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Another Agency in Search of a Mission: Department of Homeland Security Issues...
Thank goodness for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—the $57 billion per year super-agency created when the already bloated Department of Defense turned out to be incapable of defending even...
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“Gaia” Guru Admits Global Warming Alarmism Is Wrong
James Delingpole reports in the Telegraph of London that James Lovelock, the “greenest” of the “greens,” now admits that the doomsaying over global warming is wrong. [O]ne of the archest of the world’s...
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Form Trumps Function on Taxpayers’ Blank Check
SFO's Proposed New Control Tower is the Latest in Public Works as Art The elevated freeway that collapsed during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in Oakland had long been known to be...
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The Obamacare Ruling’s Threat to Charity
While many were surprised that the Supreme Court recently moved from ruling on the actual arguments presented for the Constitutionality of the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and...
View ArticleAnti-Gouging Laws Prevent Prices from Sending the Right Signals
Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, a Republican, and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, have warned sellers against “price gouging” in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Their words...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg: “Let Them Eat Cake”
Mayor Michael Bloomberg would apparently prefer his storm-ravaged city’s homeless eat nothing at all than benefit from the generosity of private individuals—declaring that only items his food police...
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Governor Christie’s Favorite Charity
In the age of ceaseless parroting for “transparency,” it’s astounding to me that government do-gooders are apparently immune. The Asbury Park (NJ) Press is reporting: The Sandy relief fund chaired by...
View ArticleFire Safety Lessons from Nigeria
No one would mistake Lagos, Nigeria, for paradise. Litter blankets the streets, blackouts occur daily, and traffic moves at a snail’s pace. Yet, in one realm chaotic Lagos performs well above average:...
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Arctic Blast Heroes: Chick-fil-A to the Rescue
Birmingham, Ala. Chick-Fil-A store owner Mark Meadows (Courtesy Lauren Dango) Having spent 9 hours in the Atlanta airport yesterday, my husband David and I observed the human condition first-hand, as...
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Interstellar Liberty and the Foibles of Progressivism
Spoiler Alert: This blog post may contain clues to key plot points in the 2014 film Interstellar. One of the cornerstones of progressive political thought is that experts should be put in charge of...
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