Joe Biden has picked his VP running mate...and it's Kamala Harris. Never heard of her? Reason released this excellent video detailing her record as prosecutor. As the clip explains, she is hideously authoritarian, probably the most anti-libertarian candidate in a long time, and that's saying something. She built her early career by going after prostitutes and shielding … [Read more...]
AB-5: COVID and California’s Freelancer Disaster
California Assembly Bill 5, aka AB-5, effectively extends full-time employee status to gig workers. The idea was to force employers to give gig workers full-time benefits. However, the (predictable) effect has been to destroy the gig economy in the state and drive gig work out to other states and other countries. All that would be bad enough, but just as the gig jobs started to … [Read more...]
Defund The Police Unions, Not The Police
Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed George Floyd -- thereby triggering months of racial strife and calls to defund the police -- had 18 previous complaints filed against him. Why was he still on the police force with that pattern of behavior? Because police unions protect their own, regardless. John Stossel explains how police unions are the root cause of bad cops, and shares … [Read more...]
When Wokes and Racists Actually Agree on Everything
In this short skit, comedian Ryan Long brilliantly skewers woke social justice warriors by noting how much they inadvertently agree with racists, their alleged arch-enemy. As has been noted elsewhere, wokes want: universities to have separate meetings and facilities by race as well as separate housing, segregation within medical facilities, separate art, etc. Both even think … [Read more...]
New Game Show: Communist Manifesto Or Democratic Party Platform?
"It's no secret The Democratic Party has a tendency to cozy up to socialists, but how far left have they really become? To find out, Ami Horowitz / Disruptive Pictures took to the streets of New York to debut America's most exciting (and disturbing) game show: Communist Manifesto or Democratic Party Platform!" … [Read more...]
Banned From Dance: PLF Fights For Freddie Linden
Why would a state prevent boys and girls from dancing together? It's one of those cases of perverse incentives in law. Title IX is a federal statute requiring schools to offer both sexes equal access to educational opportunities. In order to demonstrate compliance, states want to get as many girls in sports as boys, but some popular sports like football are male-dominated and … [Read more...]
Yes Minister: Bureaucracy Reacts to School Choice
In this scene from the British TV series Yes Minister, a government official explains to the Prime Minister why parental school choice would be a terrible idea. … [Read more...]
Comedian Steve Hughes: I Was Offended!
Comedian Steve Hughes mocks PC limits on "offensive speech" in this short clip entitled: I Was Offended! It was taken from his While It's Still Legal comedy act. … [Read more...]
Remy: Imagine (There’s No YouTube)
Back in 2012, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton falsely claimed that an anti-Islamic film, The Innocence of Muslims, was responsible for the Benghazi attack on a US embassy and managed to get the film removed from YouTube. Comedian/songwriter Remy made this music video in response. In our current age of cancel culture and aggressive political correctness, Imagine (There's … [Read more...]
How To Debate Right-Wingers
How to Debate Right-Wingers is a short, humorous skit that mocks the typical, familiar methods used by leftists to shut down legitimate debate. It is produced by Reason: Common sense for the common good, a British organization (not, I think affiliated with Reason Magazine). … [Read more...]