ACLU: Microwave Heat Gun Use in Jails ‘Torture’
Thomas Watkins Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A device designed to control unruly inmates by blasting them with a beam of intense energy that causes…
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Ground Zero’s Slave Graves
Jen Phillips Mother Jones — Slave register from Flickr user Wofford College via Creative Commons. The outrage about the “ground zero mosque” has turned very ugly,…
Why Freedom and Privacy Must Coexist, and How to Protect Yourself From Losing Both
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” — George Orwell Bob Bauman Sovereign…
How is Independent Thinking Connected to Freedom and Prosperity?
By David Redick Independent thinking (IT) is the basis for understanding the world around us, and beyond. IT means that you only believe and support…
ACLU Report: Spying on Free Speech Nearly at Cold War Level
Political spying is nearly as bad now as it was during the Cold War. The ACLU reports that Americans are harrassed and under surveillance for…
If at First You Don’t Secede
Meet the legalization-loving, Iraq-War-hating Californian who’s become a guru to the state sovereignty movement. Stephanie Mencimer — Mother Jones This February, around 300 conservative activists…
Cameraman arrested for calling cops Nazis
Prison Planet Account from the Prisonplanet.com reader who was arrested On Tuesday, August 17th 2010 at around 7:45pm I returned home to find one cop…
Italian PM launches “Freedom Teams” to increase consensus
China Daily Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday launched the so-called “Freedom Teams,” aimed at increasing consensus by spreading awareness on his government’s performance….
New Logan searches blasted
Logan airport security just got more up close and personal as federal screeners launched a more aggressive palms-first, slide-down body search technique that has renewed…
Al Franken: We Have a Free Speech Problem
Timothy Karr Huffington Post Sen. Al Franken (D.-Minn.) warned a packed house Thursday night in Minneapolis that the corporate takeover of our media, and the…
The Anti-Fed Revolution
Anthony Gregory Campaign for Liberty Through his 2008 presidential campaign, Ron Paul managed to make monetary policy a national political issue. For nearly a century…
Liberty against the lynch mob: Which side are you on?
Cordoba House: The Acid Test Justin Raimondo AntiWar It’s hard to believe that a national campaign led by lunatics has taken off with such momentum,…
ACLU sues over detention in United Arab Emirates
Associated Press Rights group sues CIA, FBI over American citizen’s detention in United Arab Emirates American Civil Liberties Union lawyers filed a lawsuit Wednesday against…
US says it is not illegal for schools to spy on students at home
Nick Farrell The Inquirer IT LOOKS LIKE PROSECUTORS are not going to get involved in the bizarre case of the school which switched on laptops…