How to deal with stupid laws. Charles Murray, already controversial for writing books on how welfare hurts the poor, on ethnic differences in IQ and on (less controversial, but my favorite) happiness and good government, has written a new book that argues that it's time for civil disobedience. Government has become so oppressive, constantly ... MORE
Showing posts with label civil rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil rights. Show all posts
John Stossel: Disobey!
How to deal with stupid laws. Charles Murray, already controversial for writing books on how welfare hurts the poor, on ethnic differences in IQ and on (less controversial, but my favorite) happiness and good government, has written a new book that argues that it's time for civil disobedience. Government has become so oppressive, constantly ... MOREBattlefield America: The War on the American People
by John W. Whitehead. We have entered into a particularly dismal chapter in the American narrative, one that shifts us from a swashbuckling tale of adventure into a bone-chilling horror story. As I document in my new book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, “we the people” have now come full circle, from being held captive ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Kick Open The Doorway To Liberty
What are we waiting for? “The greatness of America lies in the right to protest for right.”—Martin Luther King Jr. Everything this nation once stood for is being turned on its head. Free speech, religious expression, privacy, due process, bodily integrity, the sanctity of human life, the sovereignty of the family, individuality, the right to self- ... MORE
John Stossel: A Right To Discriminate
Bake me a cake, or go to jail! Sadly, that is the new message from "inclusive" America. If you don't want to cater, photograph, preside over, sell pizza at, sell flowers to or otherwise participate in a gay wedding, you will be punished. If you don't want your business to pay for a kind of birth control that you consider murder, you will pay fines until your ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Selma And Voting Rights
Today's problem not about discrimination. March 7th was the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," the first attempt by black protesters to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery to demand voting rights. Their march was brutally halted by Alabama state troopers acting under the orders of Gov. George Wallace. The protesters weren't ... MORELaura Myers: Big Brother Looms Large At FreedomFest
More skepticism of government needed. Big Brother is watching Americans’ every move and violating their civil rights at every turn as the country becomes a militarized police state, participants at a libertarian-minded gathering in Las Vegas said Thursday. Panelists at FreedomFest offered plenty of real-world examples to illustrate their ... MORE
Walter E Willliams: Shame
Poetic victimization is politically correct. Today's liberals are not racists, but they often behave that way. They would benefit immensely from considering some of the arguments in award-winning scholar Dr. Shelby Steele's forthcoming book, "Shame: How America's Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country." Steele, a senior fellow at the Hoover ... MORE
Can the West Stand Up for Free Speech?
by Victor Davis Hanson. The principle is clear. Western civilization’s creed is free thought and expression, the lubricant of everything from democracy to human rights. Even a simpleton in the West accepts that protecting free expression is not the easy task of ensuring the right to read Homer’s Iliad or do the New York Times crossword puzzle. ... MORERadley Balko: Horrifying Civil Liberties Predictions - 2015
Sound familiar? Sometimes, real life can be stranger than parody. This can be particularly true when it comes to the beat we cover here at The Watch, civil liberties. With that in mind, I’ve gone out on a limb to make some predictions about what might happen on the civil liberties front in 2015. I realize that some of these prognostications may seem a ... MOREThomas Sowell: 2014 - A Year Of Anniversaries
2014 has been a year of anniversaries. It was the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War — a war which many at the time saw as madness, and predicted that it would be the harbinger of a Second World War a generation later. 2014 was also the 70th anniversary of the fateful landing at Normandy that marked the beginning of ... MOREIf You Like Your Freedom, You Can Keep Your Freedom
Under Obama, U.S. freedom ranking slips below France. A new study shows shows that citizens of France now feel that they enjoy more personal freedom… Americans’ assessments of their personal freedom have significantly declined under President Obama, according to a new study from the Legatum Institute in London, and the ... MOREThomas Sowell: A Legacy Of Liberalism
"Legacy of slavery" not the issue. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said there were "phrases that serve as an excuse for not thinking." One of these phrases that substitute for thought today is one that depicts the current problems of blacks in America as "a legacy of slavery." New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof asserts that ... MOREOne More Unwarranted, No-Knock Raid Ends In Murder
by Stirling Watts. Cop gets a pass on killing of 7-year-old. The frequency of civil rights violations carried out daily across
this nation by out-of-control police departments is as alarming as is
their sickening and shocking natures, but unwarranted no knock raids are
the worst kind. Just over four years ago, an innocent seven year old girl
was shot in ... MORENo Freedom: Inside The 'Darkest Place In The World'
by Deborah Weitzman. A hell hole called North Korea. At 21 years old, a girl robbed of her youth, innocence and freedom has finally spoken out against her native North Korea - the 'unimaginable country' she was fortunate enough to have escaped from. In an emotionally charged speech, Yeonmi Park tells a harrowing tale about what life was ... MOREWalter E Williams: Blacks Must Confront Reality
Slavery isn't the real problem. Though racial discrimination exists, it is nowhere near the barrier it once was. The relevant question is: How much of what we see today can be explained by racial discrimination? This is an important question because if we conclude that racial discrimination is the major cause of black problems when it isn't, then ... MORE
The Dark Side Of California's Cell Phone “Kill Switch” Bill
by Jake Laperruque. This week the California legislature passed a bill that requires all smartphones to include a “kill switch” that can remotely render the device inoperable. Although created to deter smartphone theft, this kill switch mandate could actually become a nefarious tool co-opted by government to suppress protests. ... MORE
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