If only they embraced small government principles. Some media pundits see in the growing proportion of non-white groups in the population a growing opposition to the Republican Party that will sooner or later make it virtually impossible for Republicans to win presidential elections or even to control either house of Congress. But is demography destiny? ... MOREThomas Sowell: Is Demography Destiny?
If only they embraced small government principles. Some media pundits see in the growing proportion of non-white groups in the population a growing opposition to the Republican Party that will sooner or later make it virtually impossible for Republicans to win presidential elections or even to control either house of Congress. But is demography destiny? ... MOREDr. Gilbert Ross: The Deadly Crusade Against E-Cigarettes
Gov't to ban a sure-fire way to prevent death from smoking. Thursday was "The Great American Smokeout" -- an appropriate day to
take a moment to spare a thought for the 44 million Americans in
the grip of a deadly addiction. Over half of all smokers tried to
quit last year, and an estimated 443,000 died from
cigarette-related illness. ... MOREJames Nye: Denny's Dishes Out Pain Thanks To ObamaCare
To cut employee hours and add surcharge to the bill. President Obama's election victory ensured his Affordable Care Act would remain the centerpiece of his first term in power - but that has left some business owners baulking at the extra cost Obamcare will bring. Florida based restaurant boss John Metz, who runs approximately 40 Denny's and ... MOREMike Riggs: Obama Is Transparently Disappointing
Where did "unprecedented openness in government" go? On March 28, 2011, a group of leading transparency advocates
passed through the security checkpoints along the perimeter of the
White House compound to present Barack Obama with an
award for his efforts to open up government. The president who took
office promising “an .... MOREDo FEMA Camps And Martial Law Foretell America's Future?
by Darren Weeks. During the 1980s Iran Contra hearings, Lt. Col. Oliver North was questioned by Congressman Jack Brooks concerning North’s role in the development of a continuity-of-government plan called “Rex 84” (“Readiness Exercise 1984”), under which the U.S. Constitution would be suspended, and people moved into FEMA camps in the event ... MOREJacob Sullum: Legal Pot Could Be Contagious
Colorado and Washington lead the way. Shortly before the House of Representatives approved a federal
ban on marijuana in 1937, the Republican minority leader, Bertrand
Snell of New York, confessed,
"I do not know anything about the bill." The Democratic majority
leader, Sam Rayburn of Texas, educated him. "It has something to do
with ... MOREJohn Stossel: Did Freedom Win?
Democrats won big last week. So government will continue to grow. Individual freedom will yield. At
least some people with records of supporting liberty were elected: Sen.
Jeff Flake in Arizona and U.S. Reps. Justin Amash and Kerry Bentivolio
in Michigan and Thomas Massie in Kentucky. Also, Washington and
Colorado voted to allow any ... MOREDr. Milton R. Wolf: ObamaCare Taxes Risk 800,000 Jobs
More government means more unemployment. America’s race toward the so-called “fiscal cliff” of automatic, massive tax increases is only part of the problem. This Thelma has her Louise — the Obamacare taxes — and hand-in-hand, these two terrors are racing toward Jan. 1. The only thing worse than President Obama’s broken Obamacare ... MOREJury Nullification Gaining Influence In Criminal Trials
by Ryan Conley. The power of jury nullification has gained recognition, acceptance, and wider use in recent years, and has the potential to profoundly affect the application of criminal justice in the United States. Jury nullification allows juries to acquit defendants who are guilty as charged, but who they believe do not deserve to be punished. ... MOREJames Stacey Taylor: In Defense Of Price Gouging
Be careful what you wish for. Last Friday, Gov. Chris Christie announced that he was taking a “zero-tolerance” approach
toward anyone the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs found taking
certain steps to help bring in much-needed items that were in
desperately short supply after Hurricane Sandy smashed into the state
last week. ... MOREPaul Hsieh: 5 Ways To Protect Yourself From ObamaCare
How the individual can minimize the damage. Now that President Obama has won re-election, repeal of the ObamaCare
health law is no longer realistic. Although some state governors
continue to resist and there are some still-pending legal challenges,
prudent Americans should prepare for the law being eventually
implemented in full. ObamaCare will ... MOREAndrew Napolitano: Silencing General Petraeus
The judge connects the dots. The evidence that Gen. David Petraeus, formerly the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the author of the current Army field manual, Princeton Ph.D. and, until last week, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was forced to resign from the CIA to silence him is far stronger than is the version of ... MOREWait A Minute! The Fiscal Cliff Is A Good Thing
by Howard, Raymond and Jesse Richman. The entire discussion of the "fiscal cliff" has things a bit backward. People talk of "going off" the fiscal cliff -- and the natural image is of the disaster that awaits one who tumbles from the edge of a precipice. Instead, perhaps we should say "running into" the fiscal cliff -- the cliff being a force that stops ... MORE6,125 Proposed Government Regulations In Last 90 Days
Obama administration spitting out an average of 68 a day. It’s Friday morning, and so far today, the Obama administration has posted 165 new regulations and notifications on its reguations.gov website. In the past 90 days, it has posted 6,125 regulations and notices – an average of 68 a day. The website allows visitors to find and comment on proposed ... MOREWalter E Williams - Disaster Ignorance
Higher prices attract more supply. Here's a which-is-better question for you. Suppose a New Jersey motel room rented for $125 a night prior to Hurricane Sandy's devastation. When the hurricane hits, a husband, wife and their two youngsters might seek the comfort of renting two adjoining rooms. However, when they arrive at the motel, ... MOREObama The Unanimous Choice In 59 Philadelphia Districts
