13 Feb 2008

TSA: Taking, Splurging, and Appropriating

By Garry Reed

In what must be one of the few fun-filled functions in the otherwise beastly boring lives of bureaucrats, undercover operatives try to sneak weaponry through airport checkpoints to test how good Transportation Security Administration screeners are at finding guns, bombs, and knives.

06 Feb 2008

Should the Senate Ratify the U.N. Sea Treaty?

By Mark W. Hendrickson

There has been vigorous debate about whether the U.S. Senate should ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, also known as the Law of the Sea Treaty, or LOST by its critics). The treaty has a wide-range of supporters in the United States. These reportedly include elements within the Pentagon who believe that UNCLOS would prevent foreign states from adopting arbitrary policies that interrupt normal naval operations. A primary objection of opponents is that UNCLOS would establish a dangerous precedent by authorizing the U.N.'s International Seabed Authority to collect taxes.

06 Feb 2008

Ed Versus the State

By Garry Reed

Ed was just minding his own business. According to an article in the News & Advance of Lynchburg, Virginia, Ed wasn't harming anyone, or threatening to harm anyone, or defrauding anyone.

But that didn't stop the state of Virginia from charging Ed with misdemeanors and felonies and booking him into the crowbar motel sans bail.

30 Jan 2008

Are You a Homegrown Terrorist?

By John W. Whitehead

At first glance, the Violent Radicalization & Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 may not seem dangerous. Yet things are rarely what they seem, and this bill is no exception.

30 Jan 2008

A Children's History of the Great American Empire

By Administrator

A SPECIAL NOTE TO THE CLASS OF 2047

Welcome to the Federalized Educational & Socialization Indoctrination System of the Great American Imperium. The Senior Lifetime Bureaucrats in charge of programming your minds to ensure your Obedience and Usefulness to the State have officially prepared this History Textbook "for the children."

23 Jan 2008

Addicted to Addiction

By Garry Reed

Last summer at their annual policy meeting, the American Medical Association considered having "excessive video gaming" formally certified as a psychiatric disorder and listing it in the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the bible of mental diseases to which psychiatrists are addicted.

23 Jan 2008

What is the Price of Gold Telling Us?

By Mark W. Hendrickson

Gold opened 2008 with a bang. The price of the yellow metal soared to all-time nominal highs, surpassing $900 per ounce. "So what?" you may ask. "Unless one works for a mining company or a jeweler, gold is a trivial or nonexistent factor in one's life." True. But do you use dollars for your money? If so, then you ought to be concerned about the rising price of gold.

16 Jan 2008

Will Oklahoma Become a Third World Country?

By Garry Reed

"Is Oklahoma trying to become a Third World country?"

16 Jan 2008

Voter-ID Laws Are a Menace to Freedom

By John W. Whitehead

Most Americans, when asked for a photo ID, will pull out a driver's license and not think twice about it. We have to show proof of our identity when we drink, when we drive, and when we fly. Identification can also be required to rent a movie, borrow a book, or write a check. So why shouldn't we be required to show a photo ID to vote? That's the question presently before the U.S. Supreme Court.

09 Jan 2008

Do You Speak Thuggery or Freedom?

By Garry Reed

John P. Walters just can't seem to contain himself. Give the career powercrat a job with the imperial appellation of "Drug Czar" and he just instinctively grasps for more.

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