Police aren’t happy about it. Warren Redlich, back in 2010,
was the Libertarian Party candidate for governor of New York (Nick
Gillespie even highlighted him on the blog here).
Needless to say, he didn’t win. But Redlich is back in the news getting publicity for his method
of dealing with police DUI checkpoints in Florida (where he lives
now) while ... MOREScott Shackford: One Way To Deal With DUI Checkpoints
Police aren’t happy about it. Warren Redlich, back in 2010,
was the Libertarian Party candidate for governor of New York (Nick
Gillespie even highlighted him on the blog here).
Needless to say, he didn’t win. But Redlich is back in the news getting publicity for his method
of dealing with police DUI checkpoints in Florida (where he lives
now) while ... MORE
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Andrew Napolitano: A Worthless Piece Of Paper
No document can defend itself. President George W. Bush was fond of saying that "9/11 changed everything." He used that one-liner often as a purported moral basis to justify the radical restructuring of federal law and the federal assault on personal liberties over which he presided. He cast aside his oath to preserve, protect and defend the ... MORE
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John Stossel: Spontaneous Order
Most of life happens without a central planner. Yet people think we need one. Suppose you'd never seen a skating rink, and I told you that I want to lay down some ice and charge people money to strap sharp blades on their feet. They will zip around on the ice — young and old, skilled and unskilled. My only rule: Go counter-clockwise. ... MOREWalter E Williams: Fairness And Justice
What you need to know about them. Oxfam reports that the richest 1 percent of people in the world own
48 percent of the world's wealth. Many claim that we should be alarmed
by income inequality because it hampers upward mobility. Others argue
that because income is distributed so unevenly, justice and fairness
require income ... MORE
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J.D. Tuccille: Check Out On Your Own Terms
Tragic or self-empowering? Every couple of years, some well-intentioned scribbler pens a
hand-wringer about the national tragedy of suicide among the
elderly. "Suicide
rate for elderly men is alarming," noted Dennis Streets in the
Chatham Journal last month. "Suicide
rates are high among the elderly," cautioned Paula Span in a
2013 New York ... MOREThomas Sowell: Measles, Vaccines And Autism
Vaccines don't cause autism. The current controversy over whether parents should be forced to have their children vaccinated for measles is one of the painful signs of our times. Measles was virtually wiped out in the United States, years ago. Why the resurgence of this disease now? The short answer is that false claims, based on other false claims, ... MORE
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Craig Biddle: What Is Objectivism?
Reason, egoism and capitalism. It is widely believed today that our moral, cultural, and political
alternatives are limited either to the ideas of the secular,
relativistic left—or to those of the religious, absolutist right—or to
some compromised mixture of the two. In other words, one’s ideas are
supposedly either extremely “liberal” or extremely ... MORE
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Justice Department Budget Projects More Asset Forfeiture Seizure Revenue Despite Eric Holder's Puny Reforms
by Matt Sledge and Ryan J. Reilly. Attorney General Eric Holder last month announced reforms to asset
forfeitures, the controversial government practice of seizing property
associated with alleged illicit activity. But the new Justice Department
budget released this week projects the changes will barely cut into
federal seizures. ... MORERonald Bailey: The Minimum Wage And Magical Thinking
Defying the law of demand never works. If
all other factors remain equal, the higher the price of a good, the
less people will demand it. That's the law
of demand, a fundamental idea in economics. And yet there is no
shortage of politicians, pundits, policy wonks, and members of the
public who insist that raising the price of labor will not have ... MORECould Rand Paul Spark a Libertarian Political Surge?
by David Boaz, CATO. Tens of millions of Americans are fiscally conservative, socially tolerant, and skeptical of American military intervention…. Whether or not Rand Paul wins the presidency, one result of his campaign will be to help those tens of millions of libertarian-leaning Americans to discover that their political attitudes have a name, which will make for a stronger and more influential political faction. ... MORE
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Rob Manfred Says MLB Could Support Legalized Gambling
by David Brown. New commissioner Rob Manfred says he would be open to Major League
Baseball considering a new approach to legalized gambling. Echoing
statements that NBA commissioner Adam Silver made recently, Manfred told ESPN's Outside the Lines on Thursday that, "It's important for baseball to give fresh consideration to the ... MOREShearing The Sheep: Democrats Want To Spend Taxpayer Dollars To Study New Ways To Tax People Even More
by Pete Kasperowicz. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) this week introduced legislation that would give states federal grants to study the possibility of imposing a controversial new tax — one that would tax people for every mile they drive in their cars. Blumenauer’s Road Usage Charge Pilot Program Act is the latest effort to move away from a gas ... MOREPaul Craig Roberts: The Police State Is Upon Us
You are in grave danger, and so are your children. Anyone paying attention knows that 9/11 has been used to create a police/warfare state. Years ago, NSA official William Binney warned Americans about the universal spying by the National Security Agency, to little effect. Recently, Edward Snowden proved the all-inclusive NSA spying by ... MORE
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After Whistleblowers Expose Stunning Instances Of Abuse, Florida Prison Officials Crack Down . . . On Whistleblowers
by Mary Ellen Klaus and Julie Brown. The tyranny is always at odds with transparency. Two days after Florida legislators asked a series of probing questions of the top inspector at the Department of Corrections, the agency has banned inspectors from discussing any investigations, releasing any public records relating to agency probes, or even ... MORE
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Matt Agorist: Shock Video Shows Cops Run Down Man With Cruiser, Severely Beat Him, Charge Him With Assault
Can we all agree these cops are racist? Surveillance cameras reveal the truth. Two Philly cops have been charged with the assault of a man after surveillance footage revealed the officers lied about the incident. The laundry list of charges that Officers Kevin Robinson and Sean McKnight are facing is lengthy: Aggravated Assault, Simple ... MORE
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assault,
authority,
brutality,
force,
government,
police,
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racism,
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