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Liberty NewsWire: January 27, 2012
“I do not believe economic conditions are likely to warrant an exceptionally low federal funds rate for so long,” Lacker said in a statement on the Richmond Fed’s website explaining his dissent from the central bank’s [...]
Liberty NewsWire Thursday, January 26, 2012
The only way to stem piracy is to make more content more widely available at a competitive price point, and include added-value that pirates can't match. It seems so obvious, at least to those of us not invested in failing 20th century [...]
Senator Rand Paul Responds to the State of the Union
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oGsGspc72kTranscript:One thing is for certain: President Obama is in full campaign mode.In last year’s State of the Union Address, President Obama came before Congress with lofty promises to the American [...]
War Without Meaning
In the wake of the killing of four of its soldiers and the wounding of a dozen more by an Afghan soldier being trained, France has suspended all military operations in Afghanistan and is considering withdrawing its troops. Germany and Italy [...]
SCOTUS Rules Against Unwarranted GPS Tracking
In a unanimous ruling today, the Supreme Court ruled the government placing a GPS on an individuals vehicle constitutes a search and as such requires a warrant under the 4th Amendment.The case was United States v. Antoine [...]
Indiana House Passes Right to Work Law
A giant step forward for workers' rights was taken today in Indiana, as their state house passed a Right to Work law by a vote of 55-41. Indiana is now on its way to joining twenty-two other states who have passed such a law.Final [...]
Liberty NewsWire: January 25, 2012
That school choice is valuable is beyond dispute. That's why there's a multi-billion dollar private school industry serving millions of students. And it's why there is a much larger system of school choice embedded in the American [...]
No Warrantless GPS Surveillance
The good guys won one for a change! A unanimous Supreme Court said no to tracking people without a warrant.Reported the Huffington Post:The installation of a GPS tracking device onto a suspect's car constitutes a search -- and therefore [...]
Hurrah for Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins!
I don't follow sports, but Tim Thomas of the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins created a bit of a stir by refusing to go to the White House for the usual presidential photo op. He explained:I believe the Federal government has grown [...]
Rand Paul Detained by TSA - Updated
We've just received word that Senator Rand Paul is currently being detained by the TSA at the Nashville airport for refusing their invasive body pat down after their scanner had an "anomaly."Reports Politico:Paul, a Republican, [...]