Escaping the shackles of statism. Have you ever thought about the morality or legitimacy of politicians forbidding you to have a vegetable garden in your own front yard, or buying or selling raw milk, or merely having a lemonade stand without a local bureaucrat’s permission? You see, when the armed bureaucrat is arresting the peaceful raw milk ... MOREScott Lazarowitz: Slavery Or Freedom
Escaping the shackles of statism. Have you ever thought about the morality or legitimacy of politicians forbidding you to have a vegetable garden in your own front yard, or buying or selling raw milk, or merely having a lemonade stand without a local bureaucrat’s permission? You see, when the armed bureaucrat is arresting the peaceful raw milk ... MOREAnother Obama Assault On Free Speech
by Robert Spencer. The Obama Administration’s latest assault on the freedom of speech is
so audacious that it leaves me speechless – and that’s the idea. According to Politico,
Bill Killian, the Obama-appointed U.S. attorney for the Eastern
District of Tennessee, “is reportedly vowing to use federal civil rights
statutes to clamp down on offensive ... MOREFormer Mexican President Fox Wants Marijuana Legalized
Prohibition creates a violent world. A former Latin American president has once again said that drugs should
be legalized. This time it was Vicente Fox who was the president of
Mexico from 2000 to 2006. Fox was in Seattle on Thursday, as a guest speaker for Don Pellicer, a
new company that wants to set up marijuana stores in Washington ... MOREHow Obama Is Embarrassing Democrats & Independents
by Kate Kieffer. Democrats are blushing. And not because Anthony Weiner is back on Twitter, direct-messaging pretty young girls. Vice President Joe Biden has long held the title of “Liberal Loose Cannon.” But Biden is such a grand hugger and hand-shaker that Democrats still let him work the crowds, crossing their fingers that he won’t say ... MORE
Sasha Goldstein: Obama's Culture Of Corruption
IRS misconducted was prompted by White House. President Obama's administration, fronted by a "paid liar" of a spokesman, has created an anti-conservative atmosphere that led to IRS scrutiny of right-leaning organizations, top Republicans said Sunday. "The culture of the president calling Tea Party groups terrorists and tea-baggers, ... MORERoads Have Become Revenue Generating Surveillance Grid
by Michael Snyder. What do speed traps, parking tickets, toll roads, speed cameras and red light cameras all have in common? They are all major revenue sources for state and local governments. All over America today there are state and local governments that are drowning in debt. Many have chosen to use "traffic enforcement" as a way to raise ... MORE
Mark Baisley: IRS, State And DOJ: The Three Stooges
A peak at our slapstick government. The recent testimonies before Congress have been reminding me of something for weeks and I just figured out what that is. I call it 90-degree humor; the kind of joke that starts out in one direction, then takes a sudden left turn, leaving you fallen-over laughing. For instance: “If you were to line up every ... MORESan Diego Mayor Urges Jurors To Nullify Feds Law
The jury box is our last stand against tyranny. The Mayor of San Diego is encouraging jurors of an upcoming medical
marijuana case to reject the prosecution’s argument, which rests on the
fact that marijuana is banned at the federal level. The feds
arrested Ronnie Chang of San Marcos in 2009 for operating a medical
marijuana dispensary. He ... MOREGovernment Is Addicted To Crackpot Scare Tactics
by Steven Greenhut. “As many as 100,000 crack babies are born every year,” reported the Los Angeles Times in an overheated 1990 article echoing the results of a Department of Health and Human Services study. The feds were calling for a massive influx of tax dollars to fund social programs to help a new generation of Americans born to mothers ... MOREJaana Woiceshyn: The Value Of Free-Market Competition
It is wrong to interfere with voluntary exchange. In Canada, like most everywhere in the world, the markets are not free. For example, the Canadian government has targeted some key industries in which it restricts competition and foreign competition in particular: financial services, transportation, natural resources, and ... MOREStephen Moore: What Would Milton Friedman Say?
Unlimited immigration and a welfare state don't mix. One of the fascinating sideshows of the immigration debate within the Republican Party and the conservative movement is the debate about where the late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman stood on the issue. The blogosphere is abuzz with varying interpretations of what ... MORERalph R. Reiland: A Government Against Liberty
Public servants or public masters? Let’s say you’re like most people and believe the federal government has become too large, too wasteful, too crooked and too intrusive. Now imagine the morning mail arrives from the money-bleeding U.S. Postal Service ($16 billion in the hole last year) and there’s a letter from the Internal Revenue ... MOREDavid Harsanyi: Undermining Our Most Basic Right
This is what happens when you fear free speech. Perhaps these Obama administration scandals (popularly referred to as "so-called scandals" in liberal media circles) lack the explosive drama of a Watergate and the entertainment value of Bill Clinton's peccadilloes, but for those who are less obsessed with the political consequences and more ... MOREVIDEO: Thomas Sowell - Congressional Testimony
Thomas Sowell on affirmative action and judicial activism.
David Beckworth: The Low-Interest-Rate Blues
The Fed continues to make deficit spending easier. One of the most insidious developments in the economic crisis has been the low-interest-rate environment. Short-term interest rates have been stuck near 0 percent for four years, while long-term interest rates have declined to historically low levels. These low interest rates have created ... MOREWhen Congress Voted Down The Fourth Amendment
by Radley Balko. Earlier this month,
President Obama nominated North Carolina Rep. Mel Watt to head up the
Federal Housing Finance Authority. Here's a fun little nugget about Watt
that has little relevance to the job he's seeking, but has lots of
relevance to the current debates over leaks, press investigations,
wiretapping, and such: Back in ... MORE
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