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01 May 2013

New York’s Nanny Freaks

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is a diehard nanny, but he’s certainly got plenty of company among New York’s seemingly bottomless pool of control freaks. Reason.TV’s Nanny of the Month for April comes from Eastchester, New York where a local official wasn’t satisfied with outlawing traditional fast-food joints like McDonald’s and Burger King. He decided to kick it up a notch and shield locals from “fast casual” restaurants like Panera Bread and Chipotle. And to think these newcomers, with their earth tones and organic offerings, thought they could stave off the taste police!

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25 Apr 2013

Sex First, Then Arrest Hooker?

Even with falling crime rates and the emergence of new crime-fighting technology, the FBI reports that more than half of our nation’s violent crimes go unsolved and unpunished. Many thousands of criminals are literally getting away with murder: From 1980 to 2008, nearly 185,000 cases of homicide and non-negligent homicide went unsolved.

And yet distractions abound. From speed traps to seat belt checkpoints, officers’ actions often blur the lines between “peace keeping” and “revenue raising.” Those who helm law enforcement agencies are always looking for the next way to expand their purview. And then there are the long-standing, commonplace distractions, like busting drug users, dealers, and prostitutes. Don’t cops have better things to do?

Reason.TV reports.

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24 Apr 2013

New York’s New Nanny

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been dubbed a nanny in chief because of his many bans, edicts and crusades aimed at controlling what people can eat, drink and smoke. Now New York Mayoral hopeful and City Council speaker Christine Quinn is trying to one-up Bloomberg by proposing a new law that would raise the age that young adults can legally buy cigarettes from 18 to 21.Reason TV visited the campus of New York University (NYU) to ask student smokers what they think of her proposal.

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15 Apr 2013

Feds Coming for Your Children

AlfonZo Rachel unleashes a blistering attack on MSNBC commentator Melissa Harris-Perry. Harris-Perry thinks that children are a governmental, and not a parental responsibility. Is she right? Find out on this ZoNation. H/T PJTV

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14 Apr 2013

The IRS’ E-Mail Snoops

Reacting to reports of the Internal Revenue Service reading taxpayers’ e-mails without first obtaining a court warrant granting permission to do so, Fox News pundit Charles Krauthammer observes, “You’d think that you’re living in Pyongyang.”

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13 Apr 2013

The Fiscal Doomsday Machine

David Stockman, former Reagan budget director, explains why he believes the machinery of government is massively failing, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal‘s Jerry Seib.

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30 Mar 2013

Banning Bikini Baristas

They make it their business to mind your business, and this month America’s busybodies have been working overtime.

Lawmakers are no longer loco for just one brand of energy drink. Illinois State Rep. Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago) has penned a bill that would make it illegal “to sell, offer for sale or deliver” just about any kind of energy drink to anyone under age 18 (Arroyo’s championing another top-tier issue–outlawing lion steaks).

Meanwhile, dog lovers in Oklahoma are sounding off against a plan cooked up by State Sen. Patrick Anderson (R-Enid) to allow cities to ban specific breeds of dogs. But this time the Nanny of the Month comes to us from Shelton, Washington, where city commissioners and townspeople alike have united against a threat of bikini baristas. H/T Reason TV

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27 Mar 2013

The Freedom of Flying Solo

PJTV”S B ill Whittle explores the American characteristics of independence and self-reliance and the forces that promote conformity and reliance on the State.

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26 Mar 2013

The Liberal Whisperer

Joe Dan Gorman, synchronized hot tubbing champion, surveys the current political scene and finds both parties wanting. He believes the Democrats have turned into goosestepping European Socialists, while the Republicans are going along to get along. Hear his latest salvos in this edition of Intellectual Froglegs.

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16 Mar 2013

Why Are Conservatives So Mean

Andrew Klavan explains why it sucks to have to act like a grownup, citing lessons drawn from the observations of Alex de Tocqueville.

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