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"Aye, free! Free as a tethered ass!" —W.S. Gilbert

"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker

"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison

"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman

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Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Are Journalists More Trustworthy than State Personnel?

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Art Silber says no, and he's right. Edward Snowden leaked a ton of documents, but the Guardian says it has published only 1 percent -- ...

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Friday