Law and Government
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Another police officer ambushed and killed; time for a moratorium on cop killing?
An off-duty Memphis police officer died Sunday after being shot multiple times, the Associated Press reports via Yahoo News. The victim, 31-year-old Terence…
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As student debt soars, colleges stockpile cash
As America’s $1.4 trillion student-loan debt balloons like the 2008 real-estate bubble, here’s a modest proposal: Use multibillion-dollar college endowments…
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Quote of the Day: ‘I’m not intrinsically partisan’
The setting for the above quote was a high-ticket Democratic fundraiser last Friday, which provides a clue that it was not…
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Woman alleges Texas Democratic state rep threatened her over undercover video
A Texas state representative recently caught in an undercover video is now being accused of threatening the person behind it. The video…
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Memo to David Frum: Weimar German ‘gun control’ enabled Hitler to confiscate Jews’ guns
Godwin's Law: It was concocted for a reason.
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Obama has advice for a presidential candidate, but you’ll never guess which one
Considering the kind of craptastic president he’s been, Barack Obama is the last person in the earth who should be dispensing advice to…
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Why should we WANT to preserve the status quo in House politics?
A good crisis not to waste.
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Video: Fed. govt. funds play about gay president who fights zombies in WH
Because of course. In a time of great unhinging, what else would the National Endowment for the Arts spend your…
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Food service workers up their game, scrawl THIS on cops’ coffee cups
When I buy a cup of coffee on the way to work, the Styrofoam container has the salutation “Have a…
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DHS editing Wikipedia to promote rumors of affair between Kevin McCarthy, Renee Ellmers?
Your tax dollars at work for you.
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Kevin McCarthy drops out of race to replace John Boehner as speaker of the House
Things you can take to the bank today: (1) John Boehner still plans to quit his post as House speaker…
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HS student on trial for for raping, murdering teacher finally reveals motive
The trial of Philip Chism began yesterday in Salem, Mass., Superior Court. Chism, who in 2013 raped and brutally murdered his math teacher, 24-year-old Colleen…
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Clinton email scandal grows: Server company worried about being implicated in cover-up
McClatchy is reporting significant new news about Hillary Clinton’s email scandal. Per the report, an employee of Platte River Networks, the IT…
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Food truck vendors sue city over ban against operating within 300 feet of restaurant
Competition may be at the heart of free enterprise, but in San Antonio, there’s only room for one bite of the…
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In Australia, ‘gun control’ nation, armed 15-year-old stormed police station, killed employee
For some months, Obama has been emitting signals about his enthusiasm for the Australian model of “gun control” – or,…
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Another broken promise: Deportations of criminal illegals down since Obama took office
“If you’re a criminal, you’ll be deported,” Barack Obama said in November 2014, adding, “If you plan to enter the…
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Does this viral video show an armed assailant stalking a police officer?
Last month, a deputy in Harris County, Texas, was fueling his patrol car when an armed black assailant walked up…
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Michael Moore has something he wants to put in a woman’s uterus
Admittedly, just having the words “Michael Moore” and “woman’s uterus” appear in the same sentence would be considered a gross-out…
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In new session, SCOTUS will tackle abortion, race, union cases
The Supreme Court began a new term Monday and after last Spring’s big losses on gay marriage and Obamacare, conservatives are wary of the…
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Should obese airline passengers be weighed and taxed before flying?
A senior medical officer in the U.K. thinks they should and has been subjected to intense backlash after suggesting the idea publicly.…
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Housing project hailed as model of affordable living may default on $23 million grant
The best laid schemes… A housing cooperative that was once the national model for affordable homes may have to repay nearly…
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Hamburglars! German city seizes private property to house refugees
Hamburg has become the first German city to pass a law that allows the government to seize empty commercial properties…
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Obama peddles gun control fable
As Howard Portnoy noted earlier, some countries that ban or heavily restrict guns have higher rates of mass shootings than…
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What does Obama know about the Clinton scandals, and when did he know it?
‘What did the president know and when did he know it?” That now-iconic question was asked by Senator Howard Baker,…
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One of the ‘costliest regulations ever’: Obama administration drops new ozone rule
The Obama administration will be tightening national smog standards, angering manufacturers who will now be burdened with billions of dollars…
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Obama admitted he was politicizing Oregon shooting; when will he admit his ‘facts’ were wrong?
If you missed Barack Obama’s comments on yesterday’s mass killings in Oregon, you didn’t miss much. As you can see by…
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Free market rates should apply to music streaming
One of the largest government-price-setting schemes in America is the ongoing battle by the record industry to foist royalty rate…
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Navajo Nation builds new jail with federal funds; cost per inmate is this staggering sum
Navajo Division of Public Safety officials spent $31.7 million for an 80-bed jail that usually houses only seven to 11…
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No, OCR’s April 4, 2011 Dear Colleague letter is not entitled to deference
Earlier, I explained why the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) was wrong to demand in 2011 that colleges…
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