Bob McCarty Writes

Imagine receiving a ticket after ordering food at a restaurant’s drive-thru window.  Though frightening, it might become possible if two state governors find a way to combine their seemingly-unrelated efforts to raise taxes.

A piece published in the New York Daily News almost two weeks ago outlined Gov. David Paterson’s effort to impose 88 new fees [...]

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Confused after reading a news release issued today by the STOP Obesity Alliance, I decided to rewrite the portion of that news release containing a description of the group’s “Obesity GPS.”
In the news release, the Obesity GPS is described in long-winded fashion as the first navigation tool developed to guide public and private decision makers [...]

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Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart used the phrase, “I know it when I see it,” in the opinion he wrote about a landmark 1964 case that decided whether a French film, The Lovers, was an example of pornography. Almost 44 years later, another scourge has surfaced and holds the potential to inflict great pain [...]

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