Month: August 2011

Protecting The Environment Without Stealing Liberty

SACRAMENTO – Restaurant owner Gary Honeycutt says a push in California’s Legislature to ban the plastic foam containers he uses to serve up takeout meals could cost him thousands of dollars in an industry where profit margins are razor thin. via Calif. could be first state to ban foam containers – Boston.com. TAL Commentary: If …

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Police Brutality is a Feature of State Security Production

View more videos at: http://nbcchicago.com. Whenever the government has a monopoly on a good or service, it will behave like any other monopolist: It will maximize cost, minimize quality, and maximize demand. The Ayala Brothers can tell you about the poor quality of police services provided in Chicago. They say they worked there, but the …

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It’s the Debt, Stupid

Switzerland, the nation that hasn’t gone to war with a foreign power since Napoleon, is reluctantly debating a generational taboo: ceding monetary independence to win a battle over its runaway currency. Swiss National Bank Vice President Thomas Jordan said the central bank is assessing “a whole range of options” to prevent the franc, which reached …

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Monsanto Isn’t The Problem — The Government Is

Oh, Monsanto, you sly dog.You keep trying to make us believe you are “committed to sustainable agriculture” with your canny advertisments on American Public Media, even as you force-feed farmers your lab-grown Frankenseeds that expire every year which are, let’s be honest, opposite of sustainable. Read the rest of the article via Monsanto’s 5 Most …

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Child Labor Laws Don’t Help Children

Nearly two years after ABC News cameras uncovered young children toiling away in Michigan’s blueberry fields, federal investigators have found yet another disturbing example of illegal use of child labor in the berry industry. Three southwest Washington strawberry growers were fined $73,000 last week after the U.S. Department of Labor found children between the ages …

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Obama Administration Exempting Schools From Federal Law’s Testing Mandate | CNSnews.com

(AP) – State and local education officials have been begging the federal government for relief from student testing mandates in the federal No Child Left Behind law, but school starts soon and Congress still hasn’t answered the call. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he will announce a new waiver system Monday to give schools a …

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