Until polls showed public support was waning, most of the fourth estate banged the drum for the Iraq war and kissed the rump of the Bush administration. Those on the right like to say that the mainstream media is overwhelmingly liberal. Maybe so in sentimental moments. But ultimately they worship at the altar of triumphant big government.
The year 2011 brings in a host of opportunities and challenges to America. Will we accelerate toward economic insolvency by continuing the policies that have created this crisis, or will a new Congress elected on the energy of the Tea Party movement find the courage to change course?
The growing revolt against invasive TSA practices is encouraging to Americans who are fed up with federal government encroachment in their lives. In the case of air travelers, this encroachment is quite literally physical. But a deep-seated libertarian impulse still exists within the American people, and opposition to the new TSA full body scanner and groping searches is gathering momentum.
El G Grande nails down many of the breaking stories that are key to seeing beyond the curtain of gubment, that help us understand the difference between a free society and the government.
El G Grande has a few observations to offer about the conflict between one dogma of government (the so-called "war on drugs" and another, the so-called "war on terror"). He also discovers some lessons about the dogma that underlies them both.
"People don't know what fusion centers are," says Catherine Bleish, who was the opening speaker at the 2010 New Hampshire Liberty Forum on March 19.
It's tax season again. And for many of us, the idea of doing taxes and giving the IRS the pound of flesh they demand is a harrowing thought. One Austin, Texas, man, claiming to have been fed up with being ripped off by the IRS for over 20 years, flew a small plane into a building containing the local IRS office this morning.
Gardner Goldsmith takes you with him as he travels to the Manchester, NH, Airport, and sees just how bureaucratic and inefficient the government-run system is.
How does one look at a potential TSA Head who fears Americans more than the terrorists Americans often fear? One views him as more interested in protecting the US government than the US citizenry.
Two days after serving two journalists with subpoenas demanding that they reveal a confidential source, a move that prompted widespread backlash among frequent fliers, the Transportation Security Administration has withdrawn the subpoenas and returned a damaged laptop to one of the writers.
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