by Patricia Cohen. When it comes to the taxes closest to home, the less you earn, the harder you’re hit. That is the conclusion of an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
that evaluates the local tax burden in every state, from Washington,
labeled the most regressive, to Delaware, ranked as the fairest of them
all. According
to the ... MORENeil MacDonald: More State Power, Not Free Speech, Likely To Be The Actual We-Are-Charlie Result
Well, everyone must at least feel better now, having chanted and declared for days that we're all Charlie. It was, or it seemed, a cry for freedom of speech, ringing outward from one of the world's first secular democracies. In reality, though, with all due respect to the sentiment behind it, Sunday's great march through the centre of Paris, ... MOREThe IRS Customer Service Will Be Extra Bad This Year
by Lori Mongomery. Taxpayers will face the worst levels of service in more than a decade
from the Internal Revenue Service this filing season, with as few as 43
percent of callers getting through to an agent and then only after
waits of 30 minutes or more, according to a report released Wednesday. In
her annual report to Congress, National ... MOREChild Protective Services & The Child Snatching Business
by Rob Hustle. Across the country, children are being taken from loving homes by government agencies collectively known as Child Protective Services. Although these agencies are supposed to protect children, they are actually the engine that drives a multi-billion dollar industry. This industry, which includes social workers, psychol- ... MOREWhat Dallas's Murder Rate Can Teach Us About Policing
by Radley Balko. Here at The Watch, we’ve praised Dallas Police Chief David Brown and his staff for the department’s community-oriented approach to policing, openness and transparency about excessive force, its rejection of law enforcement as a revenue generator, and its First Amendment-friendly approach to protest. Now, there’s some ... MOREStudy Finds Local Taxes Hit Lower Wage Earners Harder
by Patricia Cohen. When it comes to the taxes closest to home, the less you earn, the harder you’re hit. That is the conclusion of an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
that evaluates the local tax burden in every state, from Washington,
labeled the most regressive, to Delaware, ranked as the fairest of them
all. According
to the ... MOREJacob Sullum: Despite Stand Against the Terrorist's Veto, France Treats Offensive Words and Images as Crimes
Charlie Hebdo in the dock. On Sunday, as more than a million people marched through the streets of Paris in support of the right to draw cartoons without being murdered, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication declared that "artistic freedom and freedom of expression stand firm and unflinching at the heart of our common European ... MORESWAT Kills Man In ‘Drug Raid’ That Finds $2 Of Marijuana
One less pot smoker, America is safe! Original story. Jason Westcott had no criminal record to speak of, and yet he died in a SWAT “drug raid” on his house which yielded only $2.00 in marijuana. It all started when a confidential informant lied to police about Westcott. That informant, who approached the Tampa Bay Times in July using ... MOREJohn Stossel: The Better Way
It's easy to "fire" a business that rips you off. Just go to a different one. It's a lot easier to patronize another business than to get government to fix the problem. But bad businesses and the politicians they own, I mean influence, often don't want you to have that choice. I've written about how taxi companies don't like competition ... MORE
Lessons For Winning Liberty In A World Of Statism
by Richard Ebeling. Friends of freedom often become despondent when it seems that every day brings another growth and intrusion of government over people’s lives. But there is no reason to be disheartened, because there are lessons for winning liberty – from the opponents of freedom. Let’s take the case of socialism. On March 14, 1883, a German philosopher living in exile in London passed away. ... MORE
Katie Kieffer: We Could Be Heroes, You And Me
"What is the point of my life if I’m a coward?” Twelve Charlie Hebdo staffers who died for free speech and 25 Republicans who voted against U.S. Speaker John Boehner are heroes. We too could be heroes, me and you. “We could be heroes, me and you,” are lyrics from Heroes (We Could Be)—a 2014 number one hit single by Swedish DJ ... MOREThis IS CNN: Cowards, Cowards, Cowards!
Afraid to show offensive cartoons of "the profit." "CNN will not show you the new cover, which depicts the Prophet Muhammad, because it is our policy not to show potentially offensive images of the prophet," the host declared this morning. See the image CNN (and others!) refuse to show you and hear their commitment to free speech. ... MOREThomas Sowell: Obama's New Year's Irresolution
The leader of the free world is cowering before terrorism. President Barack Obama's absence from the great gathering in Paris of national leaders from other countries, to show their solidarity with France in its opposition to Islamic terrorists, was another sign of the Obama administration's continuing irresolution in the face of terror. ... MORE
Citizens Take Innovative Action To Combat Police Brutality
Keeping a sharp eye on the enforcers. Citizens in Stockton, California have taken a new approach to activism. Rather than sticking to the traditional form of protest in which signs are held and slogans are chanted, these citizens have taken direct action and offered a grassroots, crowd-funded incentive structure to end police brutality ... MOREWalter E Williams: Basic Economics
Knowledge is power. "Whether one is a conservative or a radical, a protectionist or a free trader, a cosmopolitan or a nationalist, a churchman or a heathen, it is useful to know the causes and consequences of economic phenomena." That quotation, from Nobel laureate George J. Stigler, is how Dr. Thomas Sowell begins ... MORE
The Most Brazen Drug Thieves On The Texas Border
by Josh Eells. America's dirtiest cops. The temperature was nearing triple digits when Jonathan Treviño strapped on his bulletproof vest, slipped his .40-caliber Glock into his ankle holster and got ready to go to work. It was Thursday, July 26th, 2012, one of those summers in South Texas when the hot air settles on the Rio Grande Valley like a ... MOREHave Prescription Drug Abuse Regulations Gone Too Far?
by CJ Arlotta, Forbes. Policy of more pain, less drugs questioned. Many health care professionals are concerned with the growing usage
of opioids among the general public, but does this mean the answer to
the problem is tightening regulations on physicians prescribing
controlled substances? “I think what we have seen with regulations in this ... MORE
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