Defining moments. The government's fidelity to the Constitution is never more tested
than in a time of crisis. The urge to do something — or to appear to be
doing something — is nearly irresistible to those whom we have employed
to protect our freedom and to keep us safe. Regrettably, with each
passing violent crisis — Waco, Oklahoma City, ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Boston And Freedom
Defining moments. The government's fidelity to the Constitution is never more tested
than in a time of crisis. The urge to do something — or to appear to be
doing something — is nearly irresistible to those whom we have employed
to protect our freedom and to keep us safe. Regrettably, with each
passing violent crisis — Waco, Oklahoma City, ... MOREPaul Shlichta: Choice Of Weapons
The gun grabbers forgot about this one. The advocates of gun control seem to believe that, by restricting or eliminating private possession of guns, all violence can be eliminated. However, recent events have tragically demonstrated that would-be assailants have a wide choice of weapons, including knives, explosives, automobiles, ... MOREBrian Witte: Pot Legalization Will Not Deter Drug Czar
The will of the people be damned. The nation's drug czar said Wednesday the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado won't change his office's mission of fighting the country's drug problem by focusing on addiction treatment that will be available under the federal health overhaul. Gil Kerlikowske, director of the ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: Immigration Gambles - Part II
Whose interests are immigration laws supposed to serve -- and whose interests do current immigration reform proposals actually serve? In order to have any immigration policy serve any purpose, the border must first be secured. Otherwise American immigration policy exists only on paper, and is mocked by what happens on the ... MOREDoug Bandow: America On Welfare
Great society needs to be replaced by free society. Living the good life on welfare. Even the Europeans recognize that they pay a high price for creating an increasingly dependent society. Denmark has been transfixed by the revelation of a 36-year-old single mother who collects more in benefits than many Danes earn at work, and has done so ... MOREThe Good Guys Are NOT Coming To Save Us
by Paul Rosenberg. A lot of Americans know that the US government is out of control. Anyone who has cared enough to study the US Constitution even a little knows this. Still, very few of these people are taking any significant action, and largely because of one error: They are waiting for “the good guys” to show up and fix things. Some think ... MOREJacob Sullum: The Bogus 'Public Safety' Exception
The Fifth Amendment doesn't need to be sacrificed. Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, captured last Friday evening, was not informed of his right to remain silent and his right to a lawyer until Monday morning, nearly three days after his arrest. The FBI said the delay was justified under the "public safety" exception to Miranda v. ... MORERobert H. Nelson: The Fractured Left
Good news on natural gas is bad news for Democrats. Much has been said recently about the deep tensions within the
Republican party. Far less has been said about a sharp division arising
inside the Democratic party. That latter tension was front and center recently when former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell wrote an op-ed piece ... MOREThomas Sowell: Immigration Gambles
When political correctness replaces self-preservation. Britain's late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said it all when she wrote that the world has "never ceased to be dangerous," but the West has "ceased to be vigilant." Nothing better illustrates her point than the fact that the West has imported vast numbers of people who hate our guts and ... MOREPeter Ferrara: Fight Back! Privatize The FAA
They are really asking for it this time. If you are an air traveler this week, you might get a dose of how it feels to be deliberately abused by your government to score political points. President Obama and the Democrat Party are so adamantly opposed to any semblance of cuts in government spending that they cannot abide the sequester that ... MOREBoston: The MSM's Exploded "Journalism"
by Edward Cline. Over the years, I have watched via Internet video countless IED (Improvised Explosive Device) explosions detonated on American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. So, when I read the news of the Boston Marathon bombing of April 15th, and watched the videos of the incident, I was certain that it was a terrorist bombing that killed ... MORECaroline May: Pimping Food Stamps To Seniors
Food stamp recruiter must enroll 150 per month. A Florida food stamp recruiter is tasked with enrolling at least 150 senior citizens in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program a month, The Washington Post reports in a profile about SNAP outreach. Following 56 year old recruiter Dillie Nerios perform her task, to appeal to seniors to get them ... MOREThe Gun Rights Revolution You Might Have Missed
by Miranda Green. If you live in Arkansas, you can now carry a concealed gun into a bar, or a liquor store—or a church. College staffers can bring guns on campus. Folks with a permit from other states can pack heat in Arkansas without filing any paperwork. These are among the half-dozen legal changes in the state that passed only four months ... MOREFederalism Is Good Policy And Good Politics
by Daniel J. Mitchell. It’s a challenge to be a libertarian in Washington because you have to swim against the tide. The vast majority of people in town are looking for excuses to spend money and amass power, and a small band of us are trying to convince them that the federal government should be limited in size and scope. It may ... MOREDavid Deming: The Real Deniers Of Climate Change
A political ideology masked as science. The Northern Hemisphere is experiencing unusually cold weather. Snow cover last December was the greatest since satellite monitoring began in 1966. The United Kingdom had the coldest March weather in 50 years, and there were more than a thousand record low temperatures in the ... MOREThomas Sowell - Genes And Racism
Subtle factors. During decades of watching both collegiate and professional football, I have seen hundreds of touchdowns scored by black players — but not one extra point kicked by a black player. Is this because blacks are genetically incapable of kicking a football or because racists won't let blacks kick a football? Most of us would consider either ... MORE
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