by Michael Hurd. The anti-free speech, anti-American protesters are. Donald Trump was forced to cancel
a rally in Chicago due to threats of violence. Apparently, even the
police were afraid. Black Lives Matter, a group which openly supports
violence to attain its goals of socialism, cheers the shutdown.
They tweeted such comments as, “Way ... MORE
Patients In Pain, And A Doctor Who Must Limit Drugs
Gov't declares war on pain relief. Susan Kubicka-Welander, a short-order cook, went to her pain checkup appointment straight from the lunch-rush shift. “We were really busy,” she told Dr. Robert L. Wergin, trying to smile through deeply etched lines of exhaustion. “Thursdays, it’s Philly cheesesteaks.” Her back ached from a compression fracture; ... MORE
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medicine,
painkillers,
regulation,
restrictions,
self-interest
Two BIG Reasons NOT To Keep Your Cash In The Bank
by Mark Nestmann. Don't lose your life savings. It’s bad enough depositing your money into a bank account and earning essentially zero interest on it, or in some countries, having a negative interest rate. It’s even worse knowing that once you deposit your money in a bank, it’s not really yours anymore. You have turned over your property to ... MORE
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banking,
Cyprus,
government,
incentives,
interest rates,
monetary,
money,
motivation,
tactics
How The West Was Shunned In Primary Politics
by Froma Harrop. There's a not-insignificant part of the United States known as the West Coast. It includes such prominent states as California, Oregon and Washington. These states have yet to hold a single presidential primary or caucus. But at 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, this population center of 50 million-plus souls was informed that the ... MORE
Drug War Myths Exploded: 7 Facts About Drugs That Will Make You Question Everything You Thought You Knew
by Johann Hari. A prevailing lack of wisdom. There's no subject in our culture where the conversation is dominated by myths and misconceptions so much as drugs. We are frightened to talk about it. We are tempted to fall back on stock-phrases and mental spasms -- Just Say No, and all its more modern twists. I have always been sympathetic to more ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: The Heckler's Veto
The government must protect unpopular speech. On Feb. 7, 1946, Arthur Terminiello, a Roman Catholic priest who was a fierce opponent of communism and believed that President Harry Truman was too comfortable with it, gave an incendiary speech in a Chicago hall that his sponsors had rented. The hall held about 800 people, but nearly ... MORE
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free expression,
free speech,
individual liberty,
misconduct,
order,
politicians,
protest,
riots
Man Charged With Breaking A Trooper’s Fist With His Face
by Larry Hohol. Public servants or government thugs? A motorist was viciously beaten, tasered, and maced repeatedly, then charged with 24 separate crimes and maliciously prosecuted for every one of them. He was beaten four (4) times over the course of 11-hours, and not once had he acted maliciously. The incident stemmed from his driving while ... MORE
Apple Says U.S Founders Would Be Appalled By DOJ Order
by Kevin Johnson and Elizabeth Weise. Apple Inc. charged Tuesday that a court order forcing the tech giant to assist the federal government in unlocking the iPhone of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Farook was based on non-existent authority asserted by the Justice Department. "According to the government, short of kidnapping ... MORE
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spying,
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Michelle Malkin: Obamacare’s Tax-Time Torment
The bumbling Obamacare bureaucracy. Thousands of taxpayers must do without a form needed to claim a tax credit for their overpriced health-insurance premiums. Where is my 1095-A? This is what it must be like dealing with a government agency in a third world country.” That was the lament on Twitter of just one poor citizen this week trying ... MORE
John Stossel: Political Promises
How to buffalo low-info voters. Democrats trash businesses. But if businesses promised things the way politicians do, the owners would be jailed for fraud. It's not legal to promise more than you can deliver. I don't suggest that prosecutors should go after politicians who lie. Voters can do that. Political speech should be free. But politicians' promises ... MORE
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free market,
military,
minimum wage,
spending,
trade,
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4-Year-Old Boy Recommended For Counter-Terrorism Program After Saying 'Cooker Bomb' Instead Of 'Cucumber'
