by Nick Wing. Former President Jimmy Carter gave a full-throated endorsement of state efforts to legalize marijuana during an appearance at a CNN forum aired on Tuesday. Carter, who as president supported an era of marijuana
decriminalization in the mid-1970s, told CNN's Suzanne Malveaux that he
was "in favor" of states that were taking steps ... MOREJimmy Carter Says Marijuana Should Be Decriminalized
by Nick Wing. Former President Jimmy Carter gave a full-throated endorsement of state efforts to legalize marijuana during an appearance at a CNN forum aired on Tuesday. Carter, who as president supported an era of marijuana
decriminalization in the mid-1970s, told CNN's Suzanne Malveaux that he
was "in favor" of states that were taking steps ... MOREEd Morrissey: You Have The Right To Not Pay Union Dues
Union dues are not an entitlement. The battle between unions and state governments continued this week — just as it has for the last two years — in territory normally considered friendly for labor organizations. In the winter of 2011, Wisconsin forced an end to mandatory union contributions for state employees — and conservatives ... MOREGene Healy: Homeland Security Grants Subsidize Dystopia
The war on terror has come home. "Do I think al Qaeda is going to target Pumpkin Fest? No, but are there fringe groups that want to make a statement? Yes." That's the police chief of Keene, N.H. (pop. 23,000), justifying his decision to buy a BearCat armored personnel carrier with a federal Department of Homeland Security grant. After all, you ... MOREThomas Sowell: Taxing The Poor
How the poor are made to pay. With all the talk about taxing the rich, we hear very little talk
about taxing the poor. Yet the marginal tax rate on someone living in
poverty can sometimes be higher than the marginal tax rate on
millionaires. While it is true that nearly half the households in the country pay
no income tax at all, the ... MOREWalter E Williams: Government-Created Financial Crisis
Suppose you saw a building on fire. Would you seek counsel from the
arsonist who set it ablaze for advice on how to put it out? You say,
"Williams, you'd have to be a lunatic to do that!" But that's precisely
what we've done: turned to the people who created our fiscal crisis to
fix it. I have never read a better account of our doing just that than
in John A. ... MOREWill Congress Rein In Warrantless Spying On Americans?
Congress has a brief chance to pass key reforms. The US government's warrantless surveillance powers largely remain a mystery, even to most of the members of Congress who are set to reauthorize them this week. A small group of senators, however, is planning to introduce a handful of amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ... MORECol. K Allard: Sequestration Spotlights Real Defense Abuses
Billions lost in cozy bureaucratic status quo. A panel of defense-industry executives complained last week to a National Press Club audience about the defense budget cuts known as sequestration. Calling those reductions “irresponsible,” TASC CEO David Langstaff said sequestration would shatter “our ability to execute U.S. national ... MORESheldon Richman: Romanticizing Taxation
The irresistible temptation to spend other people's money. In the debate over avoiding the "fiscal cliff"—especially over whose taxes should and shouldn't be raised—I detect an annoying attempt to romanticize taxation. I read this as an act of desperation on the part of those who want higher taxes on the wealthy, for there is nothing romantic about ... MOREKatie Kieffer: True Drone Lies
Superheroes often live double lives. But so do super-villains. For
four years, the Obama administration has been living a double-life
regarding drones. Publicly, the president and his leadership tell us they are using
drones to protect our borders and promote national security. The
administration dismisses challenges to its drone policies as ... MORE
Michael Barone: Mexican Migration May Be Over
A historical view. Is mass migration from Mexico to the United States a thing of the past? At
least for the moment, it is. Last May, the Pew Hispanic Center, in a
study based on U.S. and Mexican statistics, reported that net migration
from Mexico to this country had fallen to zero from 2005 to 2010. Pew
said 20,000 more people moved to Mexico from the ... MOREDespite New Taxes, California's Revenues Are In Freefall
The rich are voting with their feet. California State Controller John Chiang has announced that total state revenue for the month of November 2012 fell $806.8 million, or 10.8%, below budget. Democrats thought they could hammer “the rich” by convincing voters to pass Proposition 30 to create the highest state income tax in the nation. But it now ... MOREDavid Rosen: The Police Know Where You're Driving
Cameras focused on collecting license plate data. Departments have already begun deploying Orwellian license-plate reading technologies across the country. A building at 55 Broadway, in lower Manhattan, is home to the Lower
Manhattan Security Coordination Center, the locus of the New York Police
Department’s massive intelligence-gathering ... MOREVIDEO: A Cop Reveals How To Manufacture Drug Busts
The drug war is a war on YOU. Lodging in Collinsville (with Michael Reichert)
Becky Akers: Gutsy Granny Stumps The TSA
How to treat the government groppers. A reader who wished me to identify her by name and location until I talked her out of it offered this advice for Women of a Certain Age who must endure aviation’s gulag: …I never go through the back scatter machine -- and in [the airport closest to her home], there are no options, the regular metal detectors ... MORECaroline May: Food Stamp Use Hits Another Record High
Spending has doubled in last four years alone. Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, reached another high in September, according to new data released by the United Stated Department of Agriculture. The most recent data on SNAP participation were released Friday, and showed that ... MOREScott Holleran: The Bum, The Cop And The Facts
The moral of the story. This is about the barefoot Times Square bum bestowed with a pair of
boots on a cold November night by a policeman whose act of charity was
photographed by an Arizona tourist. The bum, it turns out, was seen last
Sunday on the Upper West Side. The new boots, valued at $100, were
nowhere to be seen. The policeman, ... MORE
There Is A Snitch Riding In Your Car With You
Black boxes in cars raise privacy concerns. Many motorists don’t know it, but it’s likely that every time they get behind the wheel, there’s a snitch along for the ride. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday proposed long-delayed regulations requiring auto manufacturers to include event data recorders — better known as “black boxes” — ... MORE
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