Law and Government
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Tweet of the Day: Hillary visits college, puts ‘everyday Iowans’ on lockdown
Hillary Clinton’s effort to meet with some ordinary Iowa college students during her van tour have apparently inconvenienced those unlucky enough…
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Vet at wits’ end called veterans’ suicide hotline … and was put on hold
It sounds like a cruel joke, but it really happened. Ted Koran, a U.S. Air Force veteran, was deeply depressed late Saturday night.…
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The AAUW’s myths about equal pay and discrimination
Today is Equal Pay Day. That means it’s time for false statistics and legal claims from groups pushing for red tape about employee pay, such as…
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TSA screeners manipulated system to allow male agent to grope men’s genitals
The Transportation Security Administration may have done away with its so-called “nude body” scanners but it hasn’t done away with creeps who get their…
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Study: Federal ‘crop insurance’ bloats costs, plays favorites
Getting government out of the crop insurance business would save consumers nearly $1 billion a year. A new study finds that…
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Woman physically attacked after shushing noisy teens in movie theater (Video)
The request is one made often. It’s one you may have made yourself. You are sitting in a movie theater,…
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Latest intruder who manages to bypass White House security is … a toddler
So easy a child can do it. “It” in the previous sentence is eluding the many layers of security in…
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It’s this simple: Body cameras keep suspects and police honest
As you likely know, body cams are simple video cameras that can easily be attached to the body. They cost…
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13 troubling facts about U.S. taxes and the tax code
If you’re reading this, rather than feverishly poring over columns of numbers in 6-point type, chances are you’ve finished your…
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BREAKING: New Mexico governor signs bill to abolish civil asset forfeiture
Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez signed a bill Friday that protects police from seizing the private property of citizens. Martinez signed just before the…
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Your tax dollars at work: Secret Service teaching Malia Obama to drive
OK, I understand why her father can’t teach her to drive, but why is the Secret Service, an agency on…
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La. mom drove 6 juveniles to fight that left one of them wounded by gunfire
It’s the little things parents do for their children that count so much. When a child has a soccer match…
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Student discount? Businesses should give a taxpayer discount instead
All across the globe, students with an ID from an accredited college or university receive a discount on purchases. If I were running…
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Obama calls for end to efforts to ‘straighten out’ gay, transgender children
Consider it the latest in Barack Obama’s “evolution” from a politician who opposed same-sex marriage and the military’s don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy…
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Hugs are now ‘sexual assault’ at the University of Virginia
If you hug your boyfriend and as a result your clothed body (including your breasts) touches him, you could be…
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Poll: Obama twice as popular in Cuba as he is in U.S.
Barack Obama is a pretty popular fellow these days. His approval rating is hovering near the 80% mark, according to a…
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Dem lawmaker charged with wire fraud posts job opening for wire fraud investigator
William Scarborough, a Democratic New York State Assemblyman recently charged with seven counts of wire fraud, took to social media…
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BREAKING: Jury returns guilty verdict in Boston Marathon bombing trial
It took 11 hours spread over two days for the federal jury in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, but…
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Exclusive interview with Dr. Ben Carson (Video)
Dr. Ben Carson plans a multi-pronged approach to attacking the $18 trillion U.S. debt and would seek to reduce the…
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States flout post-9/11 law, hand out IDs to illegals that look like driver’s licenses (Video)
Remember Sept. 11, 2001? That was the date when 19 radical Islamists hijacked jetliners full of fuel and passengers and…
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5 benefits to privatizing police (Video)
In Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Paul Newman and Robert Redford play a pair of train robbers who spend…
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Solar companies swindle customers, get miffed when they complain
Solar companies in Arizona claim they are victims of “slanderous campaigns” by electrical utilities spreading unsupported allegations, but letters from…
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Obama’s information website: Try it, you won’t like it
A redesigned information website launched by the Obama administration last week looks like a bad April Fool’s joke. Users can…
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Unequal before the law: Guess which messages Colorado bakers CAN refuse to put on cakes
Inequality before the law.
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Paper argues liberals should boycott states opposing EPA regulations
[Ed. – In other words, “Do an Indiana” on them.] A liberal writer is calling for “progressives” to boycott states…
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‘A la Bloomberg’: France moves to ban free refills
Free soda refills may be a glorious tradition in the United States, but across the pond, in France, they could…
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Virginia tax machine runs over car owners
As Virginia politicians campaign for state and local offices this year, one subject remains untouchable: the state’s billion-dollar car tax. Republican…
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Report: The worst examples of welfare fraud and how to fix them
The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) released a report Thursday detailing the worst examples of welfare fraud and how to…
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State Dept. to fly Central American children of illegal immigrants into U.S. at taxpayers’ expense
If you are a family living south of the border with designs on sneaking into the U.S., trekking through the…
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Republican lawmaker: New internet regs will result in $11 billion in new taxes and fees
Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte delivered a blistering critique of new internet regulations Thursday, claiming they will stifle innovation and lead…
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Calif. prison ordered to grant murderer’s taxpayer-funded sex change surgery
Hey, even lifers have their needs. Last February, a mass murderer in a Norwegian prison threatened to go on a hunger…
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Myths about Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Myths have permeated the media’s coverage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act enacted in Indiana. (I have no position on such legislation, which I previously…
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