“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own […]
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The Chicago Tribune on Ray LaHood’s idea that we need a national cell phone ban on any driving activity. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Thursday for a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country. Tough federal legislation […]
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The New York Times on student loans: For the past three decades, increases in college tuition have outpaced the overall rate of inflation, and increases in room and board have risen even faster. That has driven a substantial increase in the volume of student-loan debt. Wrong. Tons and tons of free and very cheap money […]
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Apparently Obama didn’t get the memo which states that the entire point of the American experiment and the entire reasoning behind writing a constitution which outlines a government with limited powers and various checks and balances was a reaction to one man rule. Making law is intentionally a process which goes through various stages, not […]
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It turns out that, despite all of the hand wringing liberals do about accepting those with whom one might disagree and prosthelytize about tolerance are far less likely to do either than conservatives or independents, and really just want to be part of their own little echo chamber in which all voices sound the same […]
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Not for Thee.
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“Resource Officers” spraying students with pepper spray because he thought they might be walking back to class from lunch too slowly.
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A new report has highlighted the epitome of corporate welfare: companies keeping state tax withholdings that they’ve taken out of paychecks. Reuters: Across the United States more than 2,700 companies are collecting state income taxes from hundreds of thousands of workers – and are keeping the money with the states’ approval, says an eye-opening report […]
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Cops handcuffing and detaining a 6 year old girl for the horrific crime of throwing a fit. WMAZ: She was crying in the principal’s office at Creekside Elementary before police arrived Friday. The report says the girl knocked over a shelf that injured the principal. It also says she was seen biting the door knob […]
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Reason on Obama’s “New” Drug Control Report: The report ends with a familiar refrain: “Legalization of drugs will not be considered in this approach. Making drugs more available and more accessible will not reduce drug use and its adverse consequences for public health and safety. We will continue to educate young people and all Americans […]
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