The money comes out of their hides. We should not accept the statist premise that most government spending helps people. Government spending is not just wasteful or inefficient, but all too often serves to crush the private economy and individual freedom. In the coming days the media will provide a constant stream of purported victims of ... MOREPhil Kerpen: Government Spending Hurts People
The money comes out of their hides. We should not accept the statist premise that most government spending helps people. Government spending is not just wasteful or inefficient, but all too often serves to crush the private economy and individual freedom. In the coming days the media will provide a constant stream of purported victims of ... MOREDan Dagget: Using Gun Violence To Get Elected
Why liberals have no interest in real solutions. The most frustrating aspect of the continuing verbal marathon about guns and gun control is that no one is talking about the real cause of our continuing problem with mass, meaningless murder. That means no one is talking about real solutions that will have real results. Instead, we are ... MORETristan Higgins: Why I Hate The TSA
Ignorance and humiliation "public servant-style." Some days are worse than others. I've talked a lot on my blog
about what I experience as a butch lesbian, specifically how people
interact with me when they see that I don't conform to the gender
identities that they expect. I feel all lined up on the inside -- I am a
woman physically, and I feel like ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: The Bogus Case Against Junk Food
Anti-food nannies launch their latest attack. A recent cover story in The New York Times Magazine
offers a shocking exposé of Big Food. In granular detail it relates
the food conglomerates' "hyper-engineered, savagely marketed,
addiction-creating battle for 'stomach share.'” If you don't have
the time to slog through the nearly 10,000 words, ... MOREKatie Kieffer: Scaring The Ghost Of El Chapo
El Chapo haunts the streets of Chicago. His ghost hoards cash in Los Angeles stash houses. His shadow darkens underground tunnels between Mexico and the U.S. His spirit drives his clan to bloodshed. The world’s most-wanted kingpin may be dead. But the Sinaloa cartel will thrive until America legalizes drugs. Guatemalan authorities are currently ... MOREWalter E Williams: Higher Minimum Wages
A maximum folly. In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama proposed raising the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour. That would be almost a 25 percent increase. Let's look at the president's proposal, but before doing so, let's ask some other economic questions. Are people responsive to changes in price? For example, if the price of ... MORERobert Zurbin: Imposing Misery By Environmental Devotion
Green anti-humanism. On February 11, 2013, the Denver Post ran a guest commentary of great clinical interest. In the piece in question, Colorado State University philosophy professor Philip Cafaro advanced the argument that immigration needs to be sharply cut, because otherwise people from Third World nations will come to the United States and ... MORERichard Berman: Raising Minimum Wage Is Bad Magic Trick
Presto, change-o and workers will be hurt. Apparently America’s employees were better off in 1968 than they are
today. At least, such is the claim of the labor-backed activists and the
AFL-CIO’s
chief economist. By their telling, the minimum wage has lost value — if
it were fairly adjusted since the late 1960s, it would today be set at
$10.58. ... MOREBarry Farber: BHO And His Magic Shield
No failure the media won't ignore. There are bookies in London who will take your bets on who will be the next pope. As long as they’re such sports, will they make book on this: Is there anything President Obama can do or say that will pierce his magic shield and turn American mass media reverence into rage? Obama is the most incredible ... MOREBrad Hamilton: Nanny Bloomberg's War On Free Choice
NYC bans 2-liter bottles of soda with pizza delivery. Take a big gulp, New York: Hizzoner is about to give you a pop. Nanny Bloomberg unleashes his ban on large sodas on March 12 — and there are some nasty surprises lurking for hardworking families. Say goodbye to that 2-liter bottle of Coke with your pizza delivery, pitchers of soft drinks at your ... MOREThe Key Is Not Regulation, But Individual Rights
Michael B. Kitz-Miller on guns. I have been going back and forth regarding the issue of gun control, until recently. In the service, I qualified as expert with numerous weapons, including the M-1, M-14 and M-16 which we field tested, so I have some knowledge of weapons and their use. The assault weapon in question for government control and used at ... MOREJohn White: The Feds Want Your Retirement Accounts
Politicians eyeball new money pot. Quietly, behind the scenes, the groundwork is being laid for federal government confiscation of tax-deferred retirement accounts such as IRAs. Slowly, the cat is being let out of the bag. Last January 18th, in a little noticed interview of Richard Cordray, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ... MOREPush For Minimum Wage Ignores Economic Reality
by Steve Chapman. President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress want to raise the minimum wage to improve the lot of the working poor. But they've got the wrong idea. The problem is not that these workers earn so little; it's that the things they buy cost so much. I propose instead to outlaw high prices. No one, after all, likes paying too much. ... MOREKent McManigal: Following Orders Is NOT Honorable
Don't become a mindless tool. There is no good in following orders. None. To pretend this personality defect is a sign of an "honorable person" is disgusting and dishonest. Any idiot can manage to follow orders. It takes a real human to
evaluate those orders, and decide if they should be followed or ignored.
Or even to decide if the one giving the orders ... MOREG. Donald Allen: Drones And The American Future
Their utilization is evolving as the minutes tick. Drones are a tool of the modern age. They have benefits. They have faults. They have become the equivalents of the secret agents of the past whose role was to observe and thwart as needed. They are a modern technology with which no governmental leader has a real, life-long experience. ... MOREHusna Haq: Why Is Wal-Mart Worried?
Tax increases gouge low-income consumers. Retailers are preparing for a triple whammy as the restoration of the payroll tax, surging gas prices, and stagnant employment and wages take a bite out of consumers’ disposable income, leaving them with less cash to spend on clothing, groceries, and eating out. As a result, more than three ... MORE
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