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Disloyal Opposition
http://www.tuccille.com/blog/
Politics, current events and culture from a pro-freedom perspective.
- Added on: Feb 22nd, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: J.D. Tuccille
- Listed in: Political Activism Libertarian
- Tags: Civil Liberties police brutality free speech second amendment eminent domain economic liberty
Recent Posts
It\'s a rule, damn it, it doesn\'t have to make sense
I'm parked, with my family, in a tiny bungalow in the Los Angeles area right now. The bungalow belongs to my mother-in-law, who is in Pasadena's Huntington Memorial Hospital, awaiting either a quadruple or quintuple heart bypass operation tomorrow, a...
Let\'s have some more of that failed security theater
It's worth noting that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was thwarted in his Christmas Day attempt to blow an airliner out of the sky, not by institutional security measures, but by an alert passenger and the cabin crew of the airplane in question. It's also...
Ten years of suckage
In recent years, I've become increasingly hesitant about sitting down to write about the American political and legal scene. The fact is, every time I do so, sucking down a valium and vodka cocktail becomes not just a somewhat more viable option, but...
Video advice for dealing with police due out in January 2010
Unlike most civil liberties groups, Flex Your Rights is dedicated to trying to prevent civil liberties violations instead of addressing them after the fact in the courts. To this end, the organization engages in educational efforts so that people are...
The Border Patrol learns how to make friends and influence people
It's not a dystopia if it's actually happening to you.At least, that's what Canadian science fiction writer and marine biologist Peter Watts may be thinking after suffering a taste of American post-9/11-style hospitality. In an incident at a border c...
Happy holidays, Phoenix-style
Presumptuous busybodiness knows no particular season. The arrogant assumption of the right to boss people around is a year-'round affair that has bureaucrats patrolling for bacon-wrapped hot dogs in the heat of summer and chasing down joyful sledders...
