By Robert Higgs | Tuesday May 3, 2011 at 6:36 PM PDT | 9 Comments
Father forgive them, for they know not what they do, Yankees never say. – Osama’s been killed, everyone’s now saying. Firestorm will come soon. – An eye for an eye, slaughter all people you fear. Cold blood chills your veins. – Americans may seem quite civilized at times. Looks often deceive. – Summer follows...
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Tags: Imperialism, Liberty, Middle East, Morality, Peace, Power, Terrorism, The State, War
By Randall Holcombe | at 12:17 PM PDT | 9 Comments
I just returned from a conference. The guy sitting next to me on the plane had with him a laptop computer, an iPad, an iPod, and a phone. Yep, four “portable electronic devices.” I figured the guy was probably a terrorist. Because they keep announcing it to potential terrorists on aircraft, I know that...
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Tags: Civil Liberties, Civil Society, Constitution, Liberalism, Nanny State, Personal Liberty, Politics, Privacy, Propaganda, Surveillance, Terrorism, The State, Transportation, Weapons