Last week some ex LAPD officers were convicted in Federal Court.  These thugs had been convicted of conducting numerous home invasions, violently battering the people they found there and tossing the homes for illegal drugs which they then fenced.
The FBI, understandably proud of its role in apprehending these criminals, has issued the following press release:
Evidence […]

Why do I like the electoral college?
Because living in California, these people aren’t canceling out my vote.

Remember, those of you who worship at the altar of democracy, these people are actually allowed to vote. Hannitized, every last one of them.
It’s about individual rights, people, not about democracy. The former is an end, the […]

Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Bob Barr released the following statement about yesterday’s ruling from the California Supreme Court on gay marriage:
“Regardless of whether one supports or opposes same sex marriage, the decision to recognize such unions or not ought to be a power each state exercises on its own, rather than imposition of a one-size-fits-all […]

Our government sure has a strange take on drugs. If you want to take them to get high, or to improve sports performance, or to dull the pain of debilitating diseases, you deserve to be put in jail. But if they’re trying to make someone malleable and complacent, such as schoolchildren, drugs are […]

Chicago, city of broad shoulders and big steaks, has repealed its ban against fois gras:
Chicagoans can feast on foie gras once more. The Chicago City Council just repealed the ban on its sale that it put in place two years ago.
Monica Davey, the Times’s Chicago bureau chief, says the ban has been a source of […]

With record-high corn prices, and plenty of subsidy money floating around, an interesting thing is happening. Less farmers are growing corn!
Why? Because the inputs used in growing corn are rising in price even more quickly:
The amount of corn planted in the U.S. is expected to dip this year. Rice acreage in California, which […]

Gene Healy from his new book, The Cult Of The Presidency:
The chief executive of the United States is no longer a mere constitutional officer charged with faithful execution of the laws. He is a soul nourisher, a hope giver, a living American talisman against hurricanes, terrorism, economic downturns, and spiritual malaise. He—or she—is the one […]

Which Presidential candidate is worse for liberty, John McCain or Barack Obama?

Glenn Reynolds reviews Ron Paul’s The Revolution: A Manifesto:
The main shortcoming in Paul’s book, as with his candidacy, is in the follow through, the transition from critique to action. Although he does include a chapter entitled “The Revolution,” about reducing the size of government, it’s a pretty skimpy plan. Were we to see a Ron […]

As expected, former Congressman Bob Barr, announced his candidacy for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for President today:
(CNN) – Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr formally jumped into the White House race Monday as a candidate for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination.
Barr, the onetime darling of conservatives who led the impeachment fight against former President Bill Clinton, […]

Don’t count anything other than the audacity of hype when it comes to the War On (Some) Drugs:
As president, I would use the bully pulpit of my office to warn Americans about the dangers of performance enhancing drugs, and I would put greater resources into enforcement of existing drug laws. I would also convene a […]

Time Magazine asks the question:
That’s why it’s time to consider a more serious option: invading Burma. Some observers, including former USAID director Andrew Natsios, have called on the U.S. to unilaterally begin air drops to the Burmese people regardless of what the junta says. The Bush Administration has so far rejected the idea — “I […]

Via Third Party Watch, here’s a rather bizarre comment from Mary Ruwart, one of the candidates for the LP’s Presidential nomination:
For years, myself and other libertarian candidates have pointed out that “when guns are banned, only criminals will have guns.” The shift in popular perception has come about primarily because courageous Libertarian candidates are willing […]

For your consumption…

This time, it’s the Philadelphia Police Department that’s under scrutiny:
PHILADELPHIA — A half-dozen police officers kicked and beat three suspects pulled from a car during a traffic stop as a TV helicopter taped the confrontation, and the city’s police commissioner said “it certainly does not look good.”
The video, shot by WTXF-TV, shows three […]

A great deal of attention is focused on the recent raids on the FLDS compound in Texas. The behavior of the state has rightly been condemned, most effectively by Les Jones who wrote:
Imagine that some parents in a school district were accused of child abuse. Now imagine that the authorities took every […]

California trying to say pets can’t ride on driver’s lap:
A California lawmaker wants to ban motorists from holding pets on their laps while driving. Getting caught could net a $35 fine.
The bill passed the California Assembly on a 44-11 vote Monday and now heads to the Senate.
Assemblyman Bill Maze said his legislation has nothing to […]

Over at Cafe Hayek, Don Boudreaux linked to his article discussing Bryan Caplan’s book, The Myth of the Rational Voter.
In the always-wonderful comments section, a commenter named Bret made this point:
So let me get this straight.
If I vote in a way that makes me feel fantastic and wonderful about myself and I really couldn’t care […]

About a month ago, I blasted an article by a tongue-in-cheek reporter who wanted to use Raul Castro’s easing of restrictions on cell phone ownership as an excuse to criticize cell phones (suggesting– implicitly– that oppression and no phones is better than freedom and phones).
I stand by that post, but I stepped over the line […]

The Hillary Clinton campaign has sent out mailers criticizing Barack Obama for trying to have it both ways on the Second Amendment. The mailer reads as follows:

These are all valid criticisms of Barack Obama; I have made some of these very criticisms myself (here, and here). But the source of these criticisms (Hillary Clinton) […]