Adam Weissman

It seems not all the community activists in Brooklyn are as opposed to eminent domain as those in the Atlantic Yards area. Or maybe it just depends on the “public purpose” for which the property is stolen. At any rate, some “affordable housing”* proponents are seeking to steal a prime piece of Brooklyn real estate […]

Anyone (like me) who was hoping that Ron Paul would run as a Libertarian or independent candidate for President once the Republican primaries ran their course can forget it. Dr. Paul slammed the door firmly shut on such notions in an email to supporters this evening:  February 8, 2008 Whoa! What a year this has

When I traveled in Mexico and the Caribbean many years ago, I always thought it interesting that the locals preferred U.S. dollars over their own local, hyper-inflationary currency. What goes around comes around, apparently, and now some New York businesses are posting signs proclaiming “euros accepted.” That’s the inevitable consequence of our insane monetary policy, which

Last August I submitted a Change of Enrollment form to the Board of Elections, indicating that I was switching my enrollment to <shudder> Republican just so I could vote for Ron Paul in today’s primary. I had been enrolled as “Other,” which was the closest the NYC BOE was capable of coming to complying with

http://www.nytimes.com/… In the first counterterrorism strategy of its kind in the nation, roving teams of New York City police officers armed with automatic rifles and accompanied by bomb-sniffing dogs will patrol the city’s subway system daily, beginning next month, officials said on Friday. Under a tactical plan called Operation Torch, the officers will board trains

New York Sun: Emboldened by Mayor Bloomberg‘s testimony in Albany this week that the city’s taxpayers pay the state $11 billion a year more than they get back, a City Council member is offering legislation that would begin the process of having New York City secede from New York State. Peter Vallone Jr., a Democrat

What sets John McCain apart from the rapidly thinning Republican Presidential field? He is the only remaining Republican candidate who has not pledged to refuse to raise taxes.  According to Americans For Tax Reform, Huckabee, Romney  and of course, our hero Ron Paul, have all all signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.   McCain has not. With

The following is a response by Libertarian Party National Chairman William Redpath Washington, D.C. – Following President Bush’s annual State of the Union Address, the Libertarian Party issued their response from National Chairman William Redpath: Tonight’s State of the Union address went much as expected.  Instead of calling for a more limited role of the

Both destroyed hundreds of downtown businesses for no good reason. Now that the MTA has abandoned its gazillion dollar transit hub boondoggle, some of the business owners who saw their livelihoods needlessly ruined for the sake of some bureaucrat’s petty scheme are rightfully pissed: Mirza Mamur closed his art gallery, endured 10 months of unemployment,