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Freedom and Security: A Perpetual Conflict
The conflict between national security and personal freedom is as old as the Constitution.
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The Constitution’s Bill of Rights
As noted last week, the major fear of the framers of the Constitution was the kind of big government against which the Colonies had revolted; a regime dominated by the English King and his standing army.
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Second Thoughts on the War on Drugs
America’s prohibition on alcohol lasted 13 years — 5,071 days to be exact.
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Big Government
For the last several weeks I have taken a break from commenting on what has been happening in the good old US of A.
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Why Holder’s Pledge That Snowden “Will Not Be Tortured” Is a Lie
In a letter pressing Russia not to grant asylum to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, Attorney General Eric Holder made the highly disingenuous promise that Snowden will not be tortured if he is returned to the United States.
