by David Davenport. After all the money (a campaign spending record exceeding $2 billion), hard work, negative campaigning and wall-to-wall advertising, Americans have voted to kick the can down the road. They don’t want to take their medicine yet. They want to continue to live in a suspended reality where government can keep growing and spending ... MORE
Taking property based on suspicion, not conviction. Innocent until proven guilty carries a lot of weight if you are accused
of a crime. But it can be a different story when state agencies seize
the property or assets of those suspected of criminal activity. A
procedure known as civil asset forfeiture allows law enforcement
agencies in many states to ... MORE
Politically incorrect speech trumps free speech. The filmmaker behind an anti-Islam YouTube video that was initially blamed for sparking deadly protests in the Muslim world admitted today violating his probation and was sentenced to a year in federal prison. Mark Basseley Youssef, 55, who previously used the name Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, admitted ... MORE
by Harry Bradford. Two states became the first to legalize marijuana for recreational
use Tuesday, but it's not just users that may get a high as a result. Colorado and Washington state voted Tuesday night to legalize marijuana,
sparking celebrations distinct but not mutually exclusive from those
rooting for Barack Obama. But it's not just stoners and ... MORE
by Mathew Carr. Barack Obama may consider introducing
a tax on carbon emissions to help cut the U.S. budget deficit
after winning a second term as president, according to HSBC
Holdings Plc. A tax starting at $20 a metric ton of carbon dioxide
equivalent and rising at about 6 percent a year could raise $154
billion by 2021, Nick Robins, an analyst at the bank in ... MORE
Market looks to future with dread. In October, Wall Street hosted a rich fundraiser at the Hilton New York
for Mitt Romney. Hedge fund, private equity and investment banking big
shots were among the nearly 200 co-chairs of the event that cost $1,000
to attend. Those who shelled out $5,000 got to leave with a photo with
vice-presidential hopeful Paul Ryan, ... MORE
Complex science meet simpleminded politics. The case for climate change, formerly the case for global warming, entails a series of propositions that begin with the unobjectionable and escalate to the absurd: that the climate is changing, that these changes are likely to be dangerous and destructive, that these changes are in the main ... MORE
“Mitt Romney: Not one of us.” That was the slogan of an Obama ad. And, yes, Mitt Romney is not one of
us. Who’s “us”? Whoever we are, or they are, Romney isn’t one of them.
And I’m not either. Fine with me, in a way. I don’t think much of
Obama’s “us.” I’m very sorry that Obama has won again, because I think he’s a bad
president, and I’ve also come to think ... MORE
by Karl Dickey. New York and New Jersey are not much different from Florida when it comes to one aspect of reacting to a hurricane or major storm - price gouging
laws. What is often hailed as a great idea by the masses and
politicians looking for re-election has become another of government's
unintended consequences. And what dire ... MORE
by Charles Hurt. All that for nothing. It was the billion-dollar election that did not decide one single damned thing. Republicans control the House. Democrats control the Senate. And the White House remains in Democratic hands with absolutely no mandate whatsoever. Another four years with no hope of change. In
this environment with this ... MORE
Washington state and Colorado lead the way. Washington State and Colorado made history tonight by becoming the first states in the United States - to approve the legal regulation of marijuana. These
victories likely represent the beginning of the end of marijuana
prohibition in this country and many others as well. Just as the repeal
of alcohol ... MORE 
$56.6 billion in compliance costs imposed since Jan 1. According to conventional progressive wisdom, regulation is the means by
which a compassionate government protects the weak and innocent
from the strong and malevolent. Try telling that to Brad Jones. Jones is one of the owners of Buckingham Slate, a Virginia business a little
over an hour’s drive ... MORE
by Walter Russell Mead. Many businesses anticipate that Obamacare will deal a blow to their
bottom line in the form of fines and penalties. Some are now planning to
evade the law’s fine for uninsured full-time employees by pushing
full-time employees to part-time status. The Wall Street Journal reports: Several restaurants, hotels and retailers ... MORE