Criminals like their victims disarmed. The gun control controversy is only the latest of many issues to be debated almost solely in terms of fixed preconceptions, with little or no examination of hard facts. Media discussions of gun control are dominated by two factors: the National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment. But the over-riding ... MORE
Rand Paul Wants To "Blow Up the Tax Code and Start Over"
by Nick Gillespie. Stop providing the details of your life to IRS. Libertarianish Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has announced the outlines of an income tax plan that will, in his words, "blow up the tax code and start over." In the Wall Street Journal, Paul writes:I am announcing an over $2 trillion tax cut that would repeal the ... MORE
The 'Simple' Rules For Fighting Federal Asset Forfeiture
by Scott Shackford. Why most don't bother to try. The Heritage Foundation, as part of a multipartisan effort to help educate Americans about our abuse-prone police civil asset forfeiture system, has produced a lovely pamphlet explaining how the whole racket works, complete with an illustrated story. Reason, along with the American Civil Liberties ... MORE
California Property Values Fall As Water Shut-offs Begin
by Mike Adams. Water shut-offs have now begun in California, where government-ordered restrictions are starting to leave large communities high and dry. As CBS News is now reporting, the Mountain House community of 15,000 residents will run out of water in just a matter of days. "The community's sole source of water, the Byron-Bethany ... MORE
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F.D.A. Sets 2018 Deadline To Rid Foods Of Trans Fats
by Sabrina Tavernise. The option reducers are at work again. The Food and Drug Administration
on Tuesday gave the food industry three years to eliminate
artery-clogging artificial trans fats from the food supply, a
long-awaited step that capped years of effort by consumer groups and is
expected to save thousands of lives a year. Trans
fats — ... MORE
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25 Things We Did As Kids That Now Get Someone Arrested
by Daisy Luther. With all of the ridiculous new regulations, coddling, and societal mores that seem to be the norm these days, it’s a miracle those of us over 30 survived our childhoods. Here’s the problem with all of this babying: it creates a society of weenies. There won’t be more more rebels because this generation has been frightened into ... MORE
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Keith Weiner: They’re Coming To Take Away Your Cash
Do banks serve you or politicians? The stories are all over the Internet. Governments are forcing us into a cashless society. Supposedly the pretext is terrorism, and the real reason is to take more control. No doubt more power appeals to politicians, and banning cash seems like the next step after mandatory reporting of cash transactions. ... MORE
Giving Government 'Backdoor' Access To Encrypted Data Threatens Both Personal Privacy And National Security
How domestic spying makes us less safe. The "Crypto Wars" are here again, which means federal officials are doing all they can to limit the technological tools that keep our personal data secure. President Obama and leaders from the National Security Agency (NSA), FBI, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have been pressuring ... MORE
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Obama's Next ‘Executive Actions’ On Global Warming
by Michael Bastasch. IRS to be deployed. President Barack Obama is preparing to unleash a series of “executive
actions” aimed at boosting the green energy industry as part of the
president’s global warming agenda. Obama is launching a “Clean Energy Impact Investment Center” at the
Energy Department to “make information about energy and ... MORE
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John Stossel: The Anti-Science Left
Putting politics above science. This year is the 10th anniversary of a book called "The Republican War on Science." I could just as easily write a book called "The Democratic War on Science." The conflict conservatives have with science is mostly caused by religion. Some religious conservatives reject evolution, and some oppose stem cell ... MORE
Policing For Profit? It's All The Rage
by Marc A. Scaringi. In Philadelphia, authorities forcibly seize a family's home and evict a mother and father after their teenage son is accused of selling $40 worth of drugs outside the home. Similarly, a woman, who is disabled and caring for her three children, brother and sister, is threatened with the loss of her home after her ... MORE
Jeb Argues Persuasively Why He Shouldn't Be Nominated
from American Thinker. Jeb Bush really wowed me with his announcement speech for President. For one thing, it was in English, and I didn't even have to press one to hear it that way. For another, Bush made a strong, passionate argument explaining why he should not be the nominee of the Republican Party, and I for one was totally ... MORE
Ira Stoll: Hillary's Move To Buy The Youth Vote
Dangerous student loan rhetoric. Hillary Clinton’s big campaign rally over the weekend offered a hint of how she’s going to handle a trillion-dollar question—what to do about demands by Senator Elizabeth Warren and the remnants of the “Occupy” movement for forgiveness of student loan debt. “I believe that success isn’t measured by how ... MORE
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