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The Wall Street Journal’s Limited-Government Readers

Cato-at-liberty  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 09:02 AM EST   [*New!*]

By David Boaz The Wall Street Journal editorial page, usually a strong voice for limited government, was rapped by readers Thursday for positions that didn’t seem to meet that standard. After the Journal urged President Obama to support the Defense of Marriage Act in order to allow the gay marriage issue “to be resolved democratically by the states,” [...] The Wall Street Journal’s Limited-Government Readers is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

Cruel and Unusual

DBKP  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 08:45 AM EST

A daily cartoon from DansCartoons.com.

Egypt: Copts bracing for more persecution and restrictions on church-building if pro-Sharia candidate wins presidency

Jihad Watch  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 08:39 AM EST

'The subject peoples ... are forbidden to build new churches.' ('Umdat al-Salik, o11.5). Islamic law also forbids Christians to repair old churches. Sharia Alert from Egypt: 'Controversial Church-Building Law a Focal Point for Egypt's Coptic Voters,' by Luiza Oleszczuk for the Christian Post, May 17: Egypt's Coptic Christians fear they...

UN says al Qaeda behind Syria jihad-martyrdom bombs

Jihad Watch  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 08:17 AM EST

Democracy on the march! 'UN says al Qaeda behind Syria suicide bombs death toll from civil war reaches 10,000,' from AFP, May 18 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): UN leader Ban Ki-moon has said he believes al-Qaeda committed a major bomb attack in Damascus that left dozens dead, and...

Iran demands church in Tehran submit names of all its members

Jihad Watch  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 08:11 AM EST

So as to be able to watch and arrest them more easily, in further crackdowns on converts to Christianity. 'Iran – Ministry of Intelligence further restricts Farsi-Speaking churches,' from Mohaba News, May 17 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): In addition to the increased restrictions against Iranian Christian converts, the...

Joe Biden Martins Ferry OH Visit: Protestors, Police and More Photos

DBKP  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 08:04 AM EST

MORE photos from vice president JOE BIDEN's visit to Martins Ferry OH on May 17, 2012. A large contingent of coal miners--and others--were on hand to let Biden know what they thought of the Obama administration's energy policies. Unfortunately, those people were kept blocks away from Joe 'Man of the People' Biden.

Sheldon Richman on Whether There Is a Libertarian Case for Organized Labor

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 08:00 AM EST

Who do you imagine said this? “[Trade-unions] seem natural to the passing phase of social evolution, and may have beneficial functions under existing conditions.” If you guessed some wily labor leader or social democrat, you are wrong. British laissez-faire advocate Herbert Spencer wrote those words in his  Principles of Sociology  (1896). Because Spencer was the most prominent and respected individualist philosopher of his time, his statement may surprise some readers. But it shouldn’t, writes Sheldon Richman. Our libertarian forebears put the plight of workers at the top of their concerns. View this article.

Those 3 Occupiers Busted In Chicago Planned Attacks On Obama’s Election HQ, Among Others

Stop the ACLU  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 07:45 AM EST

I wonder if this information will suddenly turn all those lefties who immediately sided with the “NATO 3″ against them (Chicago Sun Times) A band of out-of-state “domestic terrorists” was accused Saturday of planning to attack President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home — and firebomb police [...]

Are For-Profit Colleges Worse than Public Colleges

Outside the Beltway  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 07:40 AM EST

Private college degree mills have come under intense scrutiny. But many public institutions have similar statistics.

Elizabeth Warren: Scott Brown Opponent Another Loser

DBKP  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 07:00 AM EST

Our political class rarely gives us one good choice, let alone two at a time. Exhibit A: Obama vs Romney. Exhibit B: Elizabeth Warren may be the only person that Scott Brown (R-MA) could beat in his Bay State U.S. Senate race. Warren is so bad, who has time to discuss Brown's many disappointments and shortcomings? Warren has imploded--somewhat conveniently for Brown--as did his 2010 opponent, Martha Coakley.

Politico Tars Marco Rubio With Conspiracy Theories of 'Bilderberg Obsessives'

NewsBusters  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 06:58 AM EST

The 'mainstream media' claim that they finely sift information to offer their customers only the most trustworthy information. That obviously does not apply to Politico or their reporter Ken Vogel. On Saturday, they stooped to an article headlined 'Marco Rubio as vice president: the Bilderberg conspiracy?' Vogel even included this line: 'Paranoid? Perhaps. But like any good conspiracy theory, there’s just enough there to stoke questions.' Then there was plenty of publicity for the 'Bilderberg obsessives' and radio host Alex Jones: John Edwards’s speech to the Bilderberg Group’s 2004 meeting in Stresa, Italy, reportedly helped clinch his selection as that year’s Democratic vice presidential candidate. And Jim Johnson, the man who chaired that vice presidential selection process and initially was...

Mohammed, Black Holes and the Bombing of Nazi Germany

The Belmont Club  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 06:53 AM EST

One of the problems with conventional histories is that they are narratives designed to show a particular sequence of cause and effect. But when there are multiple causes there can be a dispute over which of these created the observed effect. Take the Western Allied air campaign against Nazi Germany. No one can dispute that [...]

Lockerbie Bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi

The Jawa Report  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 06:49 AM EST

Dead.TRIPOLI, Libya -- The former Libyan intelligence officer Abdel Baset al Megrahi, who was convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has died in Libya, his brother told AFP on Sunday. 'He died an hour ago,' Abdelhakim al Megrahi said, putting...

Barack Obama, The First Composite President: Now Build Your Own Prez

DBKP  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 06:45 AM EST

When looking into the past of Barack Hussein Obama, America's Most Mysterious President!™, it's helpful to understand that nothing is as it seems. Composite girlfriends; Julia: America's first composite campaign woman; and, Obama himself: America's first 'composite President.' NOW! a chance to finally build the President Obama you've always wanted.

Ya gotta laugh

Stop the ACLU  | Links  | Related | May 20, 2012 06:40 AM EST

Below is a recent bit of Warmist “research” from Australia. I guess that they hope nobody notices the figures behind their conclusions. I have always been one of those pesky people who look at the actual results in a scientific paper rather than the conclusions authors draw from their results — and [...]