Stolen Valor Laws Unconstitutional
The 9th Circuit yesterday ruled that Stolen Valor laws violate the 1st Amendment and that there is a limited right to lie.
Parking Space Economics
Free parking is a very inefficient use of land resources that wouldn’t exist without government mandates and subsidies. Is it time to end the practice?
For-Profit Universities
For-profit universities are defrauding their students. Indeed, it’s their business model.
When Government Hands You Lemons
According to health inspectors in Portland, Oregon, this little girl is potentially a threat to your health and safety.
Like Beer? Thank Jimmy Carter!
A Southern Baptist Democratic president hated by conservatives is largely responsible for the rise of the American craft brew industry.
Google and Verizon Test Net Neutrality
Congress has been wrestling with the net neutrality issue for years. Two major players may force a decision soon.
Obama Supports Warrantless Searches
The Obama administration wants the FBI to be able to look at your Internet records without the inconvenience of respecting your 4th Amendment rights.
Nonprofit Salaries Too High?
Are you really a nonprofit if your CEO is making a million dollars a year?
Daniel Schorr Dead at 93
Daniel Schorr’s journalism career ended far too early, lasting a mere eighty-one years.
How ObamaCare Could Kill Small Businesses With Paperwork
Yet another “hidden” provision of ObamaCare is revealed to hold nasty surprises for America’s small business owners.
Wal-Marting of Weed
Oakland marijuana growers worry that regulation will turn their product from a niche specialty to a mass market commodity.
Ruling Class Elites
A bizarre rant in American Spectator contains some interesting thoughts about the nature of America’s political elite.
The Inevitable Barack Obama Comeback
Reports of Barack Obama’s political death are greatly exaggerated and wildly premature.
The Capital Strike Of 2010
American businesses are sitting on a big pile of cash, and giving no indication that they have any intention of spending it any time soon.
Supreme Court: Christian Group Can’t Exclude Gays While Accepting Public Funds
Once again, the Supreme Court affirmed today that there is no Constitutional right to receive public funds.
Third Depression: Barriers to Recovery
A lot stands in the way of returning to pre-collapse employment levels in the USA.
Kevin Costner Oil Cleanup Centrifuge
How effective is Kevin Costner’s oil separator? It depends who you ask.
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