by Lenore Skenazy. In Britain, the inmates are running the asylum. A 4-year-old boy who mispronounced the word "cucumber" as "cooker bomb" so freaked out his pre-school teachers that they recommended him for a de-radicalization program. This happened in Britain, where nursery staff clearly couldn't keep a stiff upper lip when faced with all the ... MORE
Walter E. Block: Libertarians For Trump
The case for Trump being the libertarians best bet. Dr. Donald Miller (donaldwmiller@gmail.com) and I (wblock@loyno.edu) are starting up a new group to be called Libertarians for Trump. LFT has its work cut out for it in mobilizing massive support for Donald Trump within the libertarian community. For there are some libertarians who ... MORE
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Donald Trump,
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politicians,
protectionism,
Putin
Thomas Sowell: Desperate Tactics
The panic over Trump. It is desperation time for the Republican party establishment. Its extremely well financed favorite — Jeb Bush — never got anywhere with the voters in the primaries, and has already been forced out of the contest. This should at least cause some second thoughts — or perhaps first thoughts — by people who keep repeating that ... MORE
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Donald Trump,
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Mitt Romney,
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Republican,
Ted Cruz,
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America’s Gestapo: The FBI’s Reign Of Terror
by John W. Whitehead. “Don’t Be a Puppet” is the message the FBI is sending young Americans. As part of the government’s so-called ongoing war on terror, the nation’s de facto secret police force is now recruiting students and teachers to spy on each other and report anyone who appears to have the potential to be “anti-government” or “extremist.” ... MORE
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Richard W. Rahn: Tyranny And Free Speech
Censorship has become a hallmark of the Obama era. Do you support free speech? How about free speech for climate change skeptics? For homophobes? For racists? For sexists? For white males? For even Donald Trump? Those who defend free speech, as did the American Founding Fathers, understand it is not about defending speech you agree ... MORE
Jury Nullification Gets Big Boost From Lawmakers
by Bob Unruh. Because justice is a result, not just a process. A New Hampshire bill would require state courts to inform juries that a defendant who has been shown to have committed a crime can be declared not guilty if a guilty verdict would “yield an unjust result,” a concept known as jury nullification. The plan, approved 184-145 by the state House ... MORE
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jury nullification,
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Brittany Hunter: How Congress Is Giving Up Its Power
Unelected bureaucrats now call most of the shots. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold a hearing on the growth of federal bureaucracy. At the center of the discussion is a legal principle known as “Chevron deference,” something few ... MORE
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government,
legislation,
policy,
politics,
regulation,
restrictions,
rules,
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California’s Carl’s Jr. Says So Long, Golden State
They know when they are not wanted. States: To hear Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, you’d think that taxes can go up to 60% or even 80%, and businesses and investors will just … pay up. But the growing number of businesses stampeding out of high tax areas suggest that they’re very wrong. We got more evidence of that this week when CKE ... MORE
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Lefty Protesters Drive People Into Arms Of Donald Trump
by Robby Soave. Trump's useful idiots. Donald Trump's supporters aren't fazed by his decision to cancel an appearance at a Chicago rally over the weekend—in fact, they are more likely to vote for him to be the Republican nominee because of it. That's according to a new poll of likely Republican voters conducted by Monmouth University. ... MORE
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Donald Trump,
free speech,
liberalism,
political correctness,
politics,
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Surprise! NSA Data Will Soon Routinely Be Used For Domestic Policing That Has Nothing To Do With Terrorism
by Radley Balko. Everyone is presumed guilty. A while back, we noted a report showing
that the “sneak-and-peek” provision of the Patriot Act that was alleged
to be used only in national security and terrorism investigations has
overwhelmingly been used in narcotics cases. Now the New York Times reports
that National Security Agency data will ... MORE
A Powerful Defense Of Market Capitalism
by James Pethokoukis. Economist Deirdre McCloskey recently spoke in London, and this brief summary nicely captures her talk and her work on the power of economic freedom. Next year will see the arrival of her latest book, “Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World,” the completion of a trilogy on the wonder-working ... MORE
