the stripes used to be are a
handful of red daubs, eerily mimicking the bloody ... MOREJacob Sullum: Bloomberg's Big Beverage Ban
Paternalistic precedent won't make anyone thinner. Everyone expected that New York City’s Board of Health, all 11
members of which were appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, would
rubber-stamp his proposed 16-ounce cap on servings of
sugar-sweetened soft drinks. But at a meeting in June, several
board members zeroed in on the most ... MOREThomas Sowell - The Fallacy Of Redistribution
It is not complicated. The recently discovered tape on which Barack Obama said back in 1998 that he believes in redistribution is not really news. He said the same thing to Joe the Plumber four years ago. But the surfacing of this tape may serve a useful purpose if it gets people to thinking about what the consequences of redistribution are. ... MOREWarrantless Spying Bill Passes House, Moves To Senate
Legalizing tyranny. The House of Representatives voted to renew the dangerous FISA Amendment Act—which
hands the NSA broad, warrantless surveillance powers over Americans’
international communications—for another five years. Sadly, the House
refused to add any new oversight powers or privacy protections, despite ample evidence the NSA has ... MORE
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