Cato senior fellow Michael Tanner writes that politicians wrongly subsidize the purchase of junk foods with the SNAP program. SNAP suffers from numerous other problems as well. The program’s administrative costs are extremely high, as much as $4.5 billion per year. Additionally, SNAP has a high rate of fraud and abuse. According to the Department […]
Somali Refugees Swamp Tennessee Town
The immigration issue is much bigger than the politicians want you to recognize. If you saw the movie Black Hawk Down, you will remember the crowd profiled here with more than a little concern. Erick Stakelbeck of CBN News tells readers about the culture clash as Somali Muslim refugees have come to town in Shelbyville, Tennessee. […]
The United States Does not Return Defectors to Russia and Never Has
Scott McConnell, writing in The American Conservative, explains this minor fact overlooked by the “ever belligerent” Lindsay Graham. On top of this comes Snowden affair. As I write, the young whistle-blower appears to be at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. The Obama administration, in trying to present him to the world as the reincarnation of Julius Rosenberg, is […]
How Can You Prevent the Obama Government From Spying on You? Part III
Encryption prevents snooping and Ixquick uses encryption (HTTPS) by default. Your searches are encrypted, so others can’t “tap” the Internet connection to snoop what you’re searching for. This combination of not storing data and using strong encryption for the connections is key in protecting your privacy. In that Ixquick is based in the Netherlands, U.S. […]
TSA Body Scanners Cause More Deaths than they Prevent
TSA’s nude body scanners probably cause more deaths than they prevent. Cato Institute scholar Jim Harper gives us the inside story here. Travelers wary of TSA mistreatment choose driving over flying for many short or medium-length journeys. Given the far greater danger of driving, this means more injuries and as many as 500 more Americans […]
A Radical Extension of Federal Power
Obama announces a radical extension of federal power of more far reaching than the travesty of Obamacare. And he plans an end run around Congress with his new anti-constitutional plan of EPA horror. The Editors of National Review detail Obama’s radical climate agenda. [T]he president announced that, on behalf of “all of humankind,” he is […]
Turkey: Fears of a Return to Military Rule Appear Overdone
My friend Cato Institute’s Chris Preble just returned from Turkey and offers compelling insights for us. On the other hand, fears of a return to military rule—a Kemalist revival, as it were—seem overdone. A few look back fondly at that earlier period, albeit through rose-colored glasses, but most of the protesters and their supporters are looking […]
A 1,200 Page Immigration Bill Not Read
The Editors of National Review write that the Senate will not even have a chance to read the 1,200 page immigration bill they are about to vote on. In a final theatrical flourish in the immigration-reform drama, the Senate has scheduled a hasty vote on the so-called amendment offered by Senators John Hoeven and Bob […]
Kill Common Core
Kill Common Core and get the federal government out of education. Heritage Foundation explains to NPR reporter Cory Turner that interest groups and the federal government are pushing common core on the states, even if they can’t mandate adoption. “This is an effort largely driven by national organizations and the federal government,” says Lindsey Burke, […]
How Do We Strengthen the Middle Class?
The answer is clear to all Americans. We need to generate more good paying jobs in the private sector. Once that is said, the obvious next step is is to make life easier for those Americans who provide such jobs. Pretty simple, is it not? The central political issue for any political candidate should be how to help small […]
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