Jeffrey H. Anderson: GOP Wimping Out On Obamacare?
Lots of big talk, but no action. Republicans have now won two Obamacare elections, the
first in 2010 and the second in 2014. (In 2012, their presidential
nominee chose not to engage on the issue.) In the lead-up to their
latest victory, Republicans ran far more ads against Obamacare than
either party ran for or against anything else. Voters ... MOREIt's Official: Harry Reid Should Be Committed
by Jonathan Emord. Rubber band causes broken face, rib cage, and head injury. In most jurisdictions, civil commitment proceedings are commenced when an individual poses a danger to himself or others. By that definition, Harry Reid should be civilly committed. We know based on his public actions that Reid poses a danger to others. ... MOREOklahoma And Nebraska Turn On The Tenth Amendment
by Jacob Sullum. Politicians and their fear of liberty. At the end of last month, seven Republican members of Oklahoma's
legislature, including five of the most
conservative, publicly criticized that state's Republican
attorney general, Scott Pruitt, for trying to reverse marijuana
legalization in Colorado. "Oklahoma has been a pioneer and a ... MORE
California Legislature Seeks To Reign In Police Violence
Cops likely to get cameras and lectures. After a year in which the use of lethal force by police officers spurred nationwide protests and bared outrage about the intersection of race and law enforcement in America, California legislators have returned to Sacramento determined to pass laws blunting police violence. “It will be probably the ... MOREJeffrey Tucker: Legalize Drunk Driving
Criminalize bad behavior, not consumed chemicals. Most people have been there: a few drinks at a restaurant or bar and then into the car to get home. Am I over the legal limit? Hard to say. Is my driving impaired? It doesn’t seem to be. But what if I get stopped? Will I lose my license, go to jail, and be disgraced in front of the community? ... MORE
Glenn Greenwald: Some More Blasphemous Cartoons
In solidarity with a free press. Defending free speech and free press rights, which typically means defending the right to disseminate the very ideas society finds most repellent, has been one of my principal passions for the last 20 years: previously as a lawyer and now as a journalist. So I consider it positive when large numbers of ... MORE
Robert D'Onofrio: Protecting Individual Liberty From Evil
Evil persists when good men do nothing. Aside from the stunning brutality of the tragedy in France, the most
striking thing about the cowardly murders is how unambiguous the enemy
is in both intent and action. It’s uncensored, chilling and very real. This isn’t just a U.S. problem or a gun problem. It’s
also not a group problem, ... MORE
California Legislature Is Back To Work & Full Of Bad Ideas
by Steven Greenhut. California residents should hold on to their wallets. On
Monday, the state legislature headed back to the Capitol for the
new session. Legislators' short stint at the Capitol in December
offered a preview of what's coming down the pike, and some of it
reinforces Judge Gideon Tucker's famous quip: "No man's life, ... MORERecord 92,898,000 Americans Not In The Workforce
by Caroline May. But no worries, government also says unemployment rate drops to 5.6%. A record 92,898,000 Americans 16 years and older did not participate in the labor force last month, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS defines people not in the work force as people 16 years and
up who are not employed and ... MORE"Hands Up Don’t Shoot" Activist Shoots Unarmed Man
Discovers police shootings are not so cut and dry. An outspoken “Hands up don’t shoot” activist in Arizona recently went through multiple police training scenarios, including one, where he shot at an unarmed man. Reverend Jarrett Maupin is a self described progressive baptist preacher and a radical political activist, ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Lamenting Liberty Lost
The road from sovereignty to slavery. A British author, residing in the United States for the past 30 years, created a small firestorm earlier this week with his candid observations that modern-day Americans have been duped by the government into accepting a European-style march toward socialism because we fail to ... MORE
Unintended (But Predictable) Consequences Of Drug War
by Radley Balko. Another drug war success:
Meth is cheaper, more potent than ever, and it’s all coming in through
international drug cartels. But hey, at least we’ve made life difficult
for allergy sufferers and arrested the occasional innocent parent or
grandparent along the way. Meanwhile in Britain, an MDMA crackdown has given rise ... MOREUnion Wants Violence Against Cops To Be Hate Crimes
by Joanna Rothkopf. The sanctity of the badge. On Monday, the National Fraternal Order of Police requested that crimes against its members be officially considered hate crimes,
a classification that means harsher penalties for offenders who have
targeted cops because they are cops. The union represents over 300,000
police officers. ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Welcome To The Matrix
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Enslaved by technology and the Internet of things. If ever Americans sell their birthright, it will be for the promise of expediency and comfort delivered by way of blazingly fast Internet, cell phone signals that never drop a call, thermostats that keep us at the perfect temperature without our having to raise a finger, and ... MOREThe Average College Freshman Reads At 7th Grade Level
by Maggie Lit. Dumb down accomplished. The average U.S. college freshman reads at a seventh grade level, according to an educational assessment report. “We are spending billions of dollars trying to send students to college and maintain them there when, on average, they read at about the grade 6 or 7 level, according to Renaissance ... MORE
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