Liberty

Law-enforcement Leaders Agree: State Anti-immigrant Laws Encourage Discrimination

Ali Noorani | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Law, Equality, Law Enforcement, Liberty, American Dream, Freedom, Arizona Immigration Law, Constitution, Racial Profiling, Politics News
Ali Noorani

At its heart, America is an idea, not an ideology. And the idea that all men (and women) are created equal is unique to America. Once we allow law enforcement to ask someone for identification because they look less equal, the idea of America weakens.

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Is Social Security Unconstitutional?

Terry Newell | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Liberty, Social Security, Sacrifice, Affordable Care Act, Community, Medicare, Constitution, Health Care Reform, Individual Mandate, Health Care, Social Security Reform, Politics News
Terry Newell

If the Supreme Court holds that the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, which requires every American adult to purchase health insurance or pay a fine, is unconstitutional, why could not Social Security be next?

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Count Me: An Ode to Liberty

Robin Koerner | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Right, Constitution, Liberty, Poem, Political Commentary, Conservatives, Liberals, Constitutional Rights, Political Poem, Political Poetry, Politics News
Robin Koerner

Left and Right and Right and Left / Have left America bereft / Of liberty, its founding light. / Christians, Liberals speak of peace / Until they hold the nation's leash, / And send its youth to fight.

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The Risk Management Industry Teaches Us to See a Hoodie As a Potential Threat

Adam Kissel | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Free Speech, Liberty, Hoodies, Trayvon Martin, College News
Adam Kissel

I am dismayed that the risk management industry is training law enforcement and college officials to see a hoodie or "harmful debate" as a potential threat.

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The "Individual Mandate" Is a Great Advance for Freedom

Jesse Larner | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Unconstitutional, Supreme Court, Liberty, Charles Krauthammer, Freedom, Ron Paul, Affordable Care Act, Individual Mandate, Single Payer Healthcare, Obama, Single Payer, Libertarian, Jeffrey Toobin, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jesse Larner

Libertarians are fond of saying, "Your right to swing your fist ends where my chin begins." The idea is that the only legitimate limits on freedom of ...

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The Supreme Court: 'It's About Freedom'

Donald Cohen | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Liberty, Obamcare, Health Care, Freedom, Fdr, Four Freedoms Speech, Politics News
Donald Cohen

The Supreme Court's deliberation goes to the heart of differing visions of the American concept of "freedom" and "liberty." It's a debate worth having. Solicitor General Verilli's argument evokes FDR's famous "Four Freedoms Speech".

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Cal Thomas's Confusion About Freedom

David Boaz | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Liberty, Cal Thomas, Conservatives, Gay Marriage, Freedom, Politics News
David Boaz

Does Cal Thomas apply his libertarian warnings against "growing and intrusive government," with "no limits," which is slowly and steadily eroding our liberty, broadly? No, not so much.

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Pursuing Happiness: A Declaration of Reinvention

Russell C. Smith | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Liberty, Spirit of Reinvention, Money, Capitalism, Imagination, Pursuing Happiness, Happiness as a Concept, Culture News
Russell C. Smith

What a grand gesture. The pursuit of happiness -- codified into the founding document of a newly emerging nation. Happiness as an ideal to reach for and maybe not ever attain.

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Arizona State Senate to Colleges: Get Rid of Those Non-G-Rated Professors!

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: National Coalition Against Censorship, Education, Liberty, First Amendment, Free Speech, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Colleges, Arizona, Greg Lukianoff, Universities, College News
Greg Lukianoff

At the same time the Supreme Court is poised to decide if FCC-imposed limits on "indecent" content in broadcast media are an anachronism from a bygone era, Arizona state legislators want to limit what college professors say and do to only what is fit for a Disney movie.

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The Next President Will Be a Liar

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: President, Federal Contracting Fraud, President Obama, Pull Out of Iraq, Tyranny, Public Approval of Congress, Mitt Romney, U.S., Iraq, Thomas Jefferson, Congress, Primary, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republican, Mainstream Media, Obama Failed Campaign Promises, Unemployment, Broken Promises, Guantanamo Bay, Liberty, American Small Business League, Watchdog, Failed Campaign Promises, Candidates, Americans, Liars, Republicans, Federal Contracts, Obama Broken Promises, Economy, Small Business, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Regardless of whether the next president is a Republican or Democrat, whether it's Barack Obama or Mitt Romney or any other of the Republican frontrunners, one thing is guaranteed: he will lie.

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The Fantastical Crackpot Cult of Ron Paul

Bob Cesca | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Abortion, Liberty, New Hampshire Primary, Ron Paul Supporters, Free Market Capitalism, Lawrence O'Donnell, Great Recession, Economy, Roe v. Wade, Ron Paul, Civil Rights Act, Mitt Romney, Libertarianism, Election 2012, Recession, Great Depression, Politics News
Bob Cesca

People who are devoted to Ron Paul appear to be more interested in the fantastical, fictitious idea of President Ron Paul than the realistic manifestation of President Ron Paul.

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Obama Pardoning 2 Large Minnesota Turkeys

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: White House, Thanksgiving Turkey, Video, Liberty, Minnesota, Turkey Photos, Turkeys, Thanksgiving, Obama, Peace, Barack Obama, Turkey Pardon, Obama Turkey Pardon, Green News

WASHINGTON — With a wave of his hand, President Barack Obama on Wednesday gave two plump turkeys a Thanksgiving reprieve, noting that without hi...

