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Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg 2/4/2013 Conservatives often point out that laws, no matter how benign they may appear, have unintended consequences. They can reverberate in ways that not many people foresaw and nobody wanted: Raising the minimum wage can increase unemployment; prohibition can create black markets. The efforts in many cities to discourage the use of […] February 13th, 2013 | Tags: bacterial infections, coliform bacteria, E. coli, norovirus, plastic bags, reusable grocery bags, salmonella | Category: Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Government regulations, Health Care, Taxes | Comments are closed
Glenn Beck 2/7/2013 _ Glenn has had a bit of a love-hate relationship with Whole Foods over the years (let us not forget the story about the torture of lobsters during transport), but he has always had a tremendous amount of respect for Whole Foods co-CEO, John Mackey. Mackey is a libertarian at heart, […] February 11th, 2013 | Tags: "Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business", "global warming", Ayn Rand, capitalism, John Mackey, poverty, Raj Sisodia, Twitter, Whole Foods | Category: Books/media, California, Glenn Beck, Government regulations, Health Care, insurance, Medicine, Politicians, Video | Comments are closed
The ghastly murders in Newtown, Conn., reflect the prevalence of suicide here and across the globe. Rebecca D. Costa Opinion USA Today 1/28/2013 Before we turn up the volume on the Second Amendment. Before we trot out data proving that more guns lead to more violence — or don’t. Before we re-live every senseless mass […] January 30th, 2013 | Tags: depression, mental health, mental illness, suicides | Category: 2nd Amendment, Crime, Government regulations, Media accountability, Medicine | Comments are closed
Althouse 1/11/2013 “Why should they be forbidden to bake ginger-bread just because Joseph thought it bad for the stomach? Why the Imperial edict demanding the breast-feeding of infants? Why the banning of corsets? From these and a thousand other petty regulations, enforced by a secret police, it looked to the Austrians as though Joseph were […] January 11th, 2013 | Tags: "useful idiots", Austria, Emperor Joseph II, tyranny | Category: Barack Obama, Europe, Government regulations, History, law enforcement, Media accountability | Comments are closed
Rachael Slobodien The Foundry Heritage Foundation 12/26/2012 Ever since the Senate rejected President Obama’s cap-and-trade scheme in 2009, his administration has been hard at work to find other ways to implement a radical, environmentalist agenda. Obama made these intentions clear at a press conference in 2010 when he explained, “Cap and trade was just one […] December 26th, 2012 | Tags: "climate change", "global warming", "green subsidies", Agenda 21, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards, fuel efficiency, global redistribution of wealth, safety, Sen. Jim Inhofe, The Heritage Foundation, wind power | Category: Barack Obama, Cap and Trade, Congress, Department of Transportation, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, federal mandates, Government regulations, Socialism, Taxes, United Nations | Comments are closed
Michelle Malkin 12/17/2012 …2. Train our kids: When they see something troublesome or wrong, say something. If a young classmate exhibits bizarre or violent behavior toward himself/herself, other students, teachers, or parents, report it right away. If it gets ignored, say it louder. Don’t give up. Don’t just shrug off the “weirdo” saying/doing dangerous things […] December 18th, 2012 | Tags: 'culture of violence', CNN, individual responsibility, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NRA, parental controls, popular culture, rap music, Sandy Hook Elementary School, smartphones, Soledad O'Brien, video games | Category: Barack Obama, Education, Government regulations, Hollywood, Internet, Media, TAKE ACTION!, technology | Comments are closed
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