Alexandra Petri: In Defense Of Free Speech
A civil society does not require thought police. I think it’s a great mistake to write off what is happening on campus
right now as the demands of coddled youngsters for more coddling. Good
luck with that approach. We are going to outlive you. There is a much more serious discussion to be had. Forty percent of millennials favor ... MORE
Some Members Of Congress Want To Stop Squandering Tax Money On The DEA's Failed Marijuana Eradication Program
by Christopher Ingraham. The Drug Enforcement Administration is not having a great year. The chief of the agency stepped down in April under a cloud of scandal. The acting administrator since then has courted ridicule for saying pot is "probably not" as dangerous as heroin, and more recently he provoked 100,000 petition-signers and seven ... MOREThe Corrupt System That Killed Laquan McDonald
by Conor Friedersdorf. A Chicago cop now faces murder charges—but will anyone hold his colleagues, his superiors, and elected officials accountable for their failures? Thanks to clear video evidence, Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was charged this week with first-degree murder for shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Nevertheless, ... MOREEconomics Is About Scarcity, Property, and Relationships
by Michael J. McKay. The other day I was having coffee with a new friend, a retired businessman who had customized luxury cars in California. I mentioned I had recently retired from owning an investment firm and had studied economics for many years, especially Austrian economics. Like so many people, he said, “I really don't understand economics ... MORE
Alexander Hendrie: Impeach IRS chief John Koskinen
Halt the tax agency’s partisan scheming. After revelations that the Internal Revenue Service was restricting political speech and targeting conservative and tea party groups, John Koskinen was appointed to head the agency, promising reform and transparency. These promises never came to fruition. Instead of admitting fault, Mr. Koskinen’s IRS ... MOREDavid S. D'Amato: The Most Liberal Value - Free Speech
A free society tolerates words that hurt. Current attacks on free speech reveal progressivism as a uniquely American iteration of fascism that shares many of its historical and ideological roots. Recent events on American college campuses have prompted a debate on where we should draw the line that divides permissible from impermissible ... MOREObama Unveils More Than 2,000 New Regulations
by Alex Swoyer. Each expected to cost Americans $100 million or more. Senior Research Fellow and expert in regulatory and telecommunications for the Heritage Foundation James Gattuso reviewed the “economically significant” regulations. “The regulations span the full scope of American life,
ranging from labeling requirements ... MOREIn The Public Service - Heroic Cops Protect Community By Raiding A Group Of 90-Year-Old Women Playing MahJong
by Matt Agorist. As hundreds of thousands of rape kits collect dust and remain untested, cops are quick to jump to action to raid a group of elderly women playing mahjong. A concerned citizen, with a knack for blindly following all decrees handed down from the establishment on high, conducted their patriotic duty of ‘seeing something’ and then ... MORE
French Make U.S. Look Like WWII France
by Barry Farber. Our schools laid great stress on sportsmanship and fair play. It’s possible I took those lessons to a ridiculous extreme. When I was still in short pants and speaking soprano I was a bit of a World War II prodigy. There was actually a time you could have given me a huge map of the world and any date from the beginning of the war to the ... MORESyrian Refugee Policy Raises Serious States’ Rights Issue
by Bob Barr. The flood of refugees from Syria and other Middle East countries that the Obama Administration is preparing to distribute to communities across the nation raises very real and understandable security concerns among government officials at the state and local levels, and among the citizenry generally. It is, of course, facile for ... MOREJohn Stossel: Self-Defenseless
Ask the French if they need a 2nd Amendment? What might have happened if a few of the 1,500 concert attendees in Paris' Bataclan theater had guns? The terrorists had time to kill, reload and kill again. The police unit didn't come for more than a half hour. If a few people in the theater were armed, might they have killed the killers? We'll ... MOREAnthony L. Fisher: France Cracks Down On Civil Liberties
Warrantless raids, house arrests and more. Last Friday, France's parliament overwhelmingly passed a three-month extension of the national state of emergency, granting broad powers to law enforcement and significantly curtailing civil liberties. The Guardian summarizes some of the new security measures: Expanded powers to immediately ... MORE
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