The Hill

The slow, poisonous creep of government intrusion 0
- September 1, 2017
You know how in a good spy movie the spy has spent years building up a tolerance to some deadly poison, so when he poisons all the drinks, his victims die, but he doesn’t? Well, using that as mental model … It finally happened. The TSA Pre-Check line at Denver International Airport was longer than
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Colleges shouldn’t have the right to infringe on free speech 0
- August 28, 2017
by Zach Adams This year the Colorado legislature, with broad bipartisan support, banned publicly funded colleges from stifling their students’ right to free speech and assembly. The new law addresses a serious problem that has plagued Colorado. Under the new law, colleges may not punish students because of their expression. “Expression” is defined as “verbal
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The racist origin of gun control laws 0
- August 22, 2017
by Dave Kopel and Joseph Greenlee Guns have historically protected Americans from white supremacists, just as gun control has historically protected white supremacists from the Americans they terrorize. One month after the Confederate surrender in 1865, Frederick Douglass urged federal action to stop state and local infringement of the right to arms. Until this was
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The Antiquities Act has become a tool for oppressing the West 0
- August 21, 2017
by Amy Cooke and Matthew Anderson Our founding fathers’ fear of tyranny drove them to great lengths to ensure a separation of powers in our Constitution. They created a system of checks and balances that is as much a part of the political fabric of America as Independence Day. This system has produced sensible and
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Road to renewable energy is filled with potholes of ‘magic thinking’0
- August 16, 2017
by Michael Sandoval Stanford University professor Mark Jacobson’s “roadmaps” for states to reach a 100 percent renewable energy portfolio by 2050 has become the new benchmark for aspiring politicos who hope to chart their own political course with promises to bring their states and eventually the entire United States to green salvation. Among them, U.S.
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How a ‘convention of states’ could tweak the Constitution 0
- August 15, 2017
Representatives of state legislatures from across the nation will converge in Phoenix, Arizona on Sept. 12 to participate in a traditional American institution called a “convention of states.” Conventions of states are valuable. They help ensure Washington, DC doesn’t dictate all decisions on every subject. The purpose of the meeting in Phoenix is to plan
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