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RFIDs for Everyone!

February 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

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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Why not?

February 16th, 2006 · No Comments

Freedom was getting old anyway.

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Protecting Meaningful Lives

July 8th, 2005 · 2 Comments

The recent bombings in London have raised to a fever pitch the willingness to trample on individual civil liberties. “Actions that governments take to fight terrorism are totally justified because protecting life is a lot more important than protecting civil liberties.” — Octavia Nasr, Arab View: “Enough, enough” (July 8, 2005) CNN. To a certain […]

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Democracy

July 7th, 2005 · No Comments

A comment posted this morning to an older article I wrote — Confronting the Judicial War on Faith — provides the impetus for today’s post on the Constitution of the United States.

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Who Owns the Press?

July 6th, 2005 · 5 Comments

Well, this is getting downright weird. It’s now more than three days since the story first broke that Karl Rove was the source for the leak regarding a CIA agent’s identity. And still not a word in the mainstream press. Nothing at CBS; nothing at CNN; nothing at ABC. If the story were false you’d […]

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Confronting the Judicial War on Faith

May 8th, 2005 · 4 Comments

In several recent articles, I’ve talked about the unconstitutional challenges being launched against the Judiciary by congressional representatives acting as lackeys of an increasingly out-of-control theocratic movement. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about another aspect of the “debate” over what to do about an out of control judiciary: the “debate” begs the question […]

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Checks & Balances: A Reply to Mr. Bradley

May 4th, 2005 · 4 Comments

It’s another one of those days when I should not be blogging — my Evidence Final is tonight and I should be reviewing my notes — but I find that a response to one of my readers results in what could stand alone as a blog article. Today, I’m responding to a comment left by […]

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While There Are Still Courts

April 23rd, 2005 · 8 Comments

I’m rushing to finish an appeal I’m working on… …while there are still courts. Because fundamentalist christians — they often refer to themselves as “evangelical” or “born-again” christians — are anxious to shut down those courts. OFF-TOPIC NOTICE: To those of you who read this blog and think I’m a little over the top for […]

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Revenge of the Tudors

April 22nd, 2005 · No Comments

In 1802, then-President Thomas Jefferson, famous for having written the Declaration of Independence, wrote a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association. The Danbury Baptists, a religious minority, were concerned that their religious rights were not adequately protected. They apparently wanted Jefferson to do something about it.

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My Guess?

April 21st, 2005 · 2 Comments

Andy Shaw over at ABC 7 in Chicago asks: Hyde’s comments reflect what Democrats have been saying for years about the Clinton impeachment. It will be interesting to see what happens when Hyde’s comments hit the national media. — Andy Shaw, “Clinton impeachment was retaliation for Nixon, says retiring congressman” (April 21, 2005) ABC 7 […]

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