By Robert Higgs | Tuesday September 11, 2012 at 12:05 PM PDT | 6 Comments
With great sadness, I note the passing on September 8 of the man I have long described as the greatest living libertarian. Thomas Szasz was, among other things, a powerful influence on the movement to release people who were being held in prisons on “psychiatric” grounds, even though they had not been convicted of...
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By Anthony Gregory | at 11:53 AM PDT | 9 Comments
On the eve of September 10, 2001, I went to sleep a libertarian, distrustful of the state, holding both major political parties in contempt, seeing the federal government as the primary enemy of the American people, their lives and liberties. The next morning, watching the horrific news of the murderous attacks on the World...
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Tags: Civil Liberties, Constitution, History, Peace, Personal Liberty, Politics, Presidential Power, War
By Mary Theroux | at 12:00 AM PDT | 1 Comment
There’s almost nothing to add to the story below covered by Judicial Watch, the Canada Free Press, U.S. News and World Report, and others. Eleven years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Americans are subjected daily to humiliation, not to mention extreme inconvenience, by the “security” measures instituted by the grand new agency created...
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Tags: Civil Liberties, Defense, Intelligence agency, Liberty, Peace, Personal Liberty, Terrorism