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 ... 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 ... MOREThe Crypto Wars Are About Power, Not Terrorism
by Andrea Castillo. The FBI may have been able to unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook’s work-related iPhone without conscripting Apple as an unwilling hacker, but that has not slowed down the government’s broader war on encrypted technologies
one bit. It didn’t take long for another tragic terrorist attack, this
one in Belgium, ... MOREGreen Light For Jury-Nullification Crusaders
by Emma Gannone. The 10th Circuit upheld an injunction that lets protesters disseminate pamphlets about jury nullification outside a state courthouse in Colorado. Jury nullification describes the practice by which a jury acquits a defendant, despite evidence of his guilt, because the jury members believe the law at issue is immoral. Protests over ... MOREAnother Sexual Assault In Service Of The Drug War
by Jacob Sullum. Public servants or simple perverts, you decide. Yet another case of a driver sexually assaulted in the name of the war on drugs dramatically illustrates the dangerously broad power that police officers have to mess with motorists. According to a lawsuit filed last September, described in a February 3 ruling
by federal judge in ... MORETrump Movement Is Backlash Against Political Correctness
by Robby Soave. Stephen Baldwin—the actor, outspoken conservative, and brother of Alec Baldwin—supports Donald Trump for president, and his main reason is this: Trump is against political correctness. "The first policy of his that I favor is this guy is gonna take a stand when it comes to the BS of the PC—the political correctness," said Baldwin in an interview ... MOREProtecting Consumers From Speech-Chilling Lawsuits
by Michael Beckerman. Summer is almost here, which means sun, fun, and summer vacations. It also means many of us are going to be spending time browsing online reviews to preview the good, the bad, and the ugly on travel locations. Imagine a world in which a hotel company could sue customers because they didn’t like their stay. What if ... MOREJohn Stossel: Another Libertarian Moment?
An alternative to Clinton and Trump. The Libertarian Party might get more votes this year. Before the primaries, Time Magazine, frequent pusher of trends that do not exist, put Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ken.) on its cover and called him the "most interesting man in politics." Then Paul fizzled, and pundits said the "libertarian moment," if there ever was ... MOREJuries Were Supposed To Be Able To Overturn Laws
by Clay Conrad. History is clear. The law is unclear on exactly what a
jury is. Juries can range from four to 12 members, depending on the
state and case. In two states, criminal juries need not reach unanimous judgments. In some states, jurors can question witnesses. There have even been arguments for so-called professional jurors. Some believe ... 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.
Walter E Williams: Attacking Our Nation's Founders
Undermining the Constitution to gain greater control. During Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign visit to Liberty University, he told the students that our nation was created on racist principles. Students at a Christian-based university, such as Liberty, do not often hear the founders-as-racists argument. But it is featured at many other universities, ... MORE$15 Minimum Wage Follies In California And New York
by Ronald Bailey. Good intentions, but a near total failure as an anti-poverty policy. Both California and New York have just adopted measures to raise their
minimum wages to $15 an hour over the next few years. Los Angeles Mayor
Eric Garcetti hailed
the increase, declaring, "Today California leads the nation once again,
passing a historic ... MOREWhen Did The U.S. Repeal The Laws Of Supply & Demand?
by A. Barton Hinkle. Of soda taxes & minimum wage. Back in October, The New York Times reported that the law of supply and demand still works. "Yes, Soda Taxes Seem to Cut Soda Drinking,"
the newspaper told its readers, relating the results of Mexico's new
tax on sugary beverages. Mexico's measure imposed a 10 percent tax on
soft drinks, and so ... MORESenate’s Encryption Bill Would Destroy Cybersecurity
by Scott Shackford. Privacy under assault. The Senate Intelligence Committee's draft legislation to require tech
companies assist federal authorities in bypassing the security of their
products and software could have well been titled the "Shut Up and Do
What You're Damn Well Told, Nerdlinger, Act of 2016." Actually, it very nearly is. The short ... MOREFederal Drug Warriors Push For Pill-Tracking Databases
Gov't wedging itself between doctors and patients. The nation's top health officials are stepping up calls to require doctors to log in to pill-tracking databases before prescribing painkillers and other high-risk drugs. The move is part of a multi-pronged strategy by the Obama administration to tame an epidemic of abuse and death tied to ... MORELibertarian Party Candidates Perceive Government And Freedom Issues Very Differently From The 2 Major Parties
by Ed Krayewski. 2012 Libertarian Party presidential candidate and former Republican
New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson avoided offering up doctrinaire answers
in the second part of the first-ever nationally televised Libertarian
Party presidential debate, hosted by John Stossel, that aired on Fox
Business (4/7). Johnson insisted the role of government was ... MOREHigher Minimum Wage Equals Higher Prices, More Taxes
by John Seiler. I have dinner once a week with some friends here in Orange County. I set a limit of $20 for beer and food, or $80 a month. When the state minimum wage jumped to $10 an hour from $8 a couple years back, the restaurants increased their prices. So I cut back from a full meal to appetizers. It’s less enjoyment, but, as President John F. ... MOREDavid French: Let’s Not Mince Words About PayPal
The PC bankers. PayPal has announced that it will not open a new operations center in Charlotte, North Carolina, because of the state’s new “bathroom law” — a law that sensibly requires people to use public, multi-occupancy bathrooms that correspond with their biological sex. PayPal thinks this is horrible. To put it bluntly, PayPal’s “corporate ... MORE
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