by James Bovard. Flyers must surrender privacy along with boarding passes. If you use hand sanitizer when traveling, the Transportation Security Administration can badger you as if you were a terrorist suspect. TSA is one of the biggest hassles many Americans will encounter this holiday season. I learned that firsthand while flying home from ... MORE
Paul Bonneau: Why Renters Are Screwed
The forces are lined up against them. Every now and then my wife and I get the itch to go into property
rental. For example, we look at real estate listings on the Oregon
Coast. A duplex would be nice, because we could take one unit for
ourselves, and rent the other out. The renter could help watch our place
while we were not around, and we ... MORE
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law,
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motivation,
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Andrew Napolitano: The Spies Who Ruin Us
The Fourth Amendment has numerous virtues. In an effort to draw attention away from the intelligence failures that permitted the attacks of 9/11 and create the impression that it was doing something — anything — to avoid a repeat, the federal government tampered seriously with freedoms expressly guaranteed in the Constitution. ... MORE
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probable cause,
snooping,
spying,
surveillance,
warrantless search
Charles P. Pierce: That Whole "License To Steal" Thing
Civil forfeiture is a civil shitshow. There was a very interesting statistic that popped earlier this month as
regards criminals and criminal justice in the United States. According to economist Martin Armstrong, in
2014, the police seized through civil forfeiture more of the property
of their fellow citizens than was stolen by all the burglars in the ... MORE
Ed Krayewski: Video Captures A Knife-Wielding Man Surrounded And Executed By A Firing Squad Of Cops
Police admit five of the officers fired their guns. Police in San Francisco shot and killed a man they say was a suspected
stabber after he approached an officer while holding a knife. Video
posted of the incident to Instagram
shows at least nine officers pointing their guns at the man, who
appears to be trying to walk away as an officer moves in ... MORE
7 Ways The Government Wasted Your Tax Dollars Last Year
by Bre Payton. The federal government spent millions subsidizing Donald Trump’s
new hotel, building a useless gas station in Afghanistan, and funding a
study on the dating habits of senior citizens, according to a new
report by Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.). The above findings are three of 100 ways the feds blew taxpayer dollars on ridiculous projects ... MORE
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culture,
Donald Trump,
government,
politics,
seniors,
solar power,
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Jacob Davidson: A Criminologist’s Case Against Gun Control
A law professor explains why he is skeptical. In the wake of the recent mass shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood
that claimed three lives, President Barack Obama called the incidents
of gun violence in America “not normal.” “Enough is enough,” Obama said.
According to one count,
there have been 351 mass shootings in the United ... MORE
NY Times Editorial: The Chicago Police Scandal
A conspiracy of concealment. The cover-up that began 13 months ago when a Chicago police officer
executed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald on a busy street might well have
included highly ranked officials who ordered subordinates to conceal
information. But the conspiracy of concealment exposed last week when
the city, under court order, ... MORE
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deception,
dishonesty,
government,
incentives,
police,
politics
Shikha Dalmia: Obamacare Is Falling Apart
Insurers are bolting from the exchanges. President Obama has been hammered for his failure on ISIS in the wake of the Paris attacks. But there's at least one bright spot for him in that criticism: At least it deflected the spotlight from the unfolding catastrophe that is Obamacare. Indeed, last month brought arguably the worst news for the ... MORE
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economics,
health care,
Hillary Clinton,
insurance,
mandates,
ObamaCare,
red tape,
regulation
Ted Abram: Big Government Caters To Crony Capitalism
Playing favorites. In the Democrat presidential debate, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT), an avowed socialist from Vermont, alluded to crony capitalism. “I'm running for president because as I go around this nation I talk to a lot of people. And what I hear is people concerned that the economy we have is a rigged economy.” In the Republican ... MORE
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crony capitalism,
Democrats,
economics,
regulation,
Ted Cruz
John Stossel: The Left Smears Inconvenient Truths
Like more guns mean less crime. This week my TV show is on gun control. I interviewed activist Leah Barrett, who wants stricter gun laws. I pointed out that after most states loosened gun laws to let people carry guns, 29 peer-reviewed studies examined the effect. Eighteen found less crime, 10 found no difference and only one found an increase. ... MORE
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crime,
deception,
dishonesty,
government,
gun control,
law,
politics,
propaganda,
statistics
Free Speech Be Damned: Tyrannical Judge Orders Man Arrested And Jailed For Handing Out Jury Rights Fliers
by Barton Deiters. Because justice is a result, not just a process. A 39-year-old former pastor was arrested and jailed in Mecosta County after he handed out fliers informing people about jury nullification in front of the county courthouse. Keith Wood said he was handing out pamphlets from the Fully Informed Jury Association on Nov. 24 while ... MORE
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arrest,
First Amendment,
free speech,
government,
jury nullification,
justice,
rights,
tyranny
David Kopel: The Costs And Consequences Of Gun Control
Weighing good and harm. Today the Cato Institute published my monograph “The Costs and Consequences of Gun Control.”
The policy analysis examines several gun control proposals which have
been promoted by the Obama administration and the gun control lobby:
bans on so-called assault weapons; bans on standard magazines;
confiscation; ... MORE
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