Trump And His Protesters Both Hate Free Speech
by Michael Graham. No love for the First Amendment. When it comes to Donald Trump’s “Go to Auschwitz!” thugs versus MoveOn.Org’s “Shut them down” rioters, I go for the full Kissinger: “It’s a pity they both can’t lose.” (Kissinger was talking about Iran and Iraq. Close enough) But they aren’t losing. If fact, the sucker-punching Trumpies and ... MORE
Obama And The Justice Dept. May Be Losing The P.R. Battle Over Encryption, But Watch The Larger War
by Scott Shackford. Nobody believes it’s ‘just one phone.’ The government fight to access your private digital data has another front brewing. The Department of Justice wants to be able to listen in on conversations on WhatsApp, an encrypted messaging and phone service owned by Facebook. Everybody who knows anything about ... MORE
Pot Will Pump $44 Billion A Year Into Economy By 2020
by Jonah Bennett. A profitable growth industry. Marijuana in the U.S. will become a $44 billion a year industry by 2020, according to a Monday report by Marijuana Business Daily. Currently, the cannabis industry in the U.S. is projected to be anywhere between $14-$17 billion in 2016. If existing economic and legal trends continue at the current rates, ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Our Forgotten Statesman
James Madison should have a holiday. George Washington, our first president, is probably our greatest and most decent statesman. We celebrate Washington's Birthday each February. But March 16th marks the birthday of probably the second-most important and decent American, James Madison. Madison became our fourth president, but his ... MORE
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Bill Of Rights,
Constitution,
democracy,
Founding Fathers,
honor,
republic,
secession,
wisdom
Obama Advocates Government Access To All Devices
by Jeff Mason. No surprise that privacy invasion is the tyrant's choice. U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday made a passionate case for mobile devices to be built in such a way as to allow government to gain access to personal data if needed to prevent a terrorist attack or enforce tax laws. Speaking at the South by Southwest festival in Texas, Obama ... MORE
Hard Times For The Nixon Of The Democrats
by Wesley Pruden. The wheel that goes around comes around, as life teaches us all, even Hillary Clinton. She was 27, a reckless and ambitious lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee, working to impeach Richard Nixon. She couldn’t imagine that she would one day be the Nixon of the Democrats, a reckless and ambitious presidential candidate ... MORE
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corruption,
deception,
dishonesty,
e-mail,
Hillary Clinton,
misconduct,
Nixon,
politics,
power
7 Harsh Realities Of Life Millennials Need To Understand
A guide to the real world. Millennials. They may not yet be the present, but they’re certainly the future. These young, uninitiated minds will someday soon become our politicians, doctors, scientists, chefs, television producers, fashion designers, manufacturers, and, one would hope, the new proponents of liberty. But are they ready for it? ... MORE
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choice,
gender,
liberty,
Millennials,
political correctness,
reality,
rights,
sensitivity,
waste
Daily Bell Staff: Elites Link Anti-Government Thought To Mental Illness, Lay The Groundwork For Incarceration
A chilling attack on dissent. Believe in conspiracy theories? You’re probably a narcissist: People who doubt the moon landings are more likely to be selfish and attention-seeking … Psychologists from the University of Kent carried out three online studies … -UK Daily Mail We are seeing an increasing number of academic studies analyzing the psychology ... MORE
Medical Marijuana Miracle: Watch This Mom Stop Her Daughter’s Violent Seizure in Its Tracks With Cannabis Oil
by Justin Garner. Last week we reported on a historic study
that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology in April.
10,000 neurologists from around the world will have a chance to see the
remarkable effectiveness of using a cannabis extract called cannabidiol
(CBD) to treat seizures. As medical science explores this pathway ... MORE
Individualism & Capitalism vs. Marxian Gender & Race Conflict: Trigger Words And College Safe Spaces
by Richard Ebeling. The media has been full of stories recently about the new sensitivity on college and university campuses concerning the avoidance in courses or assignments of the use of “trigger words” or phrases that may have a “hurtful” affect on students when thoughtlessly used in the teaching environment. Student and other groups ... MORE
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college,
gender,
language,
Marxist,
political correctness,
race,
sensitivity,
speech codes,
students
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