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 ... MORE
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Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
50-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, ... MORE
The 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 ... MORE
Andrew 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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corruption,
deception,
dishonesty,
e-mail,
FBI,
government,
Hillary Clinton,
neglect,
security
The 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, ... MORE
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Apple,
encryption,
FBI,
government,
law enforcement,
privacy,
security,
smart phones,
snooping
Another 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 ... MORE
Raising 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. ... MORE
Hyprocrisy 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 ... MORE
Red 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 ... MORE
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accidents,
automobile,
cameras,
government,
incentives,
monitor,
research,
spying,
surveillance
Dear 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 ... MORE
Europe 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 ... MORE
Economic 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 ... MORE
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deception,
economics,
equality,
government,
inequality,
politics,
propaganda,
redistribution
Ed 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 ... MORE
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economics,
fees,
fines,
government,
incarceration,
judges,
justice,
law enforcement,
regulation
VIDEO: Why The Public Is Losing Respect For The Badge
Public servants or statist bullies? You decide.
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attitude,
authority,
bullying,
government,
harassment,
law enforcement,
police,
police state
Senate’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 ... MORE
Federal 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 ... MORE
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drug war,
government,
incentives,
medicine,
nanny state,
painkillers,
regulation,
restrictions
Libertarian 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 ... MORE
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debate,
freedom,
government,
individual liberty,
libertarian,
politicians,
presidency,
principles
Higher 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. ... MORE
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