The principal attribute of a campaign against photography, or the encroachment on private property rights (see, “Is a Man’s Home Still His Castle? – Washington Examiner“) is that officials aim to take from American citizens rights that Americans now have, and have historically had. This is the dark – and reactionary — side of contemporary…
Liberty
Law, Liberty
Is a man’s home still his castle? | Washington Examiner
by JOHN ADAMS •
But to arrest someone who is unmistakably on their own property, and doing nothing remotely illegal, is an abuse of power pure and simple. Even if it were true that Gibson was endangering herself by witnessing the traffic stop from the confines of her front porch, how could that possibly be construed as “resisting arrest”…
Liberty, Politics
Nat Hentoff on a Ground Zero Mosque
by JOHN ADAMS •
Nat Hentoff writes about the New York City mosque controversy in Pols Clueless on Ground Zero Mosque: The angry national debate over Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s intention to build a mosque two blocks north of the horror of 9/11 at Ground Zero has been further fueled by supporter Nancy Pelosi declaring, “I join those who…
Laws/Regulations, Libertarians, Liberty
When (Canadian) Bureaucrats Attack
by JOHN ADAMS •
Kevin Libin, of the Canadian National Post has a story about how Canadian officials are bullying a libertarian family of immigrants to Canada from what was Soviet-occupied Poland. They left a dictatorship, but they’ve run into the soft, oppressively bureaucratic culture of modern-day Canada. (Sadly, something like his story might easily happen in countless places…
Laws/Regulations, Liberty
Institute for Justice: Free the Monks and Free Enterprise
by JOHN ADAMS •
We have become so regulated, and government has become so much a tool of particular businesses over others, that in Louisiana monks of Saint Joseph Abbey cannot even build and sell caskets for those who would prefer a simple casket. Fortunately, the Institute for Justice is prepared to defend the right of a monastery to…
Law, Liberty
Divorcing Marriage and Government
by JOHN ADAMS •
There’s considerable talk about a federal judge’s ruling involving California’s Proposition 8, a proposition that defines marriage under California law. There’s discussion of the ruling, laws and constitutional provisions in other states that are similar to Proposition 8, and the politics of it all. Like most libertarians, I don’t think these discussions are broad enough…
Freedom of Speech, Law, Liberty
Opposing groups challenge Wis. campaign money rule
by JOHN ADAMS •
Film, Liberty
Was the Legendary Robin Hood a Libertarian Rebel?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Laws/Regulations, Liberty
Raw Milk: The Wonder Tonic?
by JOHN ADAMS •
I don’t know if raw milk’s a wonder tonic, but people in a dairy state should be able to buy it and enjoy natural, unpasteurized milk. A study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison examined the reasons people want to drink raw milk, and the backgrounds of those who want to drink it: New research at…
Laws/Regulations, Liberty
Tonight on Stossel: Sex and the Law (8 p.m. Central)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Laws/Regulations, Liberty
LA Times: Food Raid Raises Questions Over Existing Milk Laws…and the Safety of Potlucks
by JOHN ADAMS •
The battle over the right to drink natural, unpasteurized milk is a national one, as a story in the Los Angeles Times confirms. If government can ban raw milk because of the supposed danger, why wouldn’t it ban the uncertain practice of potluck dinners at schools, churches, and workplaces? I wouldn’t support a ban on…
Cartoons & Comics, Liberty
The True Fashion-Setters
by JOHN ADAMS •
Liberty, Music
Monday Music
by JOHN ADAMS •
Liberty
Reason.tv Interviews Author Joel Miller About Paul Revere
by JOHN ADAMS •
Reason.tv interviews Joel Miller about his book on Paul Revere, and asks — Is Paul Revere still relevant in contemporary America? Joel Miller, author of The Revolutionary Paul Revere, says he is. Miller sat down with Reason.tv Editor in Chief Nick Gillespie to discuss the man, his famous ride, and his relationship to the contemporary…