Jay Leno: 'I don't want to do another 'Tonight Show'' | Fox News

Jay Leno: 'I don't want to do another 'Tonight Show'' | Fox News: "You always put the joke first. A lot of times I see comedians put their political belief in front of the joke. If you're going to be a comedian, tell jokes. The real trick is, especially with politicians, I never question their patriotism and I never question their basic decency, I just question their judgment."

Cheap Coin from the Republicans - Campaign for Liberty

Cheap Coin from the Republicans - Campaign for Liberty: "When Republicans controlled the House, Senate, and White House, this legislation could have passed Congress and would have been signed into law—but the GOP leadership never showed any interest in moving this legislation. They only showed an interest in this issue after Obama became President. Perhaps I am being too cynical, but this suggests the GOP leadership is more interested in symbolic votes to make opponents of taxpayer-funded abortion think they are on their side than actually protecting taxpayers from being forced to subsidize abortions."

RNC slams ‘unconstitutional’ NSA spying - James Hohmann - POLITICO.com

RNC slams ‘unconstitutional’ NSA spying - James Hohmann - POLITICO.com: "The resolution, affirmed by a voice vote at the GOP’s winter meeting, was a remarkable move from many of the same party activists who vigorously defended controversial surveillance programs during George W. Bush’s administration."

Obama Reveals Himself as a Champion of the Surveillance State | Cato Institute

Obama Reveals Himself as a Champion of the Surveillance State | Cato Institute: "his review group on NSA surveillance ... [didn't] find any evidence that the program had been particularly useful. As the group’s report, issued in December, put it, information derived from bulk collection “was not essential to preventing attacks and could readily have been obtained in a timely manner” through other means."

MILLER: D.C. trial for one shotgun shell but no gun, not given NBC David Gregory offer - Washington Times

MILLER: D.C. trial for one shotgun shell but no gun, not given NBC David Gregory offer - Washington Times: "A hunter and gun owner, Mr. Witaschek has always kept his firearms at his sister’s house in Virginia. If convicted, he faces a year in jail and a $1,000 fine for having a single, inoperable shotgun shell in his home. "

Five overlooked costs of the NSA surveillance flap - CSMonitor.com

Five overlooked costs of the NSA surveillance flap - CSMonitor.com: "The NSA-Snowden episode has undermined US arguments on the international stage in favor of wide access to information via the Internet and against censorship and government surveillance of citizens, experts in the US say."

If Snowden didn't bring it to light someone else would have (especially given NSA's lax security standards) so including Snowden in the cause is like blaming the last straw for breaking the camel's back.

Desert Tech, Utah gunmaker, turns down $15 million deal with Pakistan | Fox News

Desert Tech, Utah gunmaker, turns down $15 million deal with Pakistan | Fox News: "Mike Davis, sales manager at Desert Tech, said the company was on a short list for a contract with Pakistan, but spurned the opportunity because of unrest in Pakistan and ethical concerns.

It was a difficult decision because of the amount of money involved, he said, and the sale of rifles to Pakistan would have been legal."

Putting Headlines Ahead of Science | Cato Institute

Putting Headlines Ahead of Science | Cato Institute: "So, if Science and Nature differentially publish flashy research, and publishing there will deliver funding and tenure, scientists are naturally going to gravitate toward trendy topics and produce flashy research. It’s a cycle that perpetuates Armageddon-style headlines that compel politicians to disburse more money, for more research, ultimately buying a beach house for the doom-saying scientists."

Pope Francis, Income Equality, Poverty, and Capitalism :: The Circle Bastiat

Pope Francis, Income Equality, Poverty, and Capitalism :: The Circle Bastiat: "The graph shows that the poorest 10 percent receive, on average, the same percentage of total income in more and less free market countries.  Where there is a major difference, however, is in the amount of income. If you are part of the poorest 10 percent, it does not matter if you live in one of the least free countries or in one of the freest countries, your group will receive about 2.6 % of total income. However, if you live in one of the less free countries you will have to live with 932USD per year, while doing so in a free country you will have an annual income of 10,556USD. This is not a minor detail."

"As can be seen, on average, the freest economies have a better distribution of income"

"The “poor” sector in the United States, for example, has an income above 60 % of the world’s population."

"the lower income quintiles are, on average, increasing their income at a higher pace than the higher quintiles"

"The freest countries on average have less child labor and lower levels of pollution. The third graph shows that the least free countries, on average, produce deforestation while freer, on average, are reforesting their lands."

"First, advocates of free market do not hold that such an economic system is perfect. But it does not help wealth creation and poverty reduction to promote market interventions with worse results than free markets because free markets are not perfect."

Is Justice Only for Those Defendants Who Can Pay for It? | Cato Institute

Is Justice Only for Those Defendants Who Can Pay for It? | Cato Institute: "Prosecutors “have a power that no other litigant has: the ability to reward witnesses for providing information or testimony by granting immunity from prosecution, dismissing or reducing charges, or informing sentencing judges of cooperation.”"