Chances are, if you have been at an U.S. airport lately, you've been inside a tubular body scanning machine called a "backscatter," named for the way it scatters electrons. On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to determine whether the scanners emit harmful levels of cancer-causing radiation, as some experts believe." - Trish Turner, Foxnews.com
Individual Liberty
TSA & Travel Freedom:
Fox News - Senators Demand Study of Airport Scanners for Possible Cancer Exposure
The Hill – Senate Presses TSA to Study Health Risks Posed by X-Ray Scans
NDAA:
Foreign Policy Magazine - Obama administration employs controversial detention provision as legal defense
Right to Work:
Washington Post – Indiana Poised to Enter Right-to-Work Era as Unions Prep Protest Amid Super Bowl Festivities
LA Times – Super Bowl Mixes With Labor Politics in Indianapolis
War on Drugs:
LA Times – Heckled During Speech, Mexico’s President Defends Drug War
School Choice:
CATO @ Liberty – Sports Authority
Foreign Policy
NATO:
Time - Pakistan Still Propping Up the Taliban, Alleges Secret NATO Report
Boston Globe - Lawmakers: Stop insider attacks by Afghan troops
Iran:
Reuters - IAEA, Iran see more talks ahead on nuclear issue
The Atlantic - Japan's Dilemma Over Iran Sanctions
SOUND MONEY
Federal Reserve:
Bloomberg Business Week – Fed Bank Presidents Disclose Assets From Farmland to Stocks
San Francisco Chronicle – Gross Says Witnessing Death of Abundance, Birth of Austerity
Federal Budget:
Bloomberg Business Week - Government Deficit Report Inflames, Illustrates Budget Debate
Huffington Post - The Same Old Story
CONSTITUTION
Obamacare:
The Washington Examiner - CBO report shows Obamacare's ballooning costs
Forbes – States’ Efforts to Strike Down Health Care Law Harks Back to 1930s Jurisprudence