from National Review. Cindy Archer, one of the lead architects of Wisconsin’s Act 10 — also called the “Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill,” it limited public-employee benefits and altered collective-bargaining rules for public-employee unions — was jolted awake by yelling, loud pounding at the door, and her dogs’ frantic barking. The entire house — ... MOREDavid French: Wisconsin Deploys Police To Intimidate Political Opponents With Terrorizing Late Night Raids
from National Review. Cindy Archer, one of the lead architects of Wisconsin’s Act 10 — also called the “Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill,” it limited public-employee benefits and altered collective-bargaining rules for public-employee unions — was jolted awake by yelling, loud pounding at the door, and her dogs’ frantic barking. The entire house — ... MOREWho is John Galt? Ayn Rand, Libertarians And The GOP
by Gene H. Bell-Villada. Ayn Rand (1904-82) has arisen from the dead. Over the last decade the
pop philosopher and propaganda fictionist extraordinaire has moved
steadily from the cultish margins to the mainstream of US conservatism. Her ghost may even haunt the current presidential race with the
candidacy of Republican Senator Rand ... MOREJohn Stossel: The Next President
Why John Stossel endorses Rand Paul. It's not smart to get too enthusiastic about any politician. I've been disappointed often. I believed Bill Clinton when he said, "the era of big government is over." I thought George W. Bush was a "small government guy." And Barack Obama ... Well, never mind. If I want limited government and individual freedom, ... MOREDamon Root: Property Rights Vs. USDA Crop Seizures
Gov't takes without paying just compensation. According to the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the government must pay just compensation when it takes private property for a public use. Three years ago, in the case of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that command, declaring that ... MORECommon Core Resistance Gains Steam In New York
When the state won't act, individuals must. The resistance to one-size-fits-all education is gaining steam. This is evidenced by the latest display of power from concerned parents who are saying no to the Common Core State Standards while the New York legislature fails to do so. An excess of 175,000 parents in the state of New York alone ... MOREPaul Gessing: New Mexico's Civil Asset Forfeiture Success
Tyranny takes one in the shorts. They say it’s better to be lucky than good. Of course, it’s even better to be lucky and good! That is exactly what happened in New Mexico during the 2015 legislative session with regard to reforming the process of civil asset forfeiture. To recap, during the 2015 legislative session, New Mexico’s deeply-divided ... MORE
What One Cop’s Acquittal Reveals About Police Violence
by Katie McDonough. A license to kill. The trial of a Chicago police detective who killed a young woman after opening fire on a group of unarmed people ended Monday with the judge finding the officer not guilty on all charges. Detective Dante Servin shot and killed Rekia Boyd, a 22-year-old black woman, in April 2012 and was charged with ... MOREJ.D. Tuccille: Will The Minimum Wage Protesters Order Fries From Their Burger-Flipping Robot Replacements?
Going the way of gas attendants and theater ushers. The Momentum Machines website is low-key right now, but that may have something to do with high-profile arguments in the press and protests in the streets
demanding that fast-food chains pay workers $15 an hour to do the job
the company's robots are designed to fill. Even before ... MOREEnvironmentalists Spoil The Planet For Human Beings
by Michael J. Hurd. From the HuffingtonPost.com 4/6/15: Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina on Monday blamed environmentalists for what she called a “man-made” drought in California, which has led to the state’s first water restrictions. “With different policies over the last 20 years, all of this could be avoided,” Fiorina, a likely 2016 ... MOREThomas Sowell: Chaos In The Primaries
Rationality in politics is a formidable long shot. Painful as it is to realize that both the Democrats and the Republicans will still be holding their primaries a year from now, that is one of the high prices we pay for democracy. Seldom does the initial "front-runner" in either party's primaries end up being the actual candidate when election ... MOREDamon Root: How Libertarians Are Changing Conservative Views on Economic Liberty And The Constitution
A long overdue return to the Founder's vision. This month marks the 110th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Lochner v. New York,
in which the Court struck down an economic regulation on the grounds
that it violated the 14th Amendment right to liberty of contract. In the
early decades of the 20th century, Lochner ... MOREMichael Grable: The California Drought & The Free Market
Free markets free people. Controlled markets control people. A long story in The Desert Sun (a Palm Springs daily) recently manufactured a lake out of a puddle in California's perennial water problems. Maybe it's just Governor Moonbeam's gang feeding propaganda to the fourth estate, but it's a good example of how government regulation and media ... MOREThousands Dead From Police Shootings, Few Prosecuted
from the Washington Post. On a rainy night five
years ago, Officer Coleman “Duke” Brackney set off in pursuit of a
suspected drunk driver, chasing his black Mazda Miata down rural
Arkansas roads at speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour. When the sports
car finally came to rest in a ditch, Brackney opened fire at the rear
window and repeatedly ... MOREStephen Moore: Greens Against The Poor
How the climate change agenda hurts the poor. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton,
Elizabeth Warren and the whole gang of Democratic leaders claim that
one of their highest priorities is to lift up the middle class and
reduce the income gap between rich and poor. That goal collides
with what they admit is their very highest priority: stopping ... MOREState Seizes 11-year-old, Arrests His Mother After He Defends Medical Marijuana During A School Presentation
by Radley Balko. From the website run by investigative journalist Ben Swann: On March 24, cannabis oil activist Shona Banda‘s
life was flipped upside-down after her son was taken from her by the
State of Kansas. The ordeal started when police and counselors at her
11-year-old son’s school conducted a drug education class. Her son, who
had previously ... MORE
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