Jerry Brown and the redevelopment scam. In much of the country, the mere mention of the name, Jerry Brown, signifies the otherworldly nature of California politics. Many people in other states have come up to me and said something to this effect: “You Californians are so weird that, in tough economic times, you re-elected that retread ... MORESteven Greenhut: California's Crony Capitalism Problem
Jerry Brown and the redevelopment scam. In much of the country, the mere mention of the name, Jerry Brown, signifies the otherworldly nature of California politics. Many people in other states have come up to me and said something to this effect: “You Californians are so weird that, in tough economic times, you re-elected that retread ... MOREZorianna Kit: Brad Pitt Blasts US 'War On Drugs'
Actor joins call for policy rethink. Brad Pitt has thrown his weight behind a documentary that blasts America's 40-year war on drugs as a failure, calling policies that imprison huge numbers of drug-users a "charade" in urgent need of a rethink. The Hollywood actor came aboard recently as an
executive producer of filmmaker Eugene Jarecki's ... MORE
SWAT Team Sets Child Ablaze In Mistaken Drug Raid
No-knock cops lob grenade into 12-year-old's bedroom. The child was asleep in her upstairs bedroom when a stranger lobbed an incendiary grenade into her home at about 6:00 a.m. October 9.
Within seconds the 12-year-old girl had suffered first- and
second-degree burns. Her father, who had been awakened by an insistent
pounding on ... MOREEntitlements Have Outpaced Job Growth The Last 4 Years
by Daniel Harper. A new chart provided by the minority side of the Senate Budget Committee details the alarming fact that enrollment in federal social welfare programs like Food Stamps, Medicaid, and Disability have far outpaced job growth over the last four years. In terms of percentage growth, Food Stamp enrollment has jumped 65.2 ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Let Gary Johnson Debate
If you want the right questions asked, that is. President Obama has been a failure. On his watch, the American economy has significantly deteriorated largely because he has stifled free market forces by over-regulating them and because he has laden taxpayers with debt. Those two factors alone -- the federal government increasing the cost of doing ... MOREAmerican Interest: A Voter's Guide To Legalizing Marijuana
Time to triage tax dollars and legalize self-ownership. Current U.S. drug policies have produced mediocre results, at best. Pessimists say that trying to eradicate drug use by making it illegal has failed altogether. Even optimists mostly view the prohibition approach as just holding the line, which is a polite way of saying that we are mired in an ugly ... MORESuzanne Fields: The Immorality Of Feeding Big Bird
Blowing money while hopelessly in debt. For an 8-footer with a lot of yellow feathers and a bird’s brain, Big Bird is a fellow with a lot of friends in medium-high places. President Obama even has commissioned a campaign commercial taking Mitt Romney to task for treating the bird with something less than reverence. The Bird is all he’s talking ... MORE
World's Richest Man Cashes In On Obamaphone Giveaway
Top Obama donor supplies 'Obamaphones' to the poor. A Mexican telecom mogul who holds the title of world's richest man, and
one of President Obama's top donors are both getting even richer from
the U.S. government program that supplies so-called "Obamaphones" to the
poor. Carlos Slim, who has an estimated net worth of $70 ... MOREStella Paul: So This IS What "God Damn America" Looks Like
Jeremiah Wright watches dreams come true. Four years ago, our media overlords assured us that President Empty Chair was really Candidate Empty Pew -- a parishioner who sat for 20 years in Reverend Jeremiah Wright's nutty, hate-mongering church and never heard a single word. "God bless America? No, no, no! God d*mn America!" thundered ... MOREJ Tucker: Regulators Are Destroying Your Home Appliances
Say goodbye to automatic dishwashers that work. Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem, the ebook of the week in the Laissez Faire Club, is a story about a government that hates, fears, and bans technology precisely because it wants to keep the people enslaved in a primitive state of being. Preposterous right? Wrong: this is going on every day right ... MORESteve Baker: Cell Phones And College Tuition
Why do cell phones get cheaper while tuition gets higher? In 1978, my college tuition was about $1,200 per year. In 1985 my first cell phone also cost me $1,200, and its sole function was that it could make phone calls -- at about a buck per minute. (Motorola's first cell phone hit the market at $3,995!) But something interesting happened to ... MOREVIDEO: Why U.S. Health Care Costs More Than Canada's
It is why a Mercedes Benz is more expensive than a Toyota corolla.
Thomas Sowell: Race Cards
A powerful tactic to combat independent thought. If you are sick and tired of seeing politicians and others playing the
race card, or if you are just disgusted with the grossly dishonest way
racial issues in general are portrayed, then you should get a copy of
Ann Coulter's new book, "Mugged." Its subtitle is: "Racial Demagoguery
from the Seventies to Obama." ... MOREGreg Pollowitz: Al Gore No Longer Investing In Green Tech
One loser identifies another. Via The Street. Why does Al Gore hate America’s green-tech industry and love China and Bain Capital? When Al Gore talks, people listen. Just ask the folks who hand out Academy Awards and Nobel Peace Prizes. Al Gore also talks to investors. Since 2007, the former Vice President in Bill Clinton’s administration has been ... MOREShikha Dalmia: Big Labor Is Going For Broke In Michigan
Making unions more powerful than the legislature. We've seen Gov. Scott Walker's battle in Wisconsin and the Chicago Teachers Union strike next door. Now in Michigan comes another Midwestern political showdown that will carry enormous implications for the role of unions in American life. The Michigan Supreme Court recently approved ... MORECop Killing Of Innocent Man Deemed Justified By State
Police go to wrong house, kill man protecting home. WFTV obtained a final report on Tuesday from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement that outlines a fatal deputy-involved shooting that happened in July in Lake County. It comes two months after Andrew Scott was shot and killed when deputies showed up at the wrong apartment ... MOREGovernment's Own Numbers Crunchers See Collapse Ahead
by Ralph R. Reiland. The way the federal government runs things is already bad enough, but it's officially projected to get only worse, much worse, in the years ahead according to the government's own number crunchers. In fiscal year 2011 -- October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011-- the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports that the federal ... MORE
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