Disarming the Myths Promoted By the Gun Control Lobby - Forbes

Disarming the Myths Promoted By the Gun Control Lobby - Forbes: "Newsweek has reported that law-abiding American citizens using guns in self-defense during 2003 shot and killed two and one-half times as many criminals as police did, and with fewer than one-fifth as many incidents as police where an innocent person mistakenly identified as a criminal (2% versus 11%)."

"many states fail to provide mental health records to the federal computerized background check system"

"somewhere between 830,000 and 2.45 million U.S. defensive gun uses annually"

Active shooters in schools: Should teachers be trained by police firearms instructors?

Active shooters in schools: Should teachers be trained by police firearms instructors?: "Every school in the nation conducts two or three fire drills per year, despite the fact that not one single child has died from a school fire anywhere in North America in well over a half a century.

Yet, we almost universally ignore the threat which really is claiming the lives of our kids — active shooters"

Scissors save premature baby's life | Fox News

Scissors save premature baby's life | Fox News: "she was so tiny doctors did not know if they should try to save her.

But when they put her on the scales she weighed 1 pound, the minimum weight for a baby to be considered viable — so they fought for her.

Only when she was safely on a ventilator did doctors discover the scissors had been accidentally left on the scales, and that 8-inch Maddalena in fact weighed only .84 pounds, or about 13 ounces.

The lucky baby has now been discharged from the Royal Sussex Hospital and is expected to grow into a healthy child."

The Real Problem with a Secretary of State Susan Rice | Benjamin H. Friedman | Cato Institute

The Real Problem with a Secretary of State Susan Rice | Benjamin H. Friedman | Cato Institute: "Those suggesting that there’s a cover-up have not explained how hiding terrorism would have benefited the White House, given that terrorism typically helps incumbent presidents, especially ones that benefit from talking about dead terrorists rather than unemployed Americans."

Israel's Hamas Policy Threatens Permanent War | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute

Israel's Hamas Policy Threatens Permanent War | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: "Justified as denying Hamas construction materials and the like, the blockade enriches the movement, which taxes goods smuggled in. Wrecking the civilian economy weakens the private business community, which has the greatest interest in peaceful accommodation with Israel."

"Israel’s attacks are disproportionate. Israel has a long history of attacking civilians as a matter of policy."
I thought rockets from P.A. were aimed at civilian areas? :-/

"What popular support Hamas has lost from misgovernment it has regained by seeming to defend Palestinians. Hamas forced Israel to negotiate: the cease-fire requires talks on increasing the freedom of movement for people and goods and ending targeted assassinations."

In Defense of 'Vulture Funds' | Richard W. Rahn | Cato Institute

In Defense of 'Vulture Funds' | Richard W. Rahn | Cato Institute: "Argentina issued U.S. dollar-denominated bonds subject to U.S. law because most international bond buyers would not have been willing to buy Argentine currency bonds subject to the Argentine courts."

"Here is where the “vulture funds” come in. They are run by entrepreneurs who are willing to take very high risks by buying the defaulted debt of the corrupt or mismanaged country at deep discounts (usually after the original bondholders have fled) and, at times, use the court systems around the world to seize assets of the deadbeat countries as a way of pressuring them to pay their debts. Last month, one of the Argentine creditors managed to legally hold an Argentine naval training vessel (a large, beautiful, classic, four-masted sailing ship) that had docked in Ghana.

Those who buy the discounted bonds of countries in default in the secondary market do so to make a profit, but they often need to hold the debt for many years and engage in long and expensive court battles with an uncertain outcome."

"Several of the often disparaged vulture funds have track records of helping to bring corrupt government leaders to heel by insisting that governments pay what they promised. By creating precedents, they have reduced risk and borrowing costs for all."

The Financial Crisis and the Bank Deregulation Myth | John A. Allison | Cato Institute

The Financial Crisis and the Bank Deregulation Myth | John A. Allison | Cato Institute: "We do not live in a free market. We live in a mixed economy. The technology industry is largely unregulated and as a result has performed well through various economic cycles. Financial services is the most regulated industry in the world, and since it is, it’s not surprising that the industry has been so troubled."