San Francisco Keeps City-Owned Gyms Open for City Workers, While Private Gyms Remain Closed
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. A local health department order has kept private gyms in San Francisco closed for months, with no end in sight. But city-owned gyms…
Federal Judge Rules Pennsylvania Closure Orders Were Unconstitutional
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. A U.S. District Court judge ruled that Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) orders banning large gatherings and closing “nonessential” businesses in response to…
Running Empty Buses to Avoid Layoffs
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Fairfax County, Virginia runs the state’s largest public school system. Students have begun the fall semester as they finished the spring: online. One…
Airlines Want Billions More From the Federal Government
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Major U.S. airlines got $50 billion in federal aid to sustain operations – and employment – through the end of September. But without…
Appeals Court Says NSA Metadata Collection was Probably Unconstitutional
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. A federal appeals court recently ruled that a former National Security Agency (NSA) program that collected telephone metadata on millions of Americans over…
The Nutty Defense of Looting
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. National Public Radio’s interview with Vicki Osterweil, a “self-described writer, editor and agitator” and author of the book “In Defense of Looting,” has…
Federal Deficit Reaches $3 Trillion
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The federal government’s budget numbers for August are in. Not surprisingly, they show a wave of red ink flowing out of Washington, D.C….
No Trick-or-Treating in LA County
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Coronavirus regulations continue to take the fun out of being a kid, as trick-or-treating looks like it’s on the list of things to…
A Cure for California Blackouts: Nuclear Power
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. As wildfires and yet another heatwave roil and boil California, the state’s electricity users are being warned they face rolling blackouts: The state…
The CDC’s Power Grab
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The Centers for Disease Control recently issued a public health order temporarily halting evictions nationwide, reasoning that such a move “can be an…
Private Sector Steps Up to Help With In-Person Voting
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Mail-in voting and the Postal Service may be getting most of the media attention, but in many areas, the biggest worry is how…
Time to End Uncle Sam’s Bullying Influence Over State and Local Governments
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Long before the coronavirus prompted some state and local politicians to seek a massive infusion of federal aid to help close their budget…