Does the State Care More About Tax Evasion than Murder?
By Lee Friday Rape and murder are violent acts. Ordinary citizens consider these to be far more serious offenses than acts of theft. Accordingly, as…
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This Memorial Day, Lawmakers Seek to Protect Americans from Beach Umbrellas
Op-Ed by Ross Marchand As it happens on most every Memorial Day, the beaches are sure to soon be filled with families covered in sunscreen…
Who is Going to Run a Perfect World?
By Jon Rappoport Most of my readers now know that my blog has been taken down by WordPress for no stated reason. We are working…
Texting While Walking May Soon Be Fineable in New York. Similar U.S. Legislation Passed Elsewhere Already. Will It Be Enough to Deter Screen Addicts?
By B.N. Frank Research from the Mayo Clinic determined that texting on smartphones triggers a new type of brain rhythm. “Digital Addiction” or “Screen Addiction”…
Victory! EFF Wins National Security Letter Transparency Lawsuit
By Andrew Crocker and Aaron Mackey A federal district court in San Francisco has ruled strongly in favor of our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit…
Courts to Government Officials: Stop Censoring on Social Media.
By Camille Fischer The Internet, and social media in particular, is uniquely designed to promote free expression, so much so that the Supreme Court has…
Government Fines Elderly Man $30K, Trying to Steal His Home Because His Grass Was Too Tall
By Matt Agorist Dunedin, FL — Jim Ficken is not a criminal, has never been in jail, and is a model citizen in the town…
German President: Internet Regulation Could “Take the Wind out of the Sails of Populists”
By Daniel Taylor In a speech delivered during the re:publica internet conference in Berlin, German President Frank Walter Steinmeier scolded Big Tech platforms for not…
Government Crackdowns on Social Media Fuel Violence, Studies Show
By Jan Rydzak In the wake of a series of coordinated attacks that claimed more than 250 lives on April 21, the government of Sri…
5 Reasons To Be Concerned That The Federal Government Will Borrow $990 Billion This Year
By Mac Slavo No one seems to care that a government already over $22 trillion in debt is on schedule to borrow another $990 million…
America’s Birthplace: UNESCO World Heritage Site of Global Culture and Interdependence
By Aaron and Melissa Dykes It’s honestly a weird feeling to go to the birthplace of America – where the ideals of freedom, liberty, independence,…
How Google is Helping the US Government Violate Your Privacy With Warrantless Searches
By Derrick Broze A new court filing argues that Google is helping the U.S. government circumvent Fourth Amendment protections in order to conduct warrantless searches….
Facebook Just Hired a Lawyer Who Helped Write the Patriot Act
By Eoin Higgins (CD) — Social media giant Facebook made a major hire Monday, bringing on lawyer Jennifer Newstead as the company’s general counsel—a move…
Global Government and Mass Surveillance May Be Needed to Save Humanity, Expert Says
By Dagny Taggart A prominent Oxford philosopher who is known for making terrifying predictions about humanity has a new theory about our future, and it…