John W Whitehead: Fear Of The Walking Dead
The American police state takes aim. The zombies are back. They are hungry. And they are lurking around every corner. The zombie narrative, popularized by the hit television series The Walking Dead,
in which a small group of Americans attempt to survive in a
zombie-ridden, post-apocalyptic world where they’re not only fighting
off ... MORE
An 'Encyclopedic Example of Liberal Media Bias'
Brent Bozell on CNBC's unmasking at the GOP debate. MRC president Brent Bozell issued a statement Wednesday night criticizing the overall tilt and tone of the CNBC Republican debate in Boulder: "The CNBC moderators acted less like journalists and more like Clinton campaign operatives. What was supposed to be a serious debate about ... MORE
Danny Vinik: Obama’s Effort To ‘Nudge’ America
Government using behavioral science to shape behavior. For the past year, the Obama administration has been running an experiment: Is it possible to make policy more effective by using psychology on citizens? The nickname is “nudging”—the idea that policymakers can change people’s behavior just by presenting choices or information ... MORE
James Hall: Undeniable Social Security Demographics
The math does not add up. What are the consequences for Social Security in an economy where fewer and fewer workers have a job? Add in the tax burdens that come to comply for Obamacare coverage and it is difficult to see where all the needed new employment will come from to keep funding the government Ponzi scheme? Government ... MORE
Andrew Napollitano: A Midwife To Chaos And Her Perjury
A confirmed liar asks for your vote. The New York Times' Maureen Dowd captured the moment last weekend when she referred to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as "the midwife to chaos" in Libya. Dowd apparently came to that conclusion after watching Clinton bobbing and weaving and admitting and denying as she was confronted with ... MORE
Cynthia M. Cale: Forensic DNA Evidence Is Not Infallible
Some new techniques have higher probability of error. Earlier this month, the Texas Forensic Science Commission raised concerns about the accuracy of the statistical interpretation of DNA evidence, and it is now checking whether convictions going back more than a decade are safe. Despite how it is often portrayed, in the media and in courts, ... MORE
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DNA,
evidence,
justice,
process,
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science,
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technology
John Stossel: How The State Cashes In On Fear
This Halloween, what do you fear? I fear fear itself because when we are afraid, we willingly give away our freedoms. Global warning? More power to the EPA! 9/11? Vote 100 to 0 to create a TSA! Kids don't learn? Common Core! Crime up? Spend on police! (Or for leftists: increase welfare!) Immigrants? Seal the border! Ebola? More money and ... MORE
The Lucrative Business Of Crowds For Hire
by Kieron Monks. Next
time you're watching a campaign rally for a politician, or a glitzy
premiere, take a close look at the enthusiastic faces waving banners at
the front. There is a good chance that some are paid performers. If they are, it is likely that one Adam Swart put them there. Los Angeles-based entrepreneur Swart has pioneered the ... MORE
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business,
campaign financing,
deception,
Donald Trump,
entrepreneur,
politicians,
reputation
Police Prosecutions Have Increased, But Not Convictions
by Scott Shackford. I don't know that I would necessarily call it "good news" that we're
seeing more police officers facing actual charges and trials for fatal
shootings. Given, though, that there's been a notable increase
in the number of people killed by police in recent years, a doubling in
the frequency by which officers face trial in 2015 ... MORE
Brent Bozell: Hillary's 'Victory Lap' Of Lies
Hillary Clinton gives false testimony, journalists yawn. To hear the media tell it, Hillary Clinton came to Capitol Hill as a bullfighter and easily killed the angry bulls of the House Benghazi committee. The "mainstream" media wondered why these crazy Republicans would "walk into the trap" of trying to scrutinize and question a media ... MORE
Do Badges Grant Special Rights? Cop Shoots Unarmed Marijuana Dealer in Face and Kills Him, Walks Free
by Matt Agorist. Derek Cruice was a kind and loving young man who was murdered in cold blood by state agents because he allegedly sold a plant that is legal in five states. In March, a heavily militarized police SWAT team, knowing that Cruice had never been convicted of a crime, descended on his home on Maybrook Drive in Deltona. Police ... MORE
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marijuana,
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SWAT,
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Avik Roy: Flatlined - White House Says Obamacare Exchange Enrollment Growth To Collapse In 2016
Not difficult to understand. For years,
this blog has been warning about how the high cost of
Obamacare-sponsored insurance would limit the law’s expansion of health
