Showing posts with label liberty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liberty. Show all posts
Did Congress Stop Marijuana Legalization in D.C.?
by Jacob Sullum. The omnibus
spending bill that Congress approved last week includes a
rider aimed at blocking marijuana legalization in Washington, D.C.
Whether it actually will do that is a matter of debate,
and the way this provision was passed suggests that pot
prohibitionists are in a weaker position than ever before. The rider, introduced ... MORE
Are ‘We The People’ Useful Idiots In The Digital Age?
by John W. Whitehead. Is this really a government of consent? “Who needs direct repression,” asked philosopher Slavoj Zizek, “when one can convince the chicken to walk freely into the slaughterhouse?” In an Orwellian age where war equals peace, surveillance equals safety, and tolerance equals intolerance of uncomfortable truths and ... MORE
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authority,
government,
law enforcement,
liberty,
police state,
raids,
rights,
snooping,
SWAT
John Stossel: Electing Liberty
Yearning to live as a free man. I watch election results to gauge whether America has become freer or more tyrannical. It's hard to know whether Tuesday's results will make much difference. Often, individual liberty erodes in ways that neither major political party much cares about. Last weekend, I suffered through the New York ... MORE
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government,
libertarian,
liberty,
police state,
politics,
regulation,
security,
surveillance
Andrew Napolitano: The Presumption Of Liberty
The presumption has become tyranny. In the years following the adoption of the Constitution, before he was Secretary of State under President Thomas Jefferson and then president himself, James Madison, who wrote the Constitution, was a member of the House of Representatives. During that period of his life, he gave ... MORE
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asset forfeiture,
Constitution,
due process,
free speech,
government,
liberty,
rights,
tyranny
Democracy Is Neither Freedom Nor Prosperity
by Jacob Hornberger. Consider this excerpt from a New York Times article on the recent success that Tunisia has had in adopting a democratic system: Many young Tunisians say that the new freedoms and elections have done little to improve the daily life, create jobs, or rein in a brutal police force that many here still refer to as “the ruler, ... MORE
Hollow Justice In Age Of Government-Sanctioned Tyranny
by John W. Whitehead. “The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people.”—Justice William O. Douglas With every passing day, it becomes more apparent that we live in an age of hollow justice, with government courts, largely lacking in vision and scope, rendering narrow rulings focused on ... MORE
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court,
force,
government,
justice,
law,
liberty,
police state,
spying,
surveillance,
SWAT,
tyranny
Embrace The Morality Of The Free Market Economy
by Matthew Boyer. The free market is the moral option when it comes to economic systems. This is something you don’t hear everyday, especially in progressive academia. But what is it about the free market that makes it superior to other potential economic models? Are capitalists truly greedy pigs, or are they self-interested humans who ... MORE
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capitalism,
economics,
free market,
liberty,
morality,
production,
value,
voluntary exchange
Claire Wolfe: The State Of Freedom In America
The world is becoming less free. In the Middle East and Africa, Islamist fanatics try to bring back the Dark Ages. Europe stagnates under new layers of regulation imposed by the EU. In the United States, a president who disdains the messy art of political deal-making increasingly seeks to rule by executive order and bureaucratic fiat. ... MORE
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choice,
economics,
food,
free press,
freedom,
gun rights,
homeschooling,
liberty,
technology
Paramedics Rush To Child Who Waited in Car 5 Minutes
by Lenore Skenazy. Boy survives! Mother taken into custody. Playing out an elaborate charade of concern for a
child who was obviously in no danger, police arrested a mom who let
her son wait in the car while she ran into a Chicagoland Whole
Foods for less than five minutes. Then, for reasons known only to those who write and follow protocols ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: An Unhappy Summer For Liberty
Government more effective against liberty than terror. At the root of the chaos in the Middle East and here at home are governments that respect no limits on their exercise of power. Public officials — who are supposed to be our public servants — routinely behave as if they are our masters. They reject the confines of the ... MORE
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CIA,
freedom,
government,
liberty,
NSA,
police state,
politicians,
spying,
surveillance,
violence
Laura College: How To Find DUI Checkpoints
Or, how to avoid warrantless searches. The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that DUI checkpoints, also called "sobriety roadblocks," are legal and minimally invasive. Of course, for a motorist who is late for a meeting or eager to get home, the inconvenience is subjective. Fortunately, there are ways to find out if there are DUI ... MORE
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authority,
checkpoints,
DUI,
government,
liberty,
police state,
roadblocks,
warrantless search
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