Showing posts with label civil liberty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil liberty. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Video: Hunger Games' Catching Fire: Is Katniss a Modern-Day Spartacus?

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My daughter wanted to watch Hunger Games: Catching Fire , so my wife and I accompanied her. I haven't seen the first episode The Hunge...
Friday, May 10, 2013

Why I Will Not Vote; Liquor Ban and No Stock Market Commentary

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I will not participate or risk my life and limb or spend scarce time, effort, and resources in the selection process of so-called political...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Quote of the Day: Invoking Democracy to Destroy Freedom

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People are taught that, thanks to democracy, coercion is no longer dangerous because people get to vote on who coerces them. Because peopl...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

South Korea: Mini Skirt Regulation Provokes Outrage

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All sorts of civil restrictions seem to be cropping up from governments worldwide. In South Korea, new regulations on mini skirt, whi...
Saturday, March 02, 2013

Video: Is America Becoming Europe? Security over Freedom?

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This int eresting video asks whether the evolving trend of social policies in the US will lead her to assimilate Europe's "promis...
Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Quote of the Day: To Achieve Liberty, Envy and Intolerance have to be Overcome

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To achieve liberty and peace, two powerful human emotions have to be overcome. Number one is "envy" which leads to hate and clas...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Quote of the Day: The Right of the Individual’s Happiness

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Now let me point out to you that we have not arrived simply at an abstract result, but that this question of liberty as against force will...
Saturday, September 08, 2012

Video: Explaining The Tyranny of the Majority

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Should majorities decide everything? That's the question dealt by Duke University Professor Mike Munger in the following video at the Le...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Quote of the Day: Your Identity Properly Belongs to you

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Everyone has areas of utter privacy to protect. Some people wear lockets containing photos of deceased relatives; others daydream about a...
Saturday, March 31, 2012

Quote of the Day: Terrorism Cannot Take Away Our Freedoms

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The goal of terrorism is not to crash planes, or even to kill people; the goal of terrorism is to cause terror. Liquid bombs, PETN, plane...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Circumventing Political Term Limits via Political Dynasties

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Chidem Kurdas at the Thinkmarkets notes that term limits on political authorities don’t serve as sufficient protection against the concentr...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Quote of the Day: Fervent Love of Individual Liberty

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In receiving of the Alexis de Tocqueville Award, I excerpt Professor Robert Higgs' speech , (italics original) For society as a who...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

War on the Internet: Legalized Spying of Email?

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Incumbent political institutions will continue to wage war of controls against the immensely expanding social media. The latter is being pro...
Monday, September 12, 2011

George Carlin on Airport Secuirty : One More Way of Reducing Your Liberty

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(hat tip: Lew Rockwell Blog)
Saturday, May 28, 2011

World Bank: Freedom and Liberty As Recipe To Prosperity!

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The World Bank seems to have experienced an epiphany. A recent research paper arrives at the conclusion that the formula to social prosper...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Moral Grandstanding: The Dumbing Down of TV Viewers

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I hardly watch TV (except occasionally for cable movies and international financial sites) and hardly read local newspapers, unless some eve...
Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Confusing Freedom With Collectivism

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Sometimes experts are at a seeming loss of what’s been happening in the MENA region. PIMCO’s Mohamed El Erian at the Reuters writes , ...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Economic Freedom Is Key To Prosperity

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Great stuff from Professor Walter Williams , (bold highlights mine) Poverty in Egypt, or anywhere else, is not very difficult to explai...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Gold And Sound Money

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Sometimes I am predisposed to think that gold may be in a bubble, even if I know it isn’t . This happens when I get feedback of gold’s all...
Monday, May 24, 2010

Quote of the Day: Capitalism Ended Slavery

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Another gem from Professor Don Boudreaux , (bold highlights mine) "Slavery was common throughout history until the age of industrial c...