Here Heather MacDonald, writing at City Journal, comments on Bill De Blasio’s efforts to end stop and frisk technique use by the NYPD. Bill de Blasio won the mayoralty of New York by running a demagogic campaign against the New York Police Department. He has now compounded the injury by dropping the city’s appeal of an […]
Perhaps Osama bin Laden Did Win
TSA—the $60 Billion Union Monster Since 2002, taxpayers have forked over more than $60 billion for TSA. With 65,000 employees, TSA is now larger than the combined forces at Departments of State, Labor, Energy, Education, and Housing and Urban Development. Furthermore, air travelers are still obliged to go through the loathed full-body scanners, which, at […]
Obamacare Evidence: The Uninsured Are Not Buying In
O’Care is a poorly designed Marxist-influenced, job-killing junker. O’Care asks the uninsured to buy coverage in many areas that are not needed. Who in their right mind would wish to buy such insurance? The insurance industry has known from the start that O’Care was a structural clunker. And if the administration did not know this, […]
Breathtaking New Video Of Felix Baumgartner’s Record Jump
Vanguard GNMA’s 7% Spread
Last year the so called smart guys said bonds were dead. They must have forgotten that stocks don’t go up forever. In January the Dow dropped 5%, but Vanguard GNMA gained 2%–a spread or difference of 7%. Not a bad start to the year for Vanguard GNMA.
Mother Knows Best
“Fracking and Our Food Supply” was a Feb/March feature in Mother Earth News. I have read Mother for years and have benefited greatly, as I believe will you. In an article by Shelly Stonebrook, you read that Fracking fluid contains 632 chemicals, 25% of which are linked to cancer or mutations and 75% affect sensory […]
Porky Pig of a Farm Bill
My Cato friends Michael Tanner and Chris Edwards break-down the $956 billion Farm Bill for you. Don’t believe anything the media puts out saying this is a cut. Check-out the chart below. A 49% increase is not a cut. And while Republicans rant and rave about food stamps let’s not forget about the gigantic food […]
An Inside Look: Healthcare.Gov Meetings
Maybe they cancelled all those “how Healthcare.gov is progressing” meetings to toss the ball around. [SlideDeck2 id=19047 iframe=1]
The Doctor Is Out
Dr. Tom Coburn, the junior senator from Oklahoma, has had enough of the self-interest and careerism of Washington politics. A proponent of term-limits, Dr. Coburn believes that Washington cannot fix Washington. Parochial interests will always trump the best interests of the nation. Only America can change Washington. What is needed are new limits on federal […]
Peyton Manning a Class Act
The way Peyton Manning carried himself in defeat is yet another reason why he is a world class individual. It was then that Peyton Manning heard the very respectful voice of Steve Lopez, a beer vendor from the Bronx. “Mr. Manning, could I please get an autograph?” the 25-year-old asked. Manning’s head turned and looked […]