Thomas Sowell: Old Lies
Walter E Williams - Compensating Differences
What economists call an ability to make "compensating differences" is a valuable tool in everyone's arsenal. If people are prohibited from doing so, they are always worse off. You say, "Williams, I never heard of compensating differences.
What are they?" Jimmy Soul's 1963 hit song, "If You Wanna Be Happy," explained the concept of compensating differences. His lyrics went: "If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife. So from my personal point of view, get an ugly girl to marry you." His point was that an ugly woman would treat you better. But more importantly, a less attractive woman's willingness to compensate for her differences enables her to effectively compete with a pretty woman. ... MORE
Government Eyes Are Watching Every Move You Make
by John W. Whitehead. Government eyes are watching you. They see your every move: what you read, how much you spend, where
you go, with whom you interact, when you wake up in the morning, what
you’re watching on television and reading on the internet. Every move you make is being monitored, mined for data, crunched, and
tabulated in ... MORELicensing Laws Shut Young People Out Of The Job Market
by Ben Casselman. Young people entering the job market have always faced challenges: a lack of skills and experience, limited professional networks, unfamiliarity with workplace culture and expectations. But increasingly, they are also facing another obstacle: legal requirements that can shut off avenues to jobs before they even get the chance ... MORELimits To President Obama's Executive Order Authority
by Andrew Napolitano. In 2014, President Barack Obama signed 12 executive orders directing various agencies in the departments of State, Justice and Homeland Security to refrain from deporting some four million adult immigrants illegally present in the United States if they are the parents of children born here or legally present here and if they ... MOREThom Dunn: A 7-Month-Old Baby Is On The No-Fly List
Our proactive stance on terrorism. In 2012, a 7-month-old baby was designated as a "known or suspected terrorist threat" by airport security and placed on the no-fly list. That baby is now 4 years old and is one of 18 plaintiffs listed in a lawsuit filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations in April seeking damages for those who have ... MOREThe Profit Incentives Driving The Police State
by John W. Whitehead. If there is an absolute maxim by which the federal government seems
to operate, it is that the American taxpayer always gets ripped off. Not only are American taxpayers forced to “spend more on state, municipal, and federal taxes than the annual financial burdens of food, clothing, and housing combined,” but we’re ... MORE50-Year Disaster Of Government Trains, Buses & Streetcars
by Daniel Bier. Today, Less than 2% of trips use transit. Ronald Reagan once quipped that "government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." There, in a nutshell, you have a short history of mass transit in America. CEI's Marc Scribner explains, ... MORE5 Reasons Conservatives Should Support Pot Legalization
by James McClure. Ever wonder how to bring up marijuana with your conservative friends, family or coworkers? You're in luck because there's an activist group that specializes in getting that sort of discussion started. RAMP (Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition) is dedicated to persuading people to rethink their position on cannabis. We ... MOREEd Snowden Thinks A Global iPhone Attack Will Happen This Year As A Result Of The FBI's Battle With Apple
by Jason Lederman. A grim prediction in the wake the FBI's battle with Apple. In the wake of the FBI's legal battle with Apple, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has made a bold prediction. Snowden wrote in a pair of tweets today that he believes iPhones around the world will be globally compromised by August, due to the FBI's "refusal ... MOREThe Cruelty Of The $15 Minimum Wage
by Nick Gillespie & Jim Epstein. The $15 minimum wage just went from "laughable" to "viable"—as a New York Times headline put it—to the law of the land for millions of New York and California residents. In April 2016, the Empire and Golden states almost simultaneously passed laws that will boost the state-mandated wage floor to $15 over the ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Obama Damns Hillary With Faint Praise
Excuse the gross negligence, please. President Barack Obama's recent remarks to my Fox News colleague Chris Wallace about Hillary Clinton's email issues were either Machiavellian or dumb. It is difficult to tell from them whether he wants the mountain of evidence of her criminal behavior presented to a federal grand jury or he wants her to ... MORE
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