Melissa Gira Grant: The War On Sex Workers

An unholy alliance of feminists, cops, and conservatives.   On August 30, a 19-year-old woman in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was arrested after a prospective client called 911 on her. He claimed she raised her fee for services after their initial online contact. The cops took her away in handcuffs. There’s nothing particularly unusual about this story,  ... MORE

Emily Miller: The Era Of Big Government Is Renewed

Bigger government is answer to all problems.        President Obama may have used the word “together” seven times in his inauguration speech on the West Front of the Capitol on Monday, but he didn’t mean it. He spoke to unify those who agree with his plan to expand the federal government, not bring Republicans to the   ... MORE

Rand Paul Says GOP Must 'Evolve And Adapt'

by Mackenzie Weinger.    Sen. Rand Paul said on Sunday that he will make a decision on a 2016 presidential run within two years and plans to be a force in the refashioning the Republican Party regardless of whether he seeks the Oval Office. “We will continue to pursue and, you know, try to make that decision over the next two years or so,” the Kentucky  ... MORE

Steve Chapman: The War On Pot Is Not A Safe Bet

Unhealthy policy may go up in smoke.       As recreational drugs go, marijuana is relatively benign. Unlike alcohol, it doesn't stimulate violence or destroy livers. Unlike tobacco, it doesn't cause lung cancer and heart disease. The worst you can say is that it produces intense, unreasoning panic. Not in users, but in critics. Those critics have less influence ... MORE

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Walter E Williams: Experts Aren't Deities

Let's look at experts. Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was a mathematician and scientist. Newton has to be the greatest and most influential scientist who has ever lived. He laid the foundation for classical mechanics, and his genius transformed our understanding of science, particularly in the areas of physics, mathematics and astronomy. What's not widely known  ... MORE

Jon Gillooly: Georgia Rep Files Bill On Jury Nullification

Promoting fully informed juries.    State Rep. Charles Gregory (R-Kennesaw) has filed a bill that would ensure jurors are informed of their rights, including that of jury nullification, a procedure Marietta attorney Tom Cauthorn believes is dangerous. Gregory describes jury nullification in a criminal trial as what happens when a jury effectively nullifies  ... MORE

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Betsi Fores: New Study Refutes Minimum Wage Benefits

Minimum wage creates more, not less, poverty.     A new study concludes that increasing the minimum wage will lead to fewer jobs rather than less poverty. “The disconnect between the empirical evidence and the claims of wage hike advocates continues to grow,” said Michael Saltsman, research director at the Employment Policies Institute, which    ... MORE

Cop Tickets Man For Pointing Out He's In The Wrong

Funny video of a Barney Fife throwing his weight around.     A Venice cop on video makes up a "crime" to ticket a biker for because he made him look like a fool by pointing out he was in the wrong. A crowd gathers and joins in the fun, everyone agreeing the cop is insane. As a result of the man "arguing" with him, the criminal in uniform insists on     ... MORE

Rand Paul's Nullification Proposal Emerges In Gun Debate

By Carl Wicklander.  With a spate of shootings in recent months, there are calls for tighter gun control and President Obama has political capital to spend. Getting much of what he wanted with the fiscal cliff, the president has proposed twenty-three executive orders, a practice he criticized while a U.S. Senator, to address gun policy in the event Congress does not  ... MORE

FOX: 83% Think Government Spending Is Out Of Control

Seventeen percent are in denial.     More than eight in ten American voters (83 percent) think government spending is out of control, according to a Fox News poll released Friday.  That’s up from 78 percent who said so in 2010 and 62 percent in 2009.  Some 11 percent think spending is being managed carefully. The poll also finds almost all voters rate     ... MORE

VIDEO: Milton Friedman - Government's Drive For Power

You Can't Trust Obama On Pot, Why Trust Him With Guns?

By Debra Sanders. My Sunday column tells the story of Matthew Davies, 34, a medical marijuana dispensary owner, who is facing a minimum of seven years in prison because he believed that President Obama would direct his Justice Department not to prosecute people who use or distribute medical marijuana in states where it is legal. Sending  ...  MORE

Baylen Linnekin: The FDA's Pathetic Food Safety Proposal

Costly rules that won't make safer.    Earlier this month the FDA released drafts of two highly anticipated food-safety rules. The agency has billed the proposed regulations as key tools for implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the biggest FDA food-safety update in more than seven decades, which President Obama signed.    ... MORE

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65% See Gun Rights As Protection Against Tyranny

from Rasmussen:       Two-out-of-three Americans recognize that their constitutional right to own a gun was intended to ensure their freedom. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 65 percent of American Adults think the purpose of the Second Amendment is to make sure that people are able to protect     ... MORE

California, Unsaved, Speeds Toward A Wall Of Debt

by Steven Greenhut.     A cursory glance at Governor Jerry Brown’s new budget could make you believe that California’s days of fiscal gloom are over as he champions a balanced budget and newfound “fiscal restraint.” California had been floating in debt. Then Brown persuaded voters in November to increase sales and income taxes.         ... MORE

Andrew Napolitano: Guns And The Government

Government is determined to do something. If you have listened to President Obama and Vice President Biden talk about guns in the past month, you have heard them express a decided commitment to use the powers of the federal government to maintain safety in the United States. You also have heard congressional voices from politicians in   ... MORE

Jerry Bowyer: Republican Cave Worse Than Fiscal Cliff

GOP jellyfish offer no protection for liberty.      The fiscal cliff debacle showed conclusively that the GOP establishment is a completely ineffective guardian of our liberties against President Obama and the Washington ruling class. Forget fantasies about reversing the growth of the state, let alone stopping such growth; Boehner’s boys can’t even  ... MORE

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