Government is at war against the little guy. Bureaucrats pass thousands of pages of regulations every year to "keep people safer" and "make the marketplace more fair." Today there are 170,000 pages of federal regulations on the books. Break just one rule, and government may wreck your life... continue reading »

Several years ago, I reported on the State of Louisiana's assault on the monks of St. Joseph Abbey. The monks made a little money building and selling caskets. The State said that it was a crime to do that without a Louisiana funeral director's license. Basically, you need a license to sell empty wooden boxes.

Yesterday, a court finally struck down this absurd regulation... continue reading »

The federal government continues its war on business, often in the name of the War on Drugs.

Lynnette Shaw owned Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana in Fairfax, California. For 15 years she sold pot to customers who had clearance from a doctor.

Medical Marijuana is legal in California, as it is in 16 other states. That didn't matter to the feds, who shut her down in December.

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