coverage. Well, the chicken has come home to roost. Today, the Obama
administration announced that it projected dramatically lower enrollment
growth for Obamacare’s ... MORE
Throwing Billions Down A Dark Tunnel For Bullet Train
Political nitwittery thrives in California. For years, critics of the California high-speed rail project – from government oversight agencies to transportation and engineering experts to think tanks to local grass-roots organizations to these Opinion pages – have faulted the California High-Speed Rail Authority for its overly optimistic and ever-changing ... MORE
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California,
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economics,
government,
high speed rail,
labor,
politics,
unions,
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Devin Henry: Wave Of Litigation Hits Obama Climate Rule
Some welcome resistance to government power grab. The publication of the EPA's carbon rule for power plants has prompted a flurry of legal and legislative action, ushering in a lengthy battle over the future of the Obama administration's key climate change initiative. More than two dozen states and a slew of interest groups and companies sued ... MORE
Nick Gillespie: Why Intellectuals Hate Capitalism
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey explains. "Intellectuals have always disdained commerce," says Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey. They "have always sided with the aristocrats to maintain a society where the businesspeople were kept down." Having helped create the global grocery chain intellectuals arguably like best, ... MORE
Obama Executive Order Incentivizes Employers To Hire Alien College Graduates Over Native-Born Graduates
by Ali Meyer. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expanding a program that
awards businesses bonuses when they hire alien college graduates over
native-born graduates, according to an analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies. The optional practical training program (OPT) awards alien college
graduates a work permit to stay ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: Hillary 2.0
Deception's poster child. Many people may share Senator Bernie Sanders' complaint that he was tired of hearing about Hillary Clinton's e-mails. But the controversy is about issues far bigger than e-mails. One issue is the utter disaster created by the Obama administration's foreign policy in Libya, carried out by Hillary Clinton as Secretary of ... MORE
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Benghazi,
foreign policy,
Hillary Clinton,
Libya,
Middle East,
politics,
terrorism,
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Women Have Suffered More Under Obama Policies
by Stephen Moore. Now that Hillary Clinton has, by default, sewn up the Democratic nomination, expect Democrats to play the gender card for all its worth. In August, Clinton lashed out at the GOP field: "extreme views on women, we expect from some of the terrorist groups ... but it's a little hard to take from Republicans who want to be the ... MORE
Here’s How Rand Paul Wins The Next GOP Debate
by Josh Guckert. The last few weeks have been excellent for the Rand Paul campaign. After being left for dead by numerous media outlets, Paul has experienced new-found momentum, polling in the top five both nationally and in Iowa. He has energized thousands of college students through Students for Rand, and is gaining exposure which he had ... MORE
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conservative,
economics,
Federal Reserve,
flat tax,
hypocrisy,
libertarian,
Rand Paul,
Republican
Walter E Williams: Who's Responsible?
What do we make of Hillary's observation? Hillary Clinton told a mixed audience, "I mean, if we're honest, for a lot of well-meaning, open-minded white people, the sight of a young black man in a hoodie still evokes a twinge of fear". Before we get into the nuts and bolts of that observation, I'd like to ask a question. Would well-meaning, ... MORE
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behavior,
crime,
culture,
discrimination,
misconduct,
race,
reputation,
stereotypes,
suspicion
Hell's Angels Say Canada’s Plans To Legalize Marijuana Will Deal Massive Blow To Their Organized Crime Operations
by Emily Gray Brosious. Canada’s newly elected Liberal government has promised to legalize marijuana “right away,” and that’s not sitting well with thousands of Hells Angels members who say the move would cost the organized crime outfit hundreds of thousands of jobs, as reported by World News Daily. Thousands of members of the organized ... MORE
Jacob Sullum: Pot Pleasure, Pot Problems
As prohibition collapses, abuse is less likely. It stands to reason that legalizing marijuana, by making it easier, cheaper, and less risky to obtain, would encourage consumption. That is mostly a positive development, since it implies greater consumer satisfaction as more people enjoy a product that prohibition made harder to get. ... MORE
Climate Alarmist Lets It Slip: Why They Want To Scare You
by Kerry Jackson. World savers are anything but. They always have an unspoken motive.
