The United Homeless Organization has finally been shut down. It’s about time. I reported on this organization’s rip-off back in December. They set up tables with water jars and collected spare change, supposedly for homeless shelters... continue reading »

A restaurant in Mesa, Arizona is selling lion meat burgers. Enter the animal rights activists:

  Dr. Grey Stafford with the World Wildlife Zoo says that serving a threatened species sends the wrong message. "Of all the plentiful things to eat in this country, for someone to request that or to offer that... I was rather stunned," says Stafford. ... continue reading »

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights recently deemed “Ladies’ Nights’” to be  “illegal gender discrimination”  according to the Minneapolis StarTribune. In the words of Commissioner James Kirkpatrick: 

"Gender-based pricing violates the Human Rights Act... continue reading »

  My brother and other medical researchers disagree with Scott Gottlieb’s optimism about faster drug approvals.    Gottlieb suggests that the time from lab to market is decreasing for the cancer medicines previewed at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting, those examples are likely the exception to the rule.  There is data to suggest that clinical trials are becoming more difficult to conduct, require more complex scree... continue reading »

  Government continues to protect us to death.     Today former FDA deputy commissioner Scott Gottlieb argues that,

  “The time from ... continue reading »

 Is California in a contest?  Watching its legislators, I wonder if they compete with other state lawmakers to see who can bankrupt their state first.    Felicity Barringer reports that California’ State Assembly has passed a bill that will:

 “not only ban plastic bags from pharmacies, groceries, convenience stores and liquor stores, but also to make retailers charge at least a nickel for paper bags — which must incl... continue reading »

 The obesity hysteria will not stop.  The MSM tells us that it’s just obvious that the “crisis” requires new taxes and government limits on your choices.   The American Council on Science and Health, as usual, offers valuable perspective on “rising obesity rates”:

 “'Obesity rates are not rising,' says ACSH’s Jeff Stier... continue reading »

GM recently announced that they will close doors on the Hummer brand.  I’m surprised environmentalists aren’t dancing in the streets.  Libertarian comedian/magician Penn Jillette says good riddance to the Hummer:

Hummers are stupid and wasteful and if they go away becaus... continue reading »

The state of Utah gives itself a monopoly on the sale of liquor... continue reading »

Anyone forced to pay a lawyer for relatively simple tasks like a business incorporation or will have experienced the control that "licensed professonals" exert over us... continue reading »