The War On Pot Is Insanely Racist & Insanely Expensive
by Mike Riggs. Across the United States--north, east, south, west--blacks are more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession. That's the conclusion of a new ACLU report that compares arrest data from 945 counties across the country. "In 2010, the Black arrest rate for marijuana possession was 716 per 100,000, while ... MOREBarry Farber On The Perils Of Making On-Air Bets
A debt paid and a lesson learned. It may have been the best magazine cartoon – ever! Penguins are the only animals in tuxedos. Imagine an Antarctic ice cap with hundreds of tuxedoed penguins, and one penguin wearing a natty beret, a gold chain, sunglasses and a checkered vest while sporting a rhinestone-studded cigarette holder. A curious gaggle ... MOREGene Healy: Obama's Flight From Responsibility
"Hey, don't look at me -- I'm just the president!" That's the common thread in President Obama's response to his recent scandal eruptions, from IRS harassment of Tea Partiers to his Justice Department's spying on AP reporters. Like everybody else, Obama learns about these things via cable news, according to press secretary Jay Carney. ... MORETwenty Years Of Non-Stop Regulation
by Wayne Crews & Ryan Young. Twenty years ago saw the release of the first edition of Ten Thousand Commandments, an annual report that tracks the cost and scope of the federal regulatory state. It’s been a very busy two decades for Washington, with 81,883 new regulations hitting the books during that time. That’s a new regulation ... MOREPoll: Americans Angry With DOJ's Intimidation Of Media
Federal tyranny is the only thing transparent. The Internal Revenue Service scandal is just one hot-button issue that the Obama administration is facing. The other is the government investigating reporters. And new poll new numbers indicate, many Americans are not happy with the Justice Department snooping on the press, CBS ... MOREJohn Stossel: Austerity Myths
Honesty is the first step. Europe's struggles prove that "austerity" fails! So say the Big Spenders. With a condescending sigh, they explain that Europe made deep cuts in government spending, and the result was today's high unemployment. "With erstwhile middle-class workers reduced to picking through garbage in search of food, austerity has ... MOREEric Shawn: EPA's Bad Treatment Of Conservative Groups
It's not just the IRS. A second federal agency is facing a probe and accusations of political bias over its alleged targeting of conservative groups. The allegations concern the Environmental Protection Agency, which is being accused of trying to charge conservative groups fees while largely exempting liberal groups. The fees applied to Freedom ... MOREThomas DiLorenzo: The Real LIncoln In His Own Words
What did Abe really believe about racial equality? After writing two books and dozens of articles, and giving hundreds of radio and television interviews and public presentations on the subject of Lincoln and the political economy of the American "Civil War"over the past fifteen years, I have realized that the only thing the average American ... MORE4 Ways You've Been Totally Misinformed About Drugs
by Ted Hesson. Whether it's the legendary "this is your brain sunny-side up" commercial or the haggard face of one of Jesse Pinkman's meth-slinging homies, we've all seen what drugs can do to us. Apparently, TV occasionally doesn't tell the truth, according
to Carl Hart, a neuroscientist at Columbia University.
As a matter of fact, a lot of the things ... MOREWalter E Williams: Understanding Liberals And Progressives
Who can be easily manipulated by scare tactics? In order to understand the liberal and progressive agenda, one must know something about their world vision and values. Let's examine some of the evidence. Why the 1970s struggle to ban DDT? Alexander King, founder of the Malthusian Club of Rome, wrote in a 1990 biographical ... MOREObama Administration: 10-Year Olds Ready For Sex
Hope and change for pre-teens. If you’re a ten-year-old girl, the Obama Administration thinks you’re old enough to discuss anal sex, mutual masturbation, birth control, and “emergency contraceptives” that can cause early abortions. A Department of Health and Human Services website, GirlsHealth.gov, offers all this information to girls from ... MOREJacob Sullum: Obama's Cloak Of Invisibility
Secrecy and counterterrorism tactics. When he was running for president, Barack Obama criticized George W. Bush’s expansive vision of executive power, saying, “I reject the view that the president may do whatever he deems necessary to protect national security.” The day after taking office in 2009, Obama declared that “my Administration ... MOREVIDEO: Don't Cops Have Better Things To Do
Cops resort to entrapment as a means to boost crime stats.
Thomas Sowell: Abstract Immigrants
One to ignore the facts of life. One of the many sad signs of our times is the way current immigration
issues are discussed. A hundred years ago, the immigration
controversies of that era were discussed in the context of innumerable
facts about particular immigrant groups. Many of those facts were
published in a huge, multi-volume 1911 study ... MOREDavid Bittle: TSA = Thousands Standing Around
The enormous apparatus isn’t making us safer. Not long ago while walking through the airport, the following
announcement caught my attention: “Will the person who forgot their
hearing aids please return to the Transportation Security Administration
security checkpoint to reclaim them.” It took me a moment to absorb
entirely the irony of the ... MOREThe Health, Security & Privacy Concerns Of Smart Meters
by Alyssa Edes. Utilities across the country are installing so-called smart meters in homes and businesses to allow them to better track and manage energy use by their customers, aiming to increase efficiency, lower costs, and reduce pollution. But the advanced meters, which use wireless and digital technologies to send frequent consumption ... 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 ... MORE
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