Some good stuff. === How many salaried counselors, deans and lawyers does it take to prohibit the distribution of copies of the U.S. Constitution on campus? WSJ Dec. 21, 2014 3:07 p.m. Regarding your editorial “Unfree Speech on Campus” (Dec. 13): Recently, at the University of Michigan, one conservative Muslim student was suspended from the establishment paper, The Michigan Daily, and had his door... Read more
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The High Cost of Unfree Speech on College Campuses
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Education, Politically correct, The LeftHarvesting Crop Insurance Profits
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, EconomicsWhen you subsidize something to this degree, is it any surprise that demand goes up? =========== A simple fix could save taxpayers $40 billion without damaging the U.S. food supply. By Bruce Babcock And Vincent H. Smith Dec. 23, 2014 6:08 p.m. ET Over the past three years, proposals from the Obama administration and the House Budget Committee to reform the $80 billion-a-year federal crop-insurance... Read more
Students unable to “hear” sensitive words?
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Losing Freedom, Politically correctThey can drink. Smoke pot. Watch about any kind of movie. But suddenly any words that can conjure up, anything at all offensive in anyone’s mind, should now be “off limits”. I wish I was kidding you. ============== Harvard Law Prof. Jeannie Suk writing at newyorker.com, Dec. 15: Students seem more anxious about classroom discussion, and about approaching the law of sexual violence... Read more
Vermont’s Single Payer Washout
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, ObamaCareI did not see this covered in the NYT. ================= Dec. 22, 2014 7:10 p.m. ET Believe it or not, there really are liberals disappointed that ObamaCare does not involve more taxation and central planning of medicine. So be grateful for the state laboratories of federalism and in particular Vermont, where the purest progressive version of ObamaCare has imploded. Last week, in a reversal... Read more
The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Unconstitutional
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, US ConstitutionI guess there is more than one opinion about what EPA can legally do. =========== By Laurence H. Tribe Dec. 22, 2014 7:06 p.m. ET 338 COMMENTS As a law professor, I taught the nation’s first environmental law class 45 years ago. As a lawyer, I have supported countless environmental causes. And as a father and grandfather, I want to leave the Earth in better shape... Read more
The Double-Dipping Legal Scam
December 27 | Posted by mrossol | Big GovtIts a wonder that the country hasn’t gone bankrupt years ago with all this “corruption”. ========== Dec. 25, 2014 2:31 p.m. ET 119 COMMENTS House Speaker John Boehner says asbestos legal reform is a priority in the New Year, and it can’t come soon enough. Based on the details emerging from federal bankruptcy court, asbestos litigation fraud has reached new heights. Garlock Sealing Technologies is... Read more
