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The Phony Trade-Off Between Privacy and Security 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Most people take it for granted — because they’ve heard it so many times from politicians and pundits — that they must trade some privacy for security in this dangerous world. The challenge, we’re tol...
Obama’s 2009 Promise of Cheaper Health Care Has Morphed Into 2013 Price Hikes 22 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Remember when President Obama promised back in 2009 that his health care reform plan would cut insurance premiums for the average family by $2,500? Four years later, those promised cuts have morphed i...
If You Have Nothing to Hide, Be Very Worried 21 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Many people do not seem to mind the government peeping into their “metadata” or even into their emails, Internet habits, or phone calls. Mark Reid, the city manager of Bluffdale, Utah, where a large N...
An Empire in Panic 20 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
A cornered rat has a deadly bite, or so says the lore from the 19th century, when rat baiting was common sport. The same is true of a cornered empire today. Every hour that goes by presents the eviden...
Regulatory Outrage 17 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Just when you think government couldn’t be more outrageous, you read a story like the one in The New York Times last weekend about Edward Young, who was put away for 15 years. His crime was possessing...
Thank You, TSA, NSA, FBI, and CIA! 16 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Today, we take time out from our regularly scheduled programming to thank the people who rule us. To the TSA agents at airports… to the IRS agents who audit our tax returns… to the NSA agents who are ...
Detroit, Demographics and Detonation 15 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Detroit’s fate is best summed up by the phrase “Demographics is destiny.” Take a look at the following chart on Detroit’s population growth since 1840. The golden age of the U.S. car manufacturing in...
Why the White House Is Panicking About Obamacare 14 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Actors. Actresses. NFL football players. Baseball players. Librarians. Mayors. City councilmen. Members of AARP. The Obama administration is looking far and wide, leaving no stone unturned in a relen...
How Medical Innovation Redefines Our World 13 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
On a Sunday afternoon swim, a 6-year-old boy was bugging me in a sweet sort of way. He rode up and down the handrail on the stairs in the shallow end of the pool where I was trying to sit in peace. He...
So Where’s the Hyperinflation Already? 12 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
The Federal Reserve has grown the monetary base from $827 billion to $3.1 trillion in five years. At the same time banks have stuck $2 trillion more than required in reserves at the Fed. This money la...
