American health care is in a bureaucratic death grip. A few years ago, my small local hospital asked a Senate staffer if she could assist them in obtaining federal money for a new building. So she did, expediting the process by which that particular corner of northern New Hampshire was deemed to be “under-served” and thus eligible for the fed gravy. ... MOREMark Steyn: The Doctor Won't See You Now
American health care is in a bureaucratic death grip. A few years ago, my small local hospital asked a Senate staffer if she could assist them in obtaining federal money for a new building. So she did, expediting the process by which that particular corner of northern New Hampshire was deemed to be “under-served” and thus eligible for the fed gravy. ... MORE4 Awful Reactions To Sandy Hook School Shooting
by Nick Gillespie. Horrific events such as
the mass shooting at Newtown, Connecticut's Sandy Hook
Elementary School are terrible enough in showcasing the evil that
men do. But they also regularly bring out the worst in observers,
commentators, and pundits who will never let a lack of knowledge or
expertise stand in the way of making grand ... MORECould Guns Really Be Effectively Banned In America?
by Robert Wenzel. In this post, I will not discuss the very strong libertarian philosophical arguments as to why individuals should be allowed to carry guns. Instead, I want to take a look at the practical issue. Suppose Congress passed legislation that banned all guns. Legislation so strong that it required that all guns be turned in. There are 285 million guns in ... MOREBruce Johnson's Bernanke's Cow Bell In The Night
One thing is for certain: Bernanke is committed. But so is a one-trick pony. However, is blind commitment to a theory a virtue or a frailty? The Federal Reserve chairman continues to push the chips out to the center of the table with both hands. He knows that low interest rates create employment. He is certain. Well, pretty certain. ... MORESteve Chapman: Gun Rights Find A New Home
Illinois cannot maintain its fiat ban on concealed-carry. There are certain constants to life in Illinois. Abraham Lincoln has always been revered. The Cubs always find a way to lose. Lake Michigan never goes dry. Letting citizens carrying concealed firearms is out of the question. But one of those is no longer true. Tuesday, a federal appeals court said ... MOREGun Control, People Control And Thought Control
by Daniel Greenfield. The gun control debate, like all debates with the left, is reducible to the question of whether we are individuals who make our own decisions or a great squishy social mass that helplessly responds to stimuli. Do people kill with guns or does the availability of guns kill people? Do bad eating habits kill people or does the ... MOREEd Morrissey: Probable Cause No Longer Required
Government free to rifle through records at will. Remember when government needed something called a warrant or even probable cause to look at your records? Good times, good times.
I’m nostalgic for the halcyon days of, er, February of this year,
before the Attorney General of the United States signed off on an order
allowing the ... MOREOpposing Out-Of-Control Government Spying
by Andrew Napolitano. After President Richard Nixon
was forced from office in 1974, congressional investigators discovered
what they believed was the full extent of his use of the FBI and the CIA
to engage in domestic spying. In that pre-digital era, the spying
consisted of listening to telephone calls, opening mail, and using
undercover agents to ... MORERoss Kaminsky: Death By A Thousand Regulatory Cuts
Prepare for the worst. The public debate over the “fiscal cliff,” the combination of
automatic spending cuts and tax rate increases that our nation is
about to careen into in 2013, started the same way Republicans
always begin following an electoral setback: badly. John Boehner
seemed to be negotiating with himself, and conservative pundit ... MOREVIDEO: How The Constitution Was Destroyed
Judge Napolitano discusses the influence of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
How Much Taxation Would Fund Current Spending?
by Justin Hohn. To best understand this spending aspect of the current budget negotiations in Washington, we must answer one crucial question: how much taxation on the top income-earners would be required to fully fund the present level of government spending? To do so, we must first make the unreasonable assumption that the rich will not respond ... MOREWho Benefits From The Mortgage Interest Deduction?
by Anthony Randazzo & Dean Stansel. The federal income tax code is riddled with loopholes, deductions, and credits designed to promote various social goals and benefit assorted groups of Americans. One of the largest of these is the mortgage interest deduction (MID), which allowed taxpayers to claim benefits of $82.7 billion in ... MOREPhilly Court Strikes Blow Against Asset Forfeiture Regime
by Eric Boehm. A Commonwealth Court ruling is being hailed as a victory for property rights and a small blow against civil asset forfeiture laws, which allow the state to seize private property that may be connected to a crime. In a
decision filed last month, Commonwealth Court Judge Dan
Pellegrini called the state’s civil asset ... MORE
Nullification - An Overview Of Its Many Forms
by Benjamin W. Mankowski Sr. In the nullification movement, there are varying degrees and methods of nullifying certain federal acts. One who has been with the movement a while could forget and hyper focus on one, leaving someone new to the movement to think of nullification as a very narrow spectrum. To eliminate that ... MOREObamaCare's Cruel War On Patient-Centered Healthcare
by Sally Pipes. In just a few weeks, when the calendar flips to 2013, millions of Americans will get their first taste of Obamacare — a $2,500 cap on their flexible spending accounts. That’s down from the previous $5,000 cap — and thus equivalent to a tax hike for any family that had been putting more into their FSAs to cover out-of-pocket healthcare expenses. ... MOREJohn Stossel: Government Gone Bad
A problem that thinks its a solution. Politicians claim they make our lives better by passing laws. But laws rarely improve life. They go wrong. Unintended consequences are inevitable. Most voters don't pay enough attention to notice. They read headlines. They watch the Rose Garden signing ceremonies and hear the pundits declare that ... MORE
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