K4V.net BLOG

According to Reason Contributing Editor and certified chart-monster Veronique de Rugy , more than two out of three jobs that Recovery.gov reports as being funded by the stimulus package are through the Department of Education. Her graphic: De Rugy also says that “a third of all union jobs” are now in education

Original post: 
Stimulus: Hot for Teachers

The Sunshine Review, a wiki non-profit that promotes proactive disclosure from state and local governments on their websites, has posted its annual review of 5,000 state, city, county, and school district sites.

View original post here: 
Top Government Websites for Transparency

In 1992, Jim Gray, a conservative judge in conservative Orange County, California, held a press conference during which he recommended that we rethink our drug laws. Back then, it took a great deal of courage to suggest that the war on drugs was a failed policy. Today, more and more Americans are coming to the realization that prohibition’s costs—whether measured in lives and liberties lost or dollars wasted—far exceed any possible or claimed benefits.

View post:
Recently at Reason.tv: Judge Jim Gray on The Six Groups That Benefit From Drug Prohibition

Is marijuana responsible for John Patrick Bedell’s suicidal assault on the Pentagon? Yes, says Washington Post blogger Charles Lane, although his theory of the plant’s criminogenic effects is slightly more sophisticated than Harry Anslinger’s

Read more here: 
Did Marijuana Kill John Patrick Bedell?

Fox News Freedom Watch host Judge Andrew Napolitano and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) are doing a road show tonight in the Buckeye State: Live Taping of Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano, followed by a speech by Ron Paul

View post: 
Attn, Ohio Reasonoids! Judge Napolitano and Ron Paul Taping Freedomwatch in Columbus Tonight!

In 1992, Jim Gray, a conservative judge in conservative Orange County, California, held a press conference during which he recommended that we rethink our drug laws. Back then, it took a great deal of courage to suggest that the war on drugs was a failed policy.

See more here: 
Reason.tv: Judge Jim Gray on The Six Groups That Benefit From Drug Prohibition

One goal of the “open carry” movement, The New York Times notes , is to encourage liberalization of concealed carry laws. California, for instance, is one of nine states where concealed carry permits are issued at the discretion of local officials, which often means that only the politically connected receive permission to discreetly pack heat

Read the original post: 
Put That Thing Away!

A Los Angeles building owner was arrested for putting up one of those building-sized signs that the city finds distracting and ugly–and initially hit with $1 million bail. For background and more exposition on what a sneaky move the bail (later reduced to just $100,000) was, see my entry at my California news and politics blog ” City of Angles .” See former Reason magazine editor Virginia Postrel way back in 1999 on why laws against such “supergraphics” are dumb to begin with

View post: 
Put Up a Sign, Go to Jail (With Million Dollar Bail)

Alcohol regulators in California don’t seem to understand the process of infusing spirits with flavors like orange or vanilla. So naturally, they’re prohibiting that which they don’t understand , invoking a ban on on-site distilling that really has nothing to do with the infusion process

Original post: 
If It Isn’t Authorized, It’s Prohibited