by Jacob Sullum. Does it matter to the option destroyers? Anti-smoking activists and public health
officials who question the usefulness of electronic cigarettes in
reducing tobacco-related disease often talk as if the content of
the aerosol generated by these newfangled contraptions is utterly
mysterious. While it may be plausible that the absence of
... MOREStudy Confirms E-Cigarettes Generate Virtually No Toxins
by Jacob Sullum. Does it matter to the option destroyers? Anti-smoking activists and public health
officials who question the usefulness of electronic cigarettes in
reducing tobacco-related disease often talk as if the content of
the aerosol generated by these newfangled contraptions is utterly
mysterious. While it may be plausible that the absence of
... MOREA Majority Favors Marijuana Legalization For First time, According To The Nation’s Most Authoritative Survey
by Christopher Ingraham. For the first time, the General Social Survey
-- a large, national survey conducted every two years and widely
considered to represent the gold standard for public opinion research --
shows a majority of Americans favoring the legalization of marijuana. In
interviews conducted between March and October of last year ... MORETexas Sees First Bill To Fully Repeal Marijuana Prohibition
by Mark Wiggins. A Northeast Texas lawmaker says it's time to end the state's nearly century-old prohibition on marijuana, and has filed the first bill to do so in at least 50 years. State Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) filed House Bill 2165 Monday, which would strike all references to marijuana from Texas statues. Digital records ... MOREPrivate Police: Mercenaries For The American Police State
by John W. Whitehead. It’s one thing to know and exercise your rights when a police officer pulls you over, but what rights do you have when a private cop—entrusted with all of the powers of a government cop but not held to the same legal standards—pulls you over and subjects you to a stop-and-frisk or, worse, causes you to “disappear” into a ... MOREJacob Sullum: Unchecked Checkpoints
Court demands blind obedience to petty harassment. There are two ways to view the video of Richard Rynearson's March 2010 encounter with U.S. Border Patrol agents at an immigration checkpoint in Uvalde County, Texas. Authoritarians will say Rynearson should have been more cooperative, while libertarians will say the agents should ... MOREMedicare and Social Security Tabs Coming Due
by Michael Tanner. The tidal wave of red ink. The national debt has dropped out of the headlines recently, but that doesn't mean that it has gone away. In fact, just a few weeks ago, the debt officially topped $18 trillion. For those keeping score, that equals roughly 101 percent of GDP. In other words, we now owe more than the value of all goods ... MORELenny Bernstein: U.S. Faces 90,000 Doctor Shortage Within A Decade, Medical School Association Warns
A shortage created by government. The United States faces a shortage of as many as 90,000 physicians
by 2025, including a critical need for specialists to treat an aging
population that will increasingly live with chronic disease, the
association that represents medical schools and teaching hospitals reported Tuesday. The
nation's shortage of ... MOREJohn Stossel - Raping Culture
Another one of those social "epidemics." Apparently, new laws are needed because at colleges, sexual assault is "epidemic." Rape is so common that there is a "rape culture." I hear that a lot. It is utter exaggeration. Fortunately, AEI scholar Christina Hoff Sommers is around to reveal the truth. "This idea of a rape culture was built on ... MORERon Paul: Dept of Homeland Security, What is it Good For?
Get rid of TSA and FEMA. Late Friday night, Congress passed legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security for one week. This vote followed weeks of debate over efforts to attach a prohibition on funding President Obama’s executive order granting amnesty to certain illegal immigrants to the Homeland Security funding bill. ... MORENick Gass: Edward Snowden Is Ready To Return To U.S.
But can he get a fair trial? Edward Snowden is ready to go home to the United States. “Snowden
is ready to return to the States, but on the condition that he is given
a guarantee of a legal and impartial trial,” his Russian lawyer Anatoly
Kucherena said at a news conference Tuesday, as quoted by Russian state media outlet TASS. The former National ... MORETexas Town Sees 61% Drop in Crime After Kicking Out Cops
Private policing proves to better and costs less. Rather than degenerate into a lawless land where criminals rule the streets, a Texas town that fired its entire police department has seen a 61% decrease is crime. In 2012, Sharpstown, a community of 66,000 located just southwest of Houston, declined to renew its contract with the constable’s ... MOREIRS Defends Refunds To Illegals Who Never Filed Taxes
by Stephan Dinan. The IRS is defending its decision to let illegal immigrants claim up to three years’ refunds on income even if they never paid income taxes, telling Congress in a new letter last week that agency lawyers have concluded getting a Social Security number triggers the ability to go back and ask for previous refunds. President ... MOREIt Is Hard To Fire Government Workers Behaving Badly
from CBS News. In the private sector, if you're caught viewing porn on company time or intimidating a co-worker, you'd probably be fired immediately; not so if you're a federal employee. A CBS News investigation looks at how hard it is for the U.S. government to discipline or fire employees who behave badly. With examples ranging from ... MORELeftists Priority: Raising Revenue Or Punishing Success?
by Daniel J. Mitchell. On the issue of so-called progressive taxation, our left-wing friends
have conflicting goals. Some of them want to maximize tax revenue in
order to finance ever-bigger government. But others are much more motivated by a desire to punish success. They want high tax rates on the “rich” even if the government collects less ... MOREBrendan O'Neill: In Defense of Drunk Sex
First, it was just "don't drink and drive." Is it acceptable to have drunk sex? Most people who aren't citizens of the Islamic State or followers of some frigid Christian group will answer with an emphatic: "Hell, yeah." Not only is it acceptable, they'll think; it's good, one of life's great pleasures, a rare moment when you can ditch the pesky rational ... MORENew Spy Technology Allows Police To See Thru Your Walls
by Rob Hustle. Tossing privacy in the name of catching criminals. The 4th Amendment protects Americans from unreasonable search and seizure. But law enforcement agencies across the country are deploying new technologies in ways that routinely violate Constitutional protections. These devices include radars that can see inside your house, ... MORE
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