John Gardner

Ars Technica writes an interesting article regarding a murder case in Cranston, RI. A judge recently ruled that the content of cell phones is private property and a warrant must be acquired before searching its contents. The privacy implications of this case are quite compelling, and while some may disagree

So the GOP platform committee overwhelmingly rejected an amendment to support civil unions for gay couples. Barbara Ann Fenton did Rhode Island proud in arguing for support of gay marriage, stating "as a Roman Catholic, there’s nobody in this room who believes [more than I do] that the definition

During his acceptance speech, Mitt Romney stated 5 policy goals if he's elected President. He will not achieve a single one of them. 1. By 2020, North America will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil, our coal, our gas, our nuclear, and renewables.Why don't people

Rent seeking is an economic term which describes a situation in which an individual or group of individuals manipulate the social or political environment to obtain a benefit for themselves. Such benefits always come at the expense of others and the economy as a whole. Many times these benefits take

Excellent commentary by Thomas Sowell comparing how we treat sports with how we treat politics.

President Obama, and Elizabeth Warren before him, said we owe much of our success to the government. The President does pay lip service to the individual, but only to frame the narrative that the individual's achievement is based on the collective. To understand why the President is dangerously misguided, we

I don't say this often, but in this instance, I hate being right. I hate even more that the court upheld a law, so obviously needing to be struck down, by essentially re-writing it. The Senate went to great lengths to make sure the penalty for failure to purchase insurance

The Supreme Court is expected to make its ruling on the PPACA, aka ObamaCare, by the end of next week, at the latest. Intrade.com, a prediction market which allows people to put their money where their mouths are, has the chance of ObamaCare's individual mandate being overturned by the

Last Thursday we heard about Mayor Bloomberg's plan to ban sugary drinks he considers "too large". While much of the reaction to this announcement was negative, surprising the mayor I'm sure, Gawker writer Drew Magary was extremely supportive of the ban, asking critics of the ban to "please, shut the

I believe that voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory will always leads to more evil ~Penn JilletteThat was Jillette's response to a Sean Hannity question in which Hannity pushed Jillette on his support for Gary Johnson, questioning that if Jillette votes for Johnson, someone Hannity thinks

Shockingly or not, depending on your position, 38 Studios is in a bit of a pickle -- cash flow is starting to become an issue for them. At the end of last week they contacted the State to look for assistance. I thought this was a dumb move from the

Let's just get this right out of the way -- Obama's speech where he noted his "evolved" position on gay marriage didn't change anything, and the fact that Obama has done virtually nothing that gays can claim is exemplary is proof enough to me that he doesn't really support equal

I thought it was an opportunity for the state to go forward and to help create an industry that would be beneficial to the state and create good-paying jobs. ~George Nee - President, RI AFL-CIOWhile Carcieri was the chief cheerleader for the 38 Studios deal that ended poorly, he wasn't

Anyone who was paying attention knew that the "Buffett Rule" championed by President Obama and RI's own Senator Whitehouse was nothing more than a political stunt meant to score points during an election year. It was estimated to raise an average of $4.7B per year (pennies when the 2011