America: the freest country on earth. International Business Times: Almost a quarter of the world’s prison population is locked up in one country: the United States. For years, the U.S. has held the infamous reputation of having the highest per capita rate of incarcerated individuals on the planet, dwarfing that of other comparable industrialized nations. […]
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Gee. This wasn’t predictable at all. The Wall Street Journal: There was a time when you had to be successful on Wall Street to become secretary of the Treasury. Now along comes presidential nominee Jack Lew, whose only business credential is a stint at the most troubled too-big-to-fail bank. During the darkest days of the […]
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The market is nothing more than people making self-interested decisions. And that is exactly why the government hates the market, because they can’t compete in it. In a free market, it can’t exert control over those people who would turn to other options besides daddy government to best meet their needs. Police officers in Seattle, […]
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Those terrible flyover staters and their quest for privacy from government intrusion. The Journal Star: At first blush, the proposal seems driven by paranoia. But Sen. Paul Schumacher of Columbus worries that police will start using drones — small, pilotless airplanes or helicopters employed by the United States to track enemies and attack terrorists and […]
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Remember kids: only Republicans appeal to Christianity in their zeal to make laws that will affect hundreds of millions of people. The Examiner: As Sen. Diane Feinstein opened her press conference on gun control, she invited Dean of the National Cathedral Rev. Canon Gary Hall to offer a prayer. Hall spoke briefly before the prayer, […]
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You can’t fix stupid. The Daily Mail: A Belgian woman took an astonishing 1,800 mile detour through six countries after her car navigation system went wrong. Sabine Moreau, 67, had intended to drive to Brussels from her home in Solre-sur-Sambre to pick up a friend from the train station – a journey of just 38 […]
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Leon Panetta, via The Washington Post: For the life of me, I don’t know why the hell people have to have assault weapons. Dear Mr. Secretary, Firstly I’d like to address the idea that I have an assault weapon at all. As the Secretary of Defense, you ought to know that an assault weapon, by […]
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Rule #1 in political rhetoric: when you don’t have a solid intellectual basis, use children. Politico: President Barack Obama set a new standard Wednesday for stupidly exploitative White House events by appearing onstage with children to unveil his gun control proposals. He quoted from letters that the kids had written him. He invoked their Solomonic […]
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No, just idiots. BuzzFeed Politics: In a sour footnote to President Barack Obama’s sweeping electoral victory last November, many of his campaign staffers have been shut out of the inaugural festivities, more than a dozen of them complained to BuzzFeed Monday. “We worked our butts off, and I’m going to watch it on TV instead […]
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Ding ding ding! In the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Newtown, Conn., many Americans have found themselves wondering what could be done to prevent such tragedies in the future. Stricter gun control legislation, better mental health services, and less emphasis on violence in movies and video games have been proffered as solutions. What much […]
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