Browsing Month »December, 2006«

Homeschool For The Holidays

December 31, 2006

Yes Virginia, many people do socially beneficial things without taxpayer support! Take homeschoolers. "Please" say those who think homeschools turn children into illiterate religious nuts. As opposed to illiterate godless nuts. No such thing as a godless nut? Think again.

First 1,000 to move for liberty

December 30, 2006

The 1,000th signer of the Free State Project's First 1000 pledge, to move to New Hampshire by the end of 2008 and work toward individual liberty and smaller government, signed up at about 8 p.m. Saturday night, 23 hours before the pledge deadline.

The TSA Follies

December 29, 2006

Are you more afraid of airport security procedures than of terrorism? Do you think the Department of Homeland Security is out of their minds? If so, you aren't alone. Here are three reports from recent air travelers of the lunacy they encountered at the airport security checkpoint.

OneDOJ, two databases

December 28, 2006

The U.S. Department of Justice is building a set of databases and database interconnections which will allow state and law enforcement agencies to search not only federal law enforcement agencies' case files, but also other state and local agencies' data. It's rare that I get to say a major news outlet screwed up a news story, so I'll say it now. A major news outlet omitted several key details on the nature and extent of "OneDOJ," the department's new information sharing initative.

"Some rights must be repealed"

December 27, 2006

The so-called Global War on Terror is having serious ramifications at home. Over the past five years we've watched the erosion of civil liberties in the name of "homeland security." Now the erosion is picking up speed, with recent direct attacks on both the First Amendment and the Second Amendment.

Being forced to give to charity?

December 26, 2006

Founded in 1888 as Travelers Aid, the Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights calls itself "the country's premier service-based human rights organization." And while federal law may say they're a charitable organization, the truth is that the majority of the income for their "humanitarian" work comes not from charitable contributions, but from taxes.

A Baghdad Christmas

December 24, 2006

It's no secret that I'm no fan of the war in Iraq. It was based on a flawed premise and, as far as I can see, has degenerated into a quagmire just short of civil war. And it's been a colossal waste of money, thanks to the Department of Defense's complete inability to keep a proper set of books. Yet the people over there waging that war are fighting a dangerous enemy which wants to kill not only them, but eventually, the rest of us.

Pranking the Virginia DMV

December 23, 2006

Most people, for some odd reason, care deeply about how their driver's license photo appears. They want it to be just perfect. And yet the pictures seem to always come out bad anyway. But when you go in to the DMV and you actually want your picture to look bad, the pictures which actually come out are pretty funny.

Flying home for the holidays?

December 22, 2006

A lot of you will be getting on planes this evening or this weekend to go home and spend the holidays with friends and relatives. Here are a few tips to make your journey through the airport a little less of a nightmare and a little more of a joyous occasion.

Lauren Canario freed after three months

December 22, 2006

Almost three months to the day from when she was arrested, eminent domain protester Lauren Canario, the last holdout in the Kelo v. New London case, has been released from jail.

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