HR 362 is off the table for this session of Congress. Last July, I and other critics decried this resolution as being the functional equivalent of a declaration of war against Iran. The Democratic leadership in the House agreed.
House Resolution 2605 isn’t as well known, but it is far more visionary. The author [...]The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA offers ample evidence to support the proposition that the music business consists of two basic groups: a bunch of gangsters and thugs on the one hand, and the real bad guys on the other. You might remember, about a year ago the recording industry went to trial on [...]
The US Army is going to have a permanent garrison on US soil. The Third Infantry Division’s First Brigade Combat Team will take up residence on October 1, 2008. It is going to train to use force on Americans.
This is another signal event that shows hard times are coming. We’re on a slippery [...]The President of the United States has told us what he thinks our country needs in this time of economic distress: a more powerful President! His proposal violates the separation of powers.
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is the most important treaty you’ve never heard of. The big western countries are busy negotiating this big trade deal in secret. The news about ACTA that has leaked out of the negotiations is cause for concern.
Meanwhile, the US Senate Judiciary Committee has voted for a bill called The [...]The City of Santa Cruz, California has sued the US Attorney General over federal interference with California’s medical marijuana law. Among other things, the plaintiffs allege that the government’s conduct violates the 10th Amendment. The defense brought a motion for summary judgment on the 10th Amendment issue, which they recently lost. San Diego and San [...]
The right to privacy is in deep trouble throughout the western world. The latest bad news comes from France, which has just been saddled with a new national intelligence agency with the power to keep track of the political ideas and sex lives of people who are not suspected of being criminals.
Time will [...]It turns out that Wal-Mart’s labor practices are even meaner overseas than they are in the USA. The Mexican Supreme Court recently told the company that it had to pay its Mexican workers in money, not in company vouchers that had to be spent at Wal-Mart.
Read the Mexican Constitution (in Spanish). Check out [...]It looks as if the US taxpayer is on the hook for at least $800 billion. The federal government is set to place a conservator over Freddie and Fannie (the GSE’s).
The US Treasury has every incentive to make the central bank of China happy. This story is a perfect example of why it’s [...]The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was passed in 1978 and revised a few weeks ago. This law creates a SECRET COURT, to which the government has to go to get a rubber-stamped warrant to conduct surveillance on foreigners on US soil.
The ACLU sued to get access to proceedings held by this court. Unsurprisingly, [...]