John Stossel: The Cult of Victims
People benefit by playing the victim. The world has enough real problems without declaring everyone a "victim." Bill Clinton says Hillary is a victim of a right-wing conspiracy. Lindsay Lohan, when jailed for driving drunk and breaking parole, says she's a victim of cruel and unusual punishment. Michael Sam says his NFL career would have gone ... MOREKeith Crosby: Stand Up Now Or Kneel Forever
Judge wisely. In the United States a jury of 12 has much more power than the attorneys or judges want you to know. I urge all who are honored to serve either as a Grand Juror or Petit Juror to study and know this power before appearing to serve. John Jay, the first chief justice of our Supreme Court and a Founding Father, said, "It is presumed that ... MORETrump on 60 Minutes: “We Need Socialized Medicine”
by Emily Zanotti. This weekend, I got my third health insurance cancellation notice in three years. First, they cancelled the wonderful individual plan we bought for ourselves before the Obamacare law kicked in, after threatening to raise the price on it by over 50%. Then, they cancelled the plan we selected from the then-nonworking ... MOREM. David: Is It Ever Legal To Shoot Cops?
Badges do not grant special rights. Is it ever legal to shoot cops? A growing number of states
are passing laws that say that yes, in fact, sometimes it is well within
a citizen’s rights to shoot a police officer. Other states have already ruled in favor of citizens shooting police officers in self-defense, (even hip-hop legend Tupac walked ... MOREPolice State America: NJ Supreme Court Overrules Fourth Amendment - No Warrants Necessary To Search Vehicles
by Joe Gullo. Why citizens need to understand jury nullification. New Jersey Supreme Court ruling will allow police to search a vehicle without a warrant. According to the ruling, warrantless searches of vehicles can only be done when police have probable cause to believe the vehicle contains contraband or evidence and the circumstances give rise to ... MOREThe War On Sex Trafficking Is The New War On Drugs
by Elizabeth Nolan Brown. "Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door." "Sex-trafficking sweep nets arrests near Phoenix truck stops." "Man becomes 1st jailed under new human trafficking law." Conduct a Google news search for the word trafficking in 2015 and you'll find pages of stories about the commercial sex trade, in which hundreds of ... MORECrony Socialism: Government Bailouts Do Not Save Jobs
by Doug Reich. [Back in 2012,] in a bizarre harangue delivered to the DNC delegates, ex-Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm hysterically chanted that hundreds of thousands of jobs were “saved” by the federal government’s bailout of General Motors. According to her, these jobs were “saved” thanks only to the largess of the Dear Leader and ... MOREBruce Wright: Marijuana Legalization 2015 - US Pot Arrests Increased In 2014 With 1 Every 45 Seconds, FBI Data Show
71% Of Americans Think Civil Asset Forfeiture Is Wrong
by Kevin Drum. Too bad politicians don't care. Julian Sanchez draws my attention to a YouGov poll from last month about civil asset forfeiture, the practice of confiscating money that police merely believe to be connected to a crime. What do Americans think of this? - Which of these options comes closest to your opinion about what SHOULD be ... MOREIra Stoll: A Warning About The Politics Of Crowds
The tactics of Trump, Sanders and the Pope. The voice I find myself missing this political season is that of Fouad Ajami, who died last year. Not so much for Ajami’s insights into the area that was his academic speciality, the Middle East, though one certainly wishes for his thoughts on the Islamic State, the humanitarian disaster that is Syria, and ... MORESchool Choice Can Help Quell Urban Violence
by Lewis M. Andrews. What is most remarkable about reports of escalating urban violence across America is that politicians and the media remain just as narrowly focused on police tactics in the aftermath of Ferguson and Baltimore. Even as 2015 murder rates for Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City (Missouri), New Orleans, St. Louis, Washington, DC, ... MOREThe Free Market: It’s Like Uber, But For Everything
by Robert Tracinski. If it sometimes seems like it’s impossible to restore the free market, as if every new wave of government regulation is irreversible, then consider that one form of regulation, which is common in the most dogmatically big-government enclaves in the country, is being pretty much completely dismantled before our eyes. And it’s the ... MORE
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