Officially wins the vote 19,605 to 0. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney got no votes in 59
voting districts in the city of Philadelphia last week on Election Day. None. And the unofficial vote tallies have President Barack Obama beating
the former Massachusetts governor by a combined vote of 19,605 to 0, The
Philadelphia Inquirer reports. ... MOREThomas Sowell: Nice Losers
Mitt Romney now joins the long list of the kinds of presidential candidates favored by the Republican establishment -- nice, moderate losers, people with no coherently articulated vision, despite how many ad hoc talking points they may have. The list of Republican presidential candidates like this goes back at least as far as 1948, when ... MOREMatt Welch: America's Free Speech Retreat
The shoddy response to consulate attack in Libya. On the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, scores of men armed with rocket propellers, hand grenades, and automatic rifles assaulted two separate U.S. diplomatic buildings in Benghazi, Libya, for more than four hours, killing Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other ... MOREBen Stein: An Embarrassment To The Nation
Hushing scandal until after the election. General David Petraeus is roughly one thousand times the man I am. He is braver, tougher, more self-sacrificing, smarter, more unselfish, more patriotic, far more disciplined, apparently able to keep up sexually with a woman twenty years younger than he is who is also an Ironman woman superstar. He is ... MORECharlotte Allen: The Decline And Fall Of The Golden State
State votes for more: taxes, debt, government. On November 6 voters in California did something nearly unheard of
during the past 30 years: They approved, by a margin of 54 percent to 46
percent, a ballot measure raising state income taxes on the most
prosperous Californians and sales taxes on everyone, even though the
state’s sales tax ... MOREWhat Legal Pot In Washington State Will Look Like
by Jacob Sullum. Washington's
marijuana legalization initiative, which takes effect on
December 6, is broadly similar to
Colorado's: Both initiatives eliminate penalties for possession
of up to an ounce by adults 21 or older, and both call for
state-licensed pot shops, in Washington's case to be regulated by
the state liquor control board, which is ... MOREHow Two Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedoms
by Andrew Napolitano. They are two of America’s most celebrated presidents. One, a Republican who had a storied military career, created the American conservation movement and once gave a speech after being shot by a would-be assassin; the other, a Democrat who overcame dyslexia as a child only to lead America to victory in World War I and formulate ... MOREJim Snyder: Americans Must Favor More Regulations
Voters affirm Obama's job-killing red tape. Mitt Romney urged voters to reject President Barack Obama and his “job-killing” regulations. Obama’s victory last week shows many Americans aren’t as reflexively anti-Washington as Romney expected. In fact, presidents through history who aggressively used the tools of government at their disposal have ... MORERobert VerBruggen: Free Speech On FIRE
Greg Lukianoff catalogues censorship on campus. ‘The essentiality of freedom in the community of American universities is almost self-evident,” wrote Earl Warren in a 1957 Supreme Court opinion. Apparently, American universities themselves have come to disagree. In Unlearning Liberty, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education ... MORE
California's Deadly Embrace Of Big Government
by Steven Greenhut. After Tuesday night’s election results came in, I started searching for two things: a stiff drink and a good out-of-state real-estate agent. The national election sends troubling signs about the direction
the country is headed, but nothing much will change from the past
four years, so we know what to expect even if it isn’t particularly
good. ... MORETen Little-Known Consequences Of A Second Obama Term
by Matt Purple. We all know what the wrecking balls of a second Obama term will be: widespread unemployment, stagnant economic growth, enormous debt. But the consequences don't stop there. Believing in activist government means your work is never finished. You pass a new law that you think combats injustice and inefficiency. Then human nature kicks ... MOREMark Steyn: The Edge Of The Abyss
American society is more liberal and statist than ever. Amid the ruin and rubble of the grey morning after, it may seem in poor taste to do anything so vulgar as plug the new and stunningly topical paperback edition of my book, After America — or, as Dennis Miller retitled it on the radio the other day, Wednesday. But the business of America is business, ... MOREThe Disappointment Of Living In An Electoral Republic
by Clarice Feldman. Tuesday's returns seem inexplicable. (a) Logic Took a Powder. Jeff Dobbs, a regular at Just One Minute, did some work and shows why the election results this week seem inexplicable and unpredictable: Fun with Exit Polls... 19% of voters who described their view as "abortion should be illegal in all cases" voted for Obama. 13% who described ... MOREMargot Sanger-Katz: Floodgates Open On New Health Regs
Unleashing government force after the election. After months of regulatory delays, the floodgates have apparently opened. The Health and Human Services Department delivered two major health reform rules to the Office of Management and Budget on Friday, the first in an anticipated stream of health regulation. Many sources close to the Centers for Medicare ... MOREFour More Years For The Unwitting Authoritarian
by Andrew Napolitano. Only in America can a president who inherits a deep recession and whose policies have actually made the effects of that recession worse get re-elected. Only in America can a president who wants the bureaucrats who can't run the Post Office to micromanage the administration of every American's health care get re-elected. ... MORE
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