The ads for New York Lottery’s Take Five game claim the odds of winning are 1 in 9. But the odds of winning even the smallest cash prize are actually 1 in 109. Today I filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission about the New York Lottery’s deceptive advertising practices and wrote all about […]
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In my latest dispatch for the Examiner, I follow up on my earlier column about the conflict of interest between the Federal Reserve and the banks it regulates. On Thursday, Federal Reserve Bank of New York chairman Stephen Friedman resigned amid questions about his ongoing role as a director and major shareholder of bank holding
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My left-liberal (as opposed to classical liberal) friends tell me to shut up when I harp on how Government can’t do anything right. They tell me it’s a worn out cliche. It’s a cliche for a reason. It’s true. Think about it. I’ll bet you can’t name a single thing that the government gets right.Â
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In today’s dispatch for the Examiner, I report on the latest buffoonery from the NYC Council, a registry for purchasers of hydrochloric acid: Big Brother will be keeping tabs on who buys etching acid, thanks to a new law introduced by Council Member Peter Vallone Jr. and passed by the New York City Council on
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In my latest dispatch for The Examiner, I look at the snowballing support for H.R. 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, which now has 124 co-sponsors. Missing among those co-sponsors, however, are any congressmembers from New York City or Long Island. Why might this be the case? The biggest beneficiaries of the Federal
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In today’s Examiner column, I jump on the swine flu bandwagon with a drug war twist: Cannabis could alleviate many of the symptoms and harmful effects of the H5N1 bird flu and H1N1 swine flu viruses, according to a report from Cannabis Science, an emerging pharmaceutical cannabis company based in San Francisco. The timing could
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In my latest dispatch for the Examiner, I write about today’s passage of four new anti-gun bills in the state Assembly: The New York State Assembly passed at least 4 bills today that would further restrict gun rights in the state, according to the Assembly’s website. Additional anti-gun bills are like to be passed before
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Starting today, I have a regular column at Examiner.com. My first column covers Saturday’s Audit the Fed rally: The New York rally featured an impressive lineup of heavyweight Fed critics – columnist Becky Akers, economics professor Murray Sabrin, and former Congressman Jospeh DioGuardi, who has the distinction of being the only CPA ever elected to
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So the geniuses at the Defense Department decided it would be a good idea to fly a 747 low over the southern tip of Manhattan this morning, escorted by two F-16 fighters. And just for good measure they ordered local authorities not to let the public know what was happening. In the ensuing panic, workers
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Yesterday’s rally to Audit The Fed was a rousing success. Hundreds turned out on a warm spring day, and the speakers were fantastic. I’ll have more to say about the rally later, but in the meantime here are two early video reports from inflation.us. Here’s a yippie Uncle Sam denouncing the bankers: And here is
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