ACLU Says Reid Gun Bill Could Threaten Civil Liberties
by Vince Coglianese. As Senate Democrats struggle to build support for new gun control legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union now says it’s among those who have “serious concerns” about the bill. Those concerns have the capacity to prove a major setback to Sen. Harry Reid’s current gun bill, which includes language from earlier bills introduced by ... MOREConor Friedersdorf: Drug War More Immoral Than Drug Use
The case for liberty as a moral imperative. In the Washington Post, Peter Wehner advises
the Republican Party to reassert itself as the anti-drug-legalization
party. "One of the main deterrents to drug use is because it is illegal.
If drugs become legal, their price will go down and use will go up," he
writes. "And marijuana is far more potent than in ... MORE Jonah Goldberg: Is Disability The New Welfare?
Greater numbers of Americans seek benefits. The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an “incapacity benefit” — through a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms — to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too disabled to work. A third of recipients ... MORETerence P. Jeffrey: Stockton Was Murdered
It was an inside job. Were a rational person given the assignment to search this planet to find the best place for human beings to live and build wealth, he might well settle on San Joaquin County, Calif. That is where Americans built a city called Stockton — the municipality a federal bankruptcy judge just declared dead. How did Stockton die? ... MOREJohn Stossel - Green Tyranny
Green intentions, black results. Environmental activists and politicians would like you to think that we must love their regulations -- or hate trees and animals. I love trees and animals. But you can love nature and still hate the tyranny that environmental regulations bring. The Environmental Protection Agency just announced it ... MOREShikha Dalmia: How ObamaCare Is Like The Iraq War
America needs an exit strategy for health care law. Not even the most ardent defenders of Obamacare—aka the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—claim anymore that the law will lower health coverage costs for Americans. How, then, will it achieve universal coverage, its central goal? The short answer is, it won't. ... MOREDHS Explains Plans To Buy 1.6 Billion Rounds Of Ammo
It is all about saving taxpayer money. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has responded to a letter dated November 13, 2012 from Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) regarding the agency's ammunition purchases. Sen. Coburn published the response on the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ... MOREJohnny Green: Juries Can Nullify Charges If Found Unjust
Judging the law as well as the facts. Although its usage is increasing in the American legal system, far too few people know about, and understand one of the biggest weapons we have in our civil-rights arsenal; jury nullification. Jury nullification is a practice that dates back to before our nation was formed, and is the act of a jury acquitting someone ... MOREThomas Sowell: Guns Save Lives
An inconvenient truth for the left. We all know that guns can cost lives because the media repeat this
message endlessly, as if we could not figure it out for ourselves. But
even someone who reads newspapers regularly and watches numerous
television newscasts may never learn that guns also save lives— much
less see any hard facts comparing how ... MOREPaul Bedard: Support For Government Spending Plummets
Perhaps we are realizing it comes out of our hide? Facing an unsteady economy, the public has turned on federal spending for health care, job creation, environmental protection and even veterans' benefits, according to a new poll provided to Secrets. In its latest Obamacare poll, Public Opinion Strategies
found that Americans aren't just down ... MOREWalter E Williams: Minority Student Needs
The bitter results of sweet intentions. Professor Craig Frisby is on the faculty of University of Missouri's
Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology. His most
recent book is "Meeting the Psychoeducational Needs of Minority
Students." It's a 662-page textbook covering a range of topics from
multiculturalism and home and ... MOREU.K. Considers Cutting Minimum Wage To Boost Jobs
by Kitty Donaldson. The U.K. government is considering cutting or freezing the national minimum wage if it’s shown to be damaging the labor market, Prime Minister David Cameron’s spokesman said. The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported today that the Business Department has changed the remit of the Low Pay Commission, which sets the ... MORERich Lowry: The New Climate Deniers
Climate change has become an obsession for some. There are few things sadder than the “climate denier.” He ignores the data and neglects the latest science. His rhetoric and policy proposals are dangerously disconnected from reality. He can’t recalibrate to take account of the latest evidence because, well, he’s a denier. The new climate deniers ... MOREGay Marriage Polls Foretell Marijuana Legalization
by Hunter Walker. With the Supreme Court now at least considering a definitive statement in favor of gay marriage and support for marriage equality now practically a litmus test issue for Democratic politicians, Americans across the political spectrum are expressing surprise at how rapidly this once marginalized idea became something like a ... MORE
William Perry Pendley: A Lawman's License To Steal
Your public servants at work. Eight years ago, on a sunny and clear, but windy and cold day, near Garryowen on the vast prairie of southern Montana an hour north of the Wyoming border, vans full of armed, SWAT-geared federal agents sped down Interstate 80. Garryowen is a private town owned by Christopher Kortlander that features, ... MORE
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