Freedom is a funny thing.  Too borrow and pervert an aphorism, freedom is like oxygen: most people don’t think about it until it’s missing. Think of me (and this article) as a canary in a coal mine. I only hope you’ll actually notice — and then do something about it.

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Over on the blog, Defending People: The Art and Science of Criminal Defense Lawyering, after a post titled “Thoughts on a Hanging,” a character named “Y” comments: Wait. A. Minute. How can we have real liberty if we lack safety? How is a man free to “pursue happiness” — another key phrase to our country’s [...]

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Awhile back, I wrote an article called “Nothing to Hide” after a comment made by a particularly unthinking neo-conservative — an otherwise likeable guy, making his comment all the more disturbing — suggested that if you have nothing to hide, you should not be against governmental intrusion into your privacy. And, yes, that was virtually [...]

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