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Relevance: 44% Posted on: June 13, 2020
Liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of central government.Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited (1958), chapter one, p. 14.
Relevance: 44% Posted on: December 1, 2015
If you try to compare those police who take people’s money and property through civil asset forfeiture laws to burglars, who rob folks in more traditional ways, you are just not being fair. To the burglars. The Institute for Justice recently released an updated Policing for Profit report showing that…
Relevance: 44% Posted on: August 9, 2023
Alabama recently passed a law to prohibit public agencies from disclosing information “that identifies a person as a member, supporter, or donor of a 501(c) nonprofit organization . . . except as required by law.” SB59 is comprehensive, stating that “notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,” no public…
Relevance: 44% Posted on: February 1, 2018
It took me a moment. And I assure you, I wasn’t high. When I read that California State Treasurer John Chiang was considering a “marijuana bank,” my first thought was that he was talking about warehousing bud and leaf. Well, no. That would be stupid. So, maybe reporters and bloggers…
Relevance: 44% Posted on: July 17, 2020
On July 17, 1938, pioneer aviator Donald Corrigan took off from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn — New York City’s first municipal airport — with a flight plan for a return trip to his previous disembarkation point, Long Beach, California. His official story was that he got confused after ten…
Relevance: 44% Posted on: July 17, 2019
On July 17, 1938, pioneer aviator Donald Corrigan took off from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn — New York City’s first municipal airport — with a flight plan for a return trip to his previous disembarkation point, Long Beach, California. His official story was that he got confused after ten…
Relevance: 44% Posted on: July 17, 2021
On July 17, 1938, pioneer aviator Donald Corrigan took off from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn — New York City’s first municipal airport — with a flight plan for a return trip to his previous disembarkation point, Long Beach, California. His official story was that he got confused after ten…
Relevance: 43% Posted on: September 13, 2011
In their just completed session, California legislators expressed deep concern about transparency, democracy and good government. Sen. Mark DeSaulnier authored Senate Bill 448 to mandate “a little transparency” in the initiative petition process. The legislation would have forced citizens paid to circulate petitions to wear a sign on their chests…
Relevance: 43% Posted on: September 19, 2021
Paul Jacob offers a good rule of thumb to answer this question. Case in point? The California recall: https://youtu.be/r_LSYV7UOKE
Relevance: 43% Posted on: September 11, 2021
Ah, California, you keep us entertained. And not just Hollywood. This week, Paul Jacob concentrates on one disastrous policy and the judge who defended said policy against the clearly stated wishes of the Californians themselves. Also on the docket? A different judge actually helps Californians out: https://soundcloud.com/thisweekincommonsense/where-we-are-now This Week in…