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VIDEO: "Liberty, Security, and the TSA"
In this latest video from Learn Liberty, Professor James Otteson argues the problem with the TSA is "that they've chosen to trade off all of your liberty, all of your privacy, against security." Some people, he argues, may want [...]
Action Alert: Net Neutrality Vote This Week!
This week, a vote will be held on S.J.Res. 6, "a joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices."Though so-called [...]
"Property Wrongs" Roundtable
In perhaps the most overlooked (unofficial) "hearing" of the 112th Congress, Senator Paul brought ordinary Americans to Washington to share their stories of regulatory abuse at the hand of Washington's out-of-control regulatory [...]
Liberty NewsWire - November 4, 2011
ST. PAUL — A federal judge Thursday tossed out former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura’s lawsuit that argued body searches at airports violated his right against unreasonable and unwarranted searches. - St. Cloud TimesVentura TSA Suit [...]
Liberty NewsWire: November 3, 2011
"You can't take a congressman to lunch for $25 and buy him a hamburger or steak...but you can take him to a fundraising lunch and not only buy him that steak, but give him $25,000 extra and call it a fundraiser...same access...same [...]
Abolish the TSA!
I've had it with the TSA.I'm disgusted by having to write about their offensive, innappropriate screening procedures and agent misconduct on a regular basis.I'm fed up with them getting a 'pass' around the Constitution in the [...]
Liberty NewsWire: November 8, 2011
Russia Warns Against Israeli Airstrike on Iran - Telegraph.ukThe drumbeat of war is expected to grow louder this week when United Nations nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, issues its most detailed report to date on nuclear research in Iran.It will [...]
Liberty NewsWire - November 7, 2011
Euro zone governments rushed to placate feverish bond markets on Monday as the 17-nation currency bloc's debt crisis threatened to accelerate out of control. - ReutersEuropean Governments Work to Avoid Deepening Crisis - ReutersOccupy DC [...]
Rothbard on Taxes
At the 2011 Mises University, Prof. Thomas DiLorenzo discusses the "Rothbardian theory of taxes". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-uit2sV_3w
Senator Paul on "Freedom Watch"
Last night, Senator Paul joined Judge Napolitano on Freedom Watch to discuss the difficulties of getting members of Congress to cut even a few hundred million dollars from the budget (while we continue to run a $1.5 trillion deficit) [...]