10 Great Points In Rand Paul’s Patriot Act Attack
by Matt Welch. I don't know whether Rand Paul's ongoing Senate talkfest will succeed in running out the clock on the Patriot Act,
or (as he is seeking) opening up a debate and amendment process, but I
do know that—just like his 2013 exercise—these have been some of the
most invigorating hours on C-SPAN in recent memory. Warrants need ... MORESarah Longwell: A Call To Ditch Sobriety Checkpoints
Big hassle, lots of money and a tiny reward. Americans should buckle up and brace themselves for particularly heavy traffic this Memorial Day weekend. According to estimates from AAA, more than 37 million vacationers will drive to a destination for the three-day break this year, the most in nearly a decade. Unfortunately, crowded highways ... MOREVeronique de Rugy: The Tip Of The Regulatory Iceberg
Crippling innovation speeding the growth of government. In 2014, the government issued 2,400 new regulations, including 27 major rules that may cost $80 billion or more annually. They range from forcing restaurants to list the number of calories in food—even though past experiments have revealed that such measures fail to change ... MOREThe Fancy Way Of Saying State-Sanctioned Theft
by Matt Vespa. Welcome to the upside down world of civil asset forfeiture. On Monday, FreedomWorks and the Center for American Progress (CAP) joined forces to invite bloggers, writers, and some think-tank analysts for a daylong conference on justice reform. One of the aspects I liked about the conference is that it shows on some ... MOREWalter E Williams: The True Black Tragedy
Keeping blacks on the liberal plantation. Hustlers and people with little understanding want us to believe that today's black problems are the continuing result of a legacy of slavery, poverty and racial discrimination. The fact is that most of the social pathology seen in poor black neighborhoods is entirely new in black history. Let's look ... MOREDerrick Broze: Introducing REVERSE DRUG STINGS: The Latest Tool For Creating Criminals In The War On Drugs
More criminal tactics from government. "The time has come to remind the Executive Branch that the Constitution
charges it with law enforcement — not crime creation,” one California
judge writes in a damning indictment of the practice, while another
describes agents as “trolling poor neighborhoods.” Since Sept. 11, 2001, law ... MOREIllinois Finds DUI Checkpoints Both Costly And Ineffective
by David Rutter. When last we visited the unhappy realm of drunken drivers, we were asking a valid question: What if DUI arrests are going down in Illinois because there are fewer sloshed drivers? That was true everywhere but on Lake County's non-municipal roadways where sheriff's deputies made 348 DUI arrests in 2013, the most of any county ... MOREJohn Stossel: Mr. Capitalism
The incentive to keep patients happy and healthy. For years, my scientist brother Tom was the nonpolitical Stossel. I defended free markets on TV, and he studied blood at Harvard and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Mom asked me when I'd get a "real job" like his. Then the crusade against capitalism reached his world. Medical "journalists" ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: 'Just Asking'
Obama's class warfare "questions." In a recent panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University, President Barack Obama gave another demonstration of his mastery of rhetoric — and disregard of reality. One of the ways of fighting poverty, he proposed, was to "ask from society's lottery winners" that they make a "modest investment" ... MOREGreg Markle: Dentist Under Fire For Not Charging Enough
The ugly reason behind licensing laws. A licensed dentist and orthodontist in Arkansas was told that he would lose his license after offering low-cost teeth cleanings to anyone without health insurance. Dr. Ben Burris runs eleven orthodontist offices in Arkansas. He started offering teeth cleanings for $69 for kids and $99 for adults in 2013, a ... MORE
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