by Thomas Sowell. People who want to buy Christmas gifts, without having to confront the crowds at the local shopping mall (or shopping maul) can take a load off their feet by buying books or movies on the Internet, while sitting in the comfort of their own homes. In addition to old standbys like gorgeous coffee table books of Ansel Adams’ ... MORE
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Showing posts with label welfare state. Show all posts
Victor Davis Hanson: Can California Be Saved?
So naturally rich but so poorly run. Crime is back up in California. Los Angeles reported a 20.6 percent
increase in violent crimes over the first half of 2015 and nearly an 11
percent increase in property crimes.
Last year, cash-strapped California taxpayers voted for Proposition 47,
which so far has let thousands of convicted criminals go free ... MORE
John Stossel: The Cult of Victims
People benefit by playing the victim. The world has enough real problems without declaring everyone a "victim." Bill Clinton says Hillary is a victim of a right-wing conspiracy. Lindsay Lohan, when jailed for driving drunk and breaking parole, says she's a victim of cruel and unusual punishment. Michael Sam says his NFL career would have gone ... MORE
Indiana School Fingerprints Students For Lunch Program
by Kyle Olson. A new method of tracking the sheep. The grumbling in New Albany cafeterias isn’t coming from students’ stomachs. It’s from parents. The southern Indiana school district is one of the latest to deploy technology which “biometric identification to match a finger scan with a personal identification number,” WAVE reports. According to a ... MORE
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Lloyd Marcus: Why Liberals Are Dangerous
The emotion over reason advocates. The Left (liberal mainstream media) practically had a ticker tape parade for Ohio Gov. John Kasich for answers he gave on two issues during the GOP debate. Liberals' praise of Kasich shows they have chosen emotion over logical, reasoned thinking. This makes liberals irresponsible and dangerous. These people ... MORE
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campaign,
compassion,
debate,
entitlements,
politicians,
Republican,
vote-buying,
welfare state
F.J. Rocca: Eric Hoffer's Wisdom
He loved America's fundamental unit, the individual. May 21st marked the 32nd anniversary of the death of American philosophic icon, Eric Hoffer. Although his biography is somewhat murky, there are facts of which we can be certain. Eric Hoffer was a self-educated, deeply sentient observer of not only the American civilization but of mankind in ... MORE
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individualism,
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How L.A.’s New Minimum Wage Could Hurt the Poor
by Monica Potts. A liberal argues that higher wages will just negate government subsidies. This week, the Los Angeles City Council voted to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour, from the current $9, by 2020, joining the ranks of other liberal cities like Seattle and San Francisco who are acting despite federal inaction on the issue. But L.A. is the ... MORE
Why Kids Who Aren’t Poor Now Get Free School Lunches
by Valerie Strauss. Spreading the realm of dependency. It used to be that students from families with low incomes qualified
for lunches that were either free or available at a reduced price.
That’s still true — but now, new federal rules allow kids who aren’t
poor at many schools to get the same thing. The change in the
rules means not only that ... MORE
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