Alito Takes Liberties With Public Health
Reading Time: < 1 minute Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s remarks to the Federalist Society made one thing crystal clear: the culture wars are alive and well on the Supreme Court.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s remarks to the Federalist Society made one thing crystal clear: the culture wars are alive and well on the Supreme Court.
Reading Time: < 1 minute With the Patriot Act debate raging in Congress, there has perhaps never been a better time to consider what’s at stake. And what is that? Most of us never really knew. But this documentary, from Executive Producer Robert Greenwald and Earl Katz, directed by Nonny de la Peña, whose work has been funded by a MacArthur grant and shown at TriBeCa Film Festival, spelled it all out a decade ago, and is as relevant as ever.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Somehow, the leaks of NSA documents on the fragility of democracy have been turned around into public criticism of the leaker. The conservative press wants us to focus on Edward Snowden’s girlfriend. Ok, fine. Here’s that picture. Happy? Now can we move on to what’s really happening in this country—and why it’s so hard to speak the truth about it?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Radio host and noted Libertarian Lew Rockwell has a few questions for Russ Baker about the Boston Bombing—and the larger framework of militarism, propaganda, media failures, and other issues related to the security state and freedom. Russ has a few answers.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sorry to spoil the inaugural festivities, but there’s this small matter of ongoing and rather alarming civil liberties threats….
Reading Time: 3 minutes Small things, like paper bags, safe playground equipment, and energy-efficient bulbs are part of a plot to deprive us of our liberty. Or so says this fellow—who apparently is pretty popular.