John W. Whitehead: Strip-Searching America
Strip-searches now allowed for minor traffic offenses. In a devastating 5-4 ruling that not only condones an overreach of state power but legitimizes what is essentially state-sponsored humiliation and visual rape, the U.S. Supreme Court recently declared that any person who is arrested and processed at a jail house, regardless of the severity of his or her ... MORECharles L. Hooper: They Really Don't Know Clouds At All
A dark cloud is forming over climate warming models. “I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now, From up and down, and still somehow, It’s cloud illusions I recall, I really don’t know clouds at all.” —Singer Joni Mitchell. Science has an air of authority. Many people, including many scientists, have the view that all the important things are ... MOREAdam J. White: Flunking Constitutional Law
Constitutional ignorance of presidential proportions. Last week, President Obama clumsily announced that it would be "unprecedented" for the Supreme Court to strike down "a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress." This week, his words are already having an effect in the courts—but not the effect he hoped for. ... MOREAlicia M. Cohn: Ron Paul Demonstrates True Transparency
The rare politician who honors the public's trust. Ron Paul's presidential campaign regularly reports expenses well below the $200 minimum to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), and in at least 160 reports so far in the campaign has reported purchases costing a dollar or less. Paul's diligence goes beyond the letter of the law and is ... MORESteve Chapman: Religion & Politics: An Unholy Alliance
The GOP may be shrinking its appeal. One day, in a sardonic jibe at some conservative who was piously claiming the mantle of heaven, I told my wife, "Don't forget, God's a Republican." Without missing a beat, she replied, "But his son's a Democrat." Between the Old Testament Jehovah and the New Testament Jesus, a Christian can find support for almost any ... MOREEliza Krigman: U.N. Seeks Power For Internet Regulation
What will be America's response to Russia and China? Faced with the prospect of United Nations regulation of the Internet, the United States has yet to appoint a leader for an upcoming battle with other countries over Web management. Less than a year from a historic treaty negotiation that will redefine international agreements on Internet management, the ... MOREVIDEO: Obama Campaign Makes Fraudulent Donations Easy
Accepts credit cards without requiring pesky validating information.
Barry Farber: The Meddler In A Nursing Home
None of this is literally true; only in the important sense. A non-violent sadist loved to mess up people’s heads in nursing homes. He learned of one where he could score double-demolition with one visit. His two favorite targets resided on neighboring floors. First, he visited the retired World War II veterans, tired old men in their late 80s and mid-90s ... MOREAlan Reynolds: Minimum Wage, Maximum Damage
Kicking unemployment up another notch. President George W. Bush signed a bill in May 2007 that would eventually increase the federal minimum wage substantially but gradually, with the last hike in the summer of 2009 after he left office. National unemployment then was only 4.4 percent, and 22 states already had a higher minimum. So, the damage was not felt ... MOREDavid Harsanyi: Obama And The Mother Of All Tyrannies
Who should be petrified of democracy? Anyone who's had a casual conversation with his neighbors or is cognizant of reality TV should already be petrified of democracy. But if the Supreme Court—or, as Barack Obama likes to refer to them, an "unelected group of people"—overturns Obamacare's individual mandate, the president says that the court would be ... MOREMario Loyola: The EPA Abuses First, Apologizes Later
The state's biggest bully beats up another victim. Last summer, I wrote about the Environmental Protection Agency’s shameful persecution of a Texas natural-gas company, Range Resources Corp. The year before, EPA had slapped the company with an “emergency order” under the Safe Drinking Water Act, alleging that it “caused or contributed to” ... MORENat Hentoff: Obama's NSA Close To Knowing All About Us
Do politicians know what country they are in? Not long before Dick Armey – a conservative Republican constitutionalist – retired as House majority leader, he gave a speech expressing his worry about the government’s increasing blanket surveillance over We the People. He practically begged President George W. Bush to “use these tools we ... MORE
Daniel Allott: The Hate Crimes Farce
The threshold for a hate crime continues to decline. Have you ever used a racial slur? You may have two answers to that question. There's your initial visceral response: No! Of course not! Never! But then there's the response you'd give if you were being a little more honest: maybe... once or twice. So, if you have, does it make you a racist? In the court of ... MOREVIDEO: John Stossel - Camera Shy Or A Power High?
Some public servants don't want their service to be public.
Thomas Sowell: The Invincible Dogma
How the government demonstrates discrimination. A long-standing legal charade was played out again recently, when Federal Express paid $3 million to settle an employment discrimination case brought by the U.S. Department of Labor. Federal Express was accused of both racial discrimination and sex discrimination. FedEx denied it. Why then did ... MORERobin Zubrin: Carbon Emissions Are Good
Always check your premises. Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intention to enforce regulations that would effectively ban new coal-fired power plants in the United States. As coal is by far America’s cheapest and most plentiful fossil fuel, and coal-fired power stations account for 45 percent of all electricity generated ... MORE
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