Because why not, The
Independents on Fox Business Network tonight at 9 p.m. ET
(6 p.m. PT) in its fifth segment (or “E Block,” as such things are
known) will talk about either 1) President Barack Obama’s proposed
new
National Security Agency regulations governing bulk data
collection, or 2) the president’s fretting about a
nuke over New York. We will choose said topic based on how
people vote in a poll on the show’s Facebook page. Vote
early and often!
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sebelius v.
Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., a suit over a for-profit
corporation’s desire to exempt itself from a contraceptive-pill
mandate in Obamacare for religious reasons. Read Damon Root on the
case
here and
here, and the Cato Institute’s Ilya Shapiro
here. Cato Executive Vice President David Boaz will be on to talk
about the case and also the broader question of religious-liberty
exceptions.
Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld
yesterday told Fox News that “a
trained ape” could do better than Obama in managing such
foreign policy tasks as securing a status-of-forces agreement with
Afghanistan. Leading to the obvious follow-up question: Is that
racist against George W. Bush? Joining to discuss are Party
Panelists Julie
Roginsky (Democratic Party strategist) and Ellis Henican (Newsday
columnist), who will also weigh in on Capitol Hill’s new “Hip-hop
caucus,” which intends to focus attention on the links between
climate change and racism. Also up for discussion: the Democratic
Party’s hot strategy to
demonize the Koch brothers. (David Koch sits on
the Reason
Foundation‘s Board of
Trustees.)
Remember the Heritage Foundation kid in the “What’s
the Matter With Libertarians?” episode who tussled with
Kennedy over gay marriage and polygamy? Well, Ryan
Anderson is back for another round over government
marriage-recognition and morality. And fast-talking founder &
CEO Paul Rieckhoff
of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of
America will be on to discuss the problem of veterans
committing suicide, and the policy of reducing the number of U.S.
military troops. Then comes the aftershow, which will be
live-streamed at this website.
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