Free markets are more important than safety regulations

By   /  May 13, 2013  /  Commentary  /  2 Comments

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By Steven Greenhut| Franklin Center
California and Texas officials have been having an ongoing tit-for-tat over which of the nation’s two mega-states is the better place to live and do business — something that has become a proxy issue for the broader philosophical debate over the proper size and scope of government.
In California, Democrats control every state [...]

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California considers adopting a Homeless Bill of Rights

By   /  May 6, 2013  /  Commentary  /  No Comments

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The Homeless Bill of Rights, the name applied to a new bill that recently soared through the California Assembly’s Judiciary Committee on a 7-2 vote, is the latest in a long line of California legislation that has grabbed national attention for its sheer lunacy. At the current rate, California’s “differently sheltered” will be the only residents left with any rights.

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Stop granting special privileges to the police

By   /  April 24, 2013  /  Commentary  /  2 Comments

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By Steven Greenhut | Watchdog.org
The horrific Boston bombings already have led to irrational calls for more security cameras and more police officers, with some Democrats absurdly using this tragedy as a reason to stop the slight sequester-mandated cuts in federal spending growth.
Never mind that police spending primarily is a local matter. The bigger questions that [...]

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McAuliffe hones China’s crony-capitalism model in U.S.

By   /  April 23, 2013  /  Commentary  /  2 Comments

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Part 11 of 20 in the series Terry McAuliffe, gubernatorial candidate and carmogul

By Steven Greenhut| Watchdog.org
As he runs for Virginia governor, Terry McAuliffe has touted his efforts to start a “green car” company in Mississippi as a prime example of his old-fashioned American entrepreneurial know-how. Yet McAuliffe really is a master of the Chinese-style “crony [...]

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California’s latest environmental boondoggle

By   /  April 15, 2013  /  Commentary  /  2 Comments

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In Dostoevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov,” a priest recalls the words of a man who confessed: “The more I love mankind in general, the less I love people in particular.” We can all think of people like that — folks of varied political persuasions who rally to “save” humanity, but become so consumed by their cause that they lose patience for the individuals they ostensibly are trying to help.

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