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Tax the Rich! In Fact, Let's Double Their Taxes

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Greed, Liberty, Kevin Drum, Self-Reliance, Freedom, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Paul Krugman, Occupy, Taxation, 1%, Taxes, Conservatives, Business News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Double the top tax rate! It's time for those who have benefited from our system to pull their own weight again. Or as politicians used to say but don't seem to anymore, "From whom much is given, much is expected."

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Too Big Has Failed... Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party Are Similar

Paul Schwennesen | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Local Food, Sustainability, Thomas Jefferson, Liberty, Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, Agriculture, Politics News
Paul Schwennesen

Centralization in nearly every facet of American life has quietly crept up on us. Our food, our money, and our rules have all been pushed steadily uphill, creating a top-heavy and imbalanced structure that we're only beginning to lash back at.

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Steve Job, Resting More in Peace as Internet Assault Thwarted

Ken Adelman | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Liberty, China, Internet, United Nations, Freedom, Kenya Internet, China Internet, Internet Governance Forum, Igf, Africa Internet, Technology News
Ken Adelman

After six years of success, the Internet Governance Forum has come under assault by the authoritarian Chinese government and the international-regulation crowd in the UN bureaucracy.

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A Decade After 9/11: Time to Choose to Be America Again?

Robin Koerner | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Liberty, Constitution, Power, 9-11, Benjamin Franklin, Osama Bin Laden, Freedom, Politics News
Robin Koerner

Since 9-11, it seems that the American Left and the American Right have agreed on something of profound importance: we're scared. The politics of the last decade have been the politics of fear.

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Does Harvard Want Bold Thinkers or Good Little Boys and Girls?

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: University, Harvard, Liberty, First Amendment, Harry Lewis, College, Freedom, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Campus, Free Speech, Higher Education, Greg Lukianoff, Civility, Darwin, John Stuart Mill, Socrates, Plato, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jonathan Rauch, College News
Greg Lukianoff

Harvard has missed something that I fear much of our society has lost sight of: Even if by some weird and lucky coincidence we happened to be right about every belief we cherish, we nevertheless tend not to understand why we hold those values until they are challenged.

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On Libya and Liberty

Carol Smaldino | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Puppets, Liberty, Naziism, Gaddafi, Germans, Corsica, Freedom, Russians, Libya, Democracy, Soviet Union, Sweden, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

When we vote or decide or discuss or debate, we are supposed to be informed. However, if we so often rely on superstitions and belief systems that don't work, how is there any truth at all?

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Standing Up for Due Process on Campus = "Sticking Up for Penises Everywhere?"

Adam Kissel | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Due Process, Office for Civil Rights, Sexual Assault, College, Civil Rights, Sex Education, Sex, American Association of University Professors, Liberty, Free Speech, College News
Adam Kissel

Lower standards of evidence will likely produce more guilty findings -- not just of the guilty, but also the innocent. When verdicts are wrong, the cause of justice on campus is ill-served.

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Austrian Medicine for the MMT Patient

Robin Koerner | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Modern Monetary Theory, Liberty, Gold Standard, Freedom, Austrian Economics, Civil Rights, G-20, Totalitarianism, Business News
Robin Koerner

Austrians prefer limited government -- limited to enforcing contracts made voluntarily between free individuals. They don't want government to print and inflate money as that allows them covertly to reduce private wealth, transferring it to themselves.

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At the Edge of Self-Destruction

Bruce Fein | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: John Adams, Virtue, Great Society, Founding Fathers, Sub-Literacy, Liberty, Politics News
Bruce Fein

The United States has lost its philosophical soul. The nation's predominant motivations are money, sex, power, domination, fame and indulgence. These are the motivations of children and adolescents.

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If You Love Peace, Become a "Blue Republican" (Just for a Year)

Robin Koerner | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: President, Bill of Rights, Liberty, Civil Rights, Ron Paul, 2012 Presidential Race, Peace, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robin Koerner

Since you can't change the Democrat ticket, why not act where you can make a positive change, by telling the Republican party where you really want it to go. I offer you a special moniker to set yourselves apart: the "Blue Republican."

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What Is the Fourth of July to Me?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Liberty, July 4th Patriotism, Segreation, Freedom, Slavery, Hypocrisy, July 4, Racial Bigotry, Independence, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Famed 19th Century abolitionist and fighter for racial justice Frederick Douglass thundered in a speech "What is the Fourth of July to Me." Douglass a...

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14 Men Charged In Sex Attacks On Texas Girl

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Texas, Court, Liberty, Rape, Sex Assault, Charges, Cleveland, Crime News

LIBERTY, Texas — DNA testing delays prompted a judge Wednesday to push back until October the cases of 14 men accused of taking part in a series...

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Celebrating Fourth Of July As A Muslim

Dr. Faheem Younus | Posted 09.03.2011

Read More: Freedom, Ahmadi, Liberty, Independence Day, Muslims Celebrate Independence, Pakistan, Fourth of July, America, Religious Freedom, Ahmadiyya, Islam, Religion News
Dr. Faheem Younus

In my experience, all Muslims would agree on one thing: that the United States provides them with more freedom, more security, more opportunity, and more peace than the country from which they emigrated.

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