The Philadelphia Daily News interviews nine men the city’s police department has arrested for carrying guns, even though all nine were carrying legally. Eight of the men said that they were detained by police – two for 18 hours each. Two were hospitalized for diabetic issues while in custody, one of whom was handcuffed to a bed.
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And That’s the Problem, Lt. Healy
What’s popularly known as the “Bush tax cuts” expire at the end of this year. President Barack Obama wants to keep rates the same (or lower them even) for individuals making less than $200,000 and households pulling down $250,000.
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Can the U.S. Afford $70 Billion in Tax Relief in 2011?
During his summer vacation, Barack Obama had an guesstimated $20,000 makeover done to the Oval Office in the White House (all paid for by donations). The attention-getter so far?
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The Five Quotes on the New Oval Office Rug
Primary night: Quayle wins , Rubio vs. Meek vs.
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Reason Morning Links: McCain Wins, a Palin Surprise in Alaska, Al Qaeda Threat Shifts to Yemen
Eli Broad’s new agreement to build a downtown Los Angeles art museum gives the capricious billionaire and medieval patron of the arts what may be the sweetest rental deal of the century: a 99-year lease of a large parcel in downtown L.A. for a mere $7.7 million.
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Why Is Eli Broad Renting a Full Block of Downtown L.A. for $6,481.48 a Month?
The salvia ban wagon that I described in the December 2009 issue of Reason has arrived in Dallas, where I live.
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The Salvia Ban Wagon Makes a Stop in Dallas
In my Monday column on how prosecutors and police in Indiana get around the state’s requirement that all asset forfeiture proceeds go to a fund for the state’s public schools, I noted that Indianapolis attorney and college instructor Paul Ogden found that over the last two years, just five of the state’s 92 counties had paid any money into the fund at all. The Indianapolis Star found the same thing in a report this weekend
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Indiana Attorney General on Asset Forfeiture Abuse: Not My Problem
Jay Greene, one of the sharpest edumicationalist researchers around, has published with Brian Kisida and Jonathan Mills a new report on the bloat that has larded up university costs like what a 25-meal-per-week dining plan at the Brower Commons does to freshmen: Between 1993 and 2007, the number of full-time administrators per 100 students at America’s leading universities grew by 39 percent, while the number of employees engaged in teaching, research or service only grew by 18 percent. Inflation-adjusted spending on administration per student increased by 61 percent during the same period, while instructional spending per student rose 39 percent.
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Bloat at Universities Now Not Merely Reserved For Football Coaches!
The Obama administration just can’t quit double counting. In a report released earlier today, the administration declared that implementing some of the law’s changes “extends the life of the Medicare Trust Fund by 12 years from 2017 to 2029, more than doubling the time before the exhaustion of the Trust Fund.” And on a conference call this morning , Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius also touted the extension of the trust fund. Don’t believe it.
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Obama Administration Doubles Down on ObamaCare Double Counting
Jerry Brown’s got the Latin beat: Union group “Working Californians” puts out a Spanish-language ad comparing Meg Whitman to the hated former Gov. Pete Wilson. …Or maybe he hasn’t got the Latin beat: Immigrant rights groups threaten to stop supporting Brown over his enforcement of the federal Secure Communities (S-Comm) program
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California Roundup: In Space No-One Can Hear You Inhale
