An understanding of convenience. We hear many fallacies in election years. The fallacy that seems to be most popular this year is that, if Donald Trump comes close to getting the 1,237 delegates required to become the Republican nominee, and that nomination goes instead to someone else, then the convention will have ignored "the voice ... MOREThomas Sowell: The 'Voice Of The People' Fallacy
An understanding of convenience. We hear many fallacies in election years. The fallacy that seems to be most popular this year is that, if Donald Trump comes close to getting the 1,237 delegates required to become the Republican nominee, and that nomination goes instead to someone else, then the convention will have ignored "the voice ... MORERaising Minimum Wage Is Perfect Way To Kill Summer Jobs
by Jonah Goldberg. Expect more teenagers on the streets. I had a lot of summer jobs. I was a foot messenger in New York for a couple of summers. I worked as a receptionist and mail-room flunky. Before my junior year of high school, I briefly sold ice-cream snacks — sort of yuppie bonbons — on the street for a company called Love Bites. ... MOREHyprocrisy On Steroids: California Labor Union That Fought To Impose $15 Minimum Wage Now Wants An Exemption
The point is to drive up the costs of their competition. The labor union that led the charge for a $15 minimum wage hike in cities across California is now moving to secure an exemption for employers under union contracts. The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor buried the exemption on the eighth page of its 12-page proposal for the ... MORERed Light Cams Linked To Rear-End Collisions In Chicago
by Dan Kedmey. New study casts doubts on the claims that cameras improve road safety. A new Chicago-focused study links red light cameras to a coinciding rise in rear-end collisions, casting doubts on claims that the mounted cameras improve safety at intersections. The study’s findings, published by the Chicago Tribune Friday, found that while ... MOREDear AG, Conspiring Against Free Speech Is A Crime
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds. Breaking the law to shut up climate change dissenters. Federal law makes it a felony “for
two or more persons to agree together to injure, threaten, or
intimidate a person in any state, territory or district in the free
exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him/her by
the Constitution or the laws of ... MOREEurope Sacrifices Free Speech For Political Correctness
by Dr. Michael Hurd. Europe has gone crazy. Yes, there are the terrorist attacks. But it’s the political correctness and censorship, too. Governments in Europe are literally sacrificing their citizens for the sake of not offending Islam. Here’s an example. Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders went on trial last Friday for allegedly inciting hatred against the ... MOREMore People Recognizing Copyright's 'Free Speech Problem'
by Mike Masnick. For many years now, we've written about the fact that copyright law and
the First Amendment are actually in quite a lot of conflict. After all,
copyright is regularly used to stifle speech, and the First Amendment
isn't supposed to allow for the barring of speech. Over the years, legal
experts have been increasingly starting to realize ... MOREEconomic Inequality Is Not Increasing. Propaganda Is
by Gary North. It never ends. We are besieged by articles on today's increasing economic inequality. These articles have three things in common: 1. Each one has a favorite explanation/boogeyman. 2. Each one calls for political reforms to make things more equal. 3. Each one fails to mention Pareto's 20/80 law. Here is the main problem with these ... MOREEd Spillane: Many Judges Continue To Jail Defendants Without Money To Pay Fines. Here Are The Alternatives.
Why one judge refuses to send such folks to jail. Melissa J. showed up in my court last year with four kids in tow. Her children quietly watched from a nearby table while I spoke with her. The charges against her — driving with an invalid license, driving without insurance, not wearing a seat belt, failure to use a child safety seat properly ... MOREVIDEO: Why The Public Is Losing Respect For The Badge
Public servants or statist bullies? You decide.
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