No secrets except for government. Some years ago, when tax simplification was being discussed, a cartoonist came up with the most likely way the IRS would achieve it: a postcard-sized 1040 form consisting of two lines: 1) How much did you make? 2) Send it in. That's comparable to where Americans are headed when it comes to keeping ... MORESteve Chapman: Under NSA's Unblinking Eye
No secrets except for government. Some years ago, when tax simplification was being discussed, a cartoonist came up with the most likely way the IRS would achieve it: a postcard-sized 1040 form consisting of two lines: 1) How much did you make? 2) Send it in. That's comparable to where Americans are headed when it comes to keeping ... MORELiz Sidoti: Mounting Controversies Are All About Trust
Another day, another scandal. As a candidate, Barack Obama vowed to bring a different, better kind of leadership to the dysfunctional capital. He'd make government more efficient, accountable and transparent. He'd rise above the "small-ball" nature of doing business. And he'd work with Republicans to break Washington paralysis. You can trust me, ... MOREKatie Kieffer: The Two Most Beautiful Women
Beauty for the ages. Two women are tied for the title of Most Beautiful Woman in America. Veritable goddesses, they show no trace of vanity. Their beauty is a gift to America and they deserve our attention. Unlike Victoria’s Secret Angels, these two women are ageless; their attractiveness becomes more apparent with time. They echo ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: The Great Farm-Bill Ripoff
Why are rock stars receiving government aid? Anyone starting from scratch would not design a farm policy like the one America has. At least not anyone with a lick of common sense. But since common sense is as common on Capitol Hill as a unicorn stampede, we have: A confusing clutter of programs that pay farmers not to farm, reward them ... MORE
Rand Paul Wants Answers On Gun-Running In Benghazi
by Emily Miller. Sen. Rand Paul suspects the U.S. was secretly running guns through the consulate in Benghazi to arm Syrian rebels. The Kentucky Republican said the Obama administration must provide answers about whether firearms trafficking through Libya was related to the terrorist attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. ... MOREMark J. Fitzgibbons: Audit The IRS
Unlimited government always becomes lawless. Lois Lerner and other officials at the IRS should be grateful that they do not live in 18th century America when tar and feathering were considered appropriate "remedies" against lawbreakers in government. Better yet for the IRS that this is not late 18th century France. The Tea Party ... MOREDonald Lambro: The Real Scandal Is Economic
Another scandal is Obama is clueless about. In the sixth month of his second term, President Obama is still putting his national security team together and trying to figure out what he wants to do during the remainder of his presidency. So far, Mr. Obama, who spends much, if not most, of his time delivering speeches and not much else, ... MOREWhy Obama Wanted NSA Data-Mining Program Kept Secret
by Mike Riggs. I was reading up on the National Security Agency's data-mining program when I came across this tweet by Matt Apuzzo of the Associated Press: If the programs needed secrecy to succeed, will NSA shut them down now? If not, did they ever need be secret? Or did I just blow your mind? — Matt Apuzzo (@mattapuzzo) June 7,
2013 ... MOREJames Allen: The Toy Gun Buyback Program
More politically-correct nitwittery. Strobridge Elementary School in Hayward, California is hosting a gun buyback program for kids. What a great way to get unwanted guns off the street, not to mention a great way to get guns out of the hands of minors. Guns are not toys, and gun buyback programs can get unwanted guns out of homes and off ... MOREThe NRA, The NSA And The Politics Of Individualism
A reactive rise in civil libertarians. Much of the right-wing resistance to the post-Newtown gun control push was animated, not by gun owners’ commitment to hunting or personal defense, but by the idea that an armed society is a fundamental safeguard against government tyranny. For example, in a hearing on gun control, NRA leader ... MOREWhy Democrats Love To Spy On Americans
by Michael Hastings. Besides Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, most Democrats abandoned their civil liberty positions during the age of Obama. With a new leak investigation looming, the Democrat leadership are now being forced to confront all the secrets they’ve tried to hide. For most bigwig Democrats in Washington, D.C., the last 48 hours has ... MORELydia Warren: Government's $1.9 Billion Citizen Data Mine
Where our rulers store all of our information. The personal data and private online conversations that the National Security Administration is accused of mining could be stashed in a one million square-foot, $1.9 billion facility in the Utah Valley. Concerns over what the government will store at the Utah Data Center have been ... MORE
Nick Gillespie: GOP - Go Young Or Go Home!
Party must channel their inner libertarian. Earlier this year, Bobby Jindal, the GOP governor of Louisiana,
surveyed the wreckage of Mitt Romney’s sad-sack presidential
campaign and told his fellow Republicans that if they ever want to
capture the White House again, “we
must stop being the stupid party.” While Michele Bachmann’s ... MORE
Matt Welch: Baseball's Steroid Collusion With The Feds
Partners in the public-shaming biz. Tucked away inside ESPN's
blockbuster report last night that Major League Baseball is
preparing to hand out an unprecedented 20 or so steroid
suspensions—including to Hall of Fame talent Alex Rodriguez and
former Most Valuable Player Ryan Braun—as part of an agreement
reached with a performance-enhancing ... MORECIA Chief: We'll Spy On You Through Your Dishwasher
by Spencer Ackerman. More and more personal and household devices are connecting to the
internet, from your television to your car navigation systems to your
light switches. CIA Director David Petraeus cannot wait to spy on you through them. Earlier this month, Petraeus mused about the emergence of an
“Internet of Things” — that is, ... MOREThe ObamaCare Gift To Planned Parenthood Clinics
by Paul Bedard. Most of Planned Parenthood's 750 health and
abortion clinics around the nation will be covered under Obamacare,
imposing a new demand on insurers who want to participate in the health
care exchanges that will provide insurance coverage to millions of
Americans. While insurers currently cover doctors and health ... MORE
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