by Joshua Kapstein. The government is not us. Online privacy tools like Tor have become incredibly popular in the wake
of Edward Snowden’s surveillance revelations. But according to an
analysis of leaked source code from the National Security Agency, using or merely searching for information about those tools is enough to label someone ... MORE
How Government Forces the Poor Into Black Markets
by Peter St. Onge. From the left we often see tension between those who want to help the poor, and those who want to help the government. One recent example of this is the proposal to ban cash forwarded by Harvard’s Ken Rogoff. The gist of Rogoff’s beef with cash is that cash fuels the black market,
and it makes it harder for the ... MORE
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economics,
government,
poverty,
regulation,
restrictions,
rules,
self-interest
Sheldon Richman: A Slippery Slope in the Right Direction?
Or, did the blind squirrels in robes merely find a nut. As far as it went, the Supreme Court generally got it right in
the Hobby Lobby Obamacare contraception case. Unfortunately it
didn't go nearly far enough. The court ruled that "closely held corporations" whose owners have religious convictions against certain kinds of contraceptives ... MORE
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coercion,
contraception,
force,
government,
intimidation,
ObamaCare,
religion,
Supreme Court
Real Impact of the NYC Soda Ban's Well-Deserved Defeat
by Baylen Linnekin. The option-destroyers lose one. Last week, the New York State Court of
Appeals—the state's highest court—dealt a final
death blow to New York City's reviled soda ban. The decision,
which upheld two lower court rulings, drew an important line in the
sand across which New York City's activist health department may no
longer ... MORE
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busybody,
choice,
freedom,
government,
liberty,
nanny state,
regulation,
restrictions,
rules
VIDEO: Cop Fishing In A Revenue Collection Trap
Is the issue public safety or simply separating citizens from their money?
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cheating,
deception,
exploitation,
government,
law enforcement,
police,
police state,
revenue
The Shocking Way That Some Prisons Are Kept Full
by Brandon Weber. Crony capitalism hits a new low. Let's see: Privatize prisons so companies make profits on them, create a financial penalty for the state or city they're located in if they don't keep them full, and bribe members of Congress to keep the system humming ... hmmm, can't possibly see how this could go wrong! ... MORE
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crony capitalism,
incarceration,
incentives,
law enforcement,
police state,
politics,
prison
Jason Snead: Civil Forfeiture Criticized in Congress
Politician comes out against legalized theft. The growing national chorus in favor of civil asset forfeiture reform
gained new allies in the halls of Congress last week. Denouncing civil
forfeiture as an “ugly development,” Representative Tim Walberg (R–MI) took to the floor of the House of Representatives to call for the practice to be ... MORE
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