H.L. Mencken saw the self-appointed saviors for what they were almost a
century ago, when he said the "whole aim of practical politics
is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to
safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, ... MORE
Bjørn Lomborg: Blowing It On The Wind
The hot air surrounding wind power. When
considering climate change, most people think wind turbines and solar
panels are a big part of the solution. But, over the next 25 years, the
contribution of solar and wind power to resolving the problem will be
trivial – and the cost will be enormous. The International Energy Agency estimates
that ... MORE
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climate,
climate change,
energy,
pollution,
solar power,
special interest,
spending,
wind power
5 Times Concealed Carriers Have Stopped Mass Shootings
Why not do what works? We’ve seen our fair share of tragedy over the last decade. Mass shootings, the loss of life, the cracking of the very fabric of society… Sometimes it’s hard to come up with solutions to these problems. But what if a solution already existed — and best of all, it worked? It does. It’s called carrying a concealed firearm every ... MORE
Senator Mike Lee: Let's Be Honest About The Debt Limit
Here we go again. The federal government has predictably maxed out its credit card for the fifth time in the last four years. The Treasury Department now insists there will be “catastrophic economic consequences” unless the debt limit is raised by Nov. 3. If that wasn’t depressing enough, consider that Congress has less than two ... MORE
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Congress,
crisis,
debt,
debt ceiling,
economics,
government,
policy,
politics,
Rand Paul,
spending
VIDEO: Official Deception - The Benghazi Video Lie
Rep Jim Johnson (R-Oh) grills Hillary Clinton as to her role in deceiving the American people about the true cause of Benghazi attack the killed Ambassador Chris Stevens.
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Benghazi,
deception,
dishonesty,
government,
Hillary Clinton,
tactics,
terrorism,
testimony,
video
Baylen Linnekin: Right-to-Farm Debate Heats Up
All you need to know about right-to-farm laws. If I asked you to think of an agricultural-law issue that’s been making news in states across the country recently, you’d probably throw up your hands in the air. Maybe you’d shrug and suggest something to do with genetically modified food (GMO) labeling. And if I told you, as I am, that the answer to ... MORE
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agriculture,
animal rights,
environment,
farming,
government,
property rights,
regulation,
rights
AP: States Sue Over New EPA Air Regulations
States fight to protect the elderly and the poor. States and industry groups dependent on fossil fuels began filing court challenges Friday to President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Opponents of the plan were expected to file a flurry of lawsuits at the U.S. Court of Appeals as the ... MORE
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carbon tax,
energy,
EPA,
fossil fuels,
government,
Obama,
penalties,
regulation,
restrictions
High School Journalism Teacher Gets Suspended After Standing Up For Student Reporters' Free Speech Rights
by Zach Weissmueller. Administrators at one California high school reacted in all the wrong
ways when student reporters tried to write a newspaper article about
the recent dismissal of a popular teacher and debate coach. San Gabriel High School principal Jim Schofield sent an email telling
newspaper adviser Jennifer Kim to kill the story ... MORE
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academic,
censorship,
coercion,
free speech,
intimidation,
news,
reporting,
schools,
students
Poll Shows NRA Is 50% More Popular Than Hillary Clinton
Maybe the people are not-so dumb. We’ve been hearing a lot about this subject in the last few weeks. Among the list of the “enemies”
that Hillary Clinton is most proud of having made, the National Rifle
Association is right near the top of the list. This led one of her
prominent supporters to declare that the demise of the organization was ... MORE
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firearms,
gun control,
gun rights,
Hillary Clinton,
liberty,
NRA,
politics,
poll,
popularity
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