Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Free people don't need permission from government

OFF THE WIRE
THE OPINIONIST
Break out of your bubble
Welcome to another weekly installment of the Opinionist, the opinion newsletter for the Southern California News Group. Here are some of the most interesting opinions from our websites, and from around the country.

If you read nothing else ...
"Politicians will try all the dance moves they know in an effort to get to the tax-and-spend end zone, but report cards like ours hold them accountable to the people who matter most: the taxpayers who elected them," writes Jon Coupal. Read More.

"The nation looks at the same man and sees two different men. They see a vulgar con-man, a Putin puppet, a narcissistic grifter out only for himself. Or, they see our nation’s savior, a man whose only crime is calling out the fake news media and leftists destroying everything that made America great," writes Doug McIntyre. Read More.


"Had lawmakers been truly concerned justice for workers, they would have crafted a law that didn’t harm them," writes the Southern California News Group's editorial board. Read More.

"Instead of making it easier for people to work, our state government is ramping up its undercover stings so that it can arrest people for committing these victimless crimes," writes Steven Greenhut. Read More.

What we're reading
From National Review: Bloomberg the panderer. Read More.

From the Cato Institute: U.S. military assistance can't solve Mexico's cartel mayhem. Read More.

From Reason: Mutual hatred is all Democrats and Republicans have to offer. Read More.

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