“By citing national security, Trump can skirt independent U.S. government trade bodies and impose tariffs and quotas as high as he wants.”
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/16/news/economy/steel-aluminum-tariffs-trump/index.html
“The ubiquitous presence of law enforcement in public schools has led to serious infringements of students’ Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights, and it has increased the likelihood that minor disputes between students will escalate into criminal justice issues.”
Read more: https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/15/parkland-florida-shooting-cops-schools
“Government officials, hiding behind classified material, can easily inflate and even create so-called threats, and they have an obvious incentive to do so.”
Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/02/18/peace-through-strength-is-a-racket
“Every military leader in history has wanted more resources at his or her disposal. U.S. secretaries of defense have been especially adamant since 2011, when the Budget Control Act first set limits on both defense and domestic spending.”
Read more: http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/15/the-militarys-readiness-scam-worked-again/
“Who’d a-thunk it? Americans vote with their feet because they value jobs, economic freedom and prosperity, entrepreneurship, lower taxes, and less government over the opposite?”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/americans-are-voting-with-their-feet-for-economic-freedom/
“The first step is for Americans to learn from the successfully affordable and accessible cities of the world. Ironically, these successful cities are typically more market-based in their planning decisions than the supposedly hyper-capitalist US.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/the-unbearable-truth-about-infrastructure-and-urban-sprawl/
“A study of the out-migration by Joint Venture Silicon Valley says workers are moving to Sacramento, Austin, and Portland due to a number of factors. But topping the list is the high cost of housing.”
“The street’s enhanced security and isolated location have attracted some of the wealthiest and most powerful politicians in California over the years, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Cheng says the outcome of the hearing shows that a different standard of government applies to the rich and politically connected in San Francisco.”
“California’s plan to deny pipeline permits for transporting oil from new leases off the Pacific Coast is the most forceful step yet by coastal states trying to halt the biggest proposed expansion in decades of federal oil and gas leasing.”
“This is where the story becomes quite curious. The new bill will reduce output for all brewers except for one: the new Guinness Brewery being built in southwest Baltimore.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/a-beer-war-is-brewing-in-maryland/