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How Much Surveillance Can We Accept?
Three months after Edward Snowden’s leaks began to reveal the extent of the U.S.’ mass surveillance program, “serious people” are beginning to make the …
Laissez-Faire Today
Is Wall Street Really the Heart of Capitalism? Blaming the Wrong People for 2008
The other night, I tuned into The Flaw, a 2011 documentary about the 2008 financial crash. While telling the crash story, the movie flashes …
Taxes: Man’s Inhumanity to Man
My community in the Deep South prides itself on friendship, community feeling, and an overall happy spirit. So it was a bit strange for …
More Shutdowns, Please: The Pro-Democracy Case for an Obamacare Crisis
In all likelihood, Republican efforts to defund Obamacare are toast — and sooner rather than later. It appears to be a fantasy that a …
How to “Fed Proof” Your Wealth
Stocks settled down recently. The Dow dropped 40 points. Either the market had already priced in “QE forever”… or investors are starting to wonder. …
6th-Grader Suspended for Government Drawing
A sixth-grader has been suspended for drawing an inappropriate picture. The drawing did not include any gun, but showed a checkpoint backed up by …
Corporate America Goes Off the Grid
As much as I love technology, part of me hates being so dependent on a live wall plug wherever I go. You find yourself …
Spend ’til it Hurts
Every year, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) adds to its short-term budget forecasts (10 years and 25 years) a long-term (75-year) outlook.The 2013 Long-term …
America: Freer Than France for Over 200 Years
It has now been nearly two centuries since French political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville visited America and compared American democracy to the French variety. …
Pulling a Mob Job on America
Mobsters shake down, say, a restaurant owner. They drink all the booze and eat all they want and pay nothing. They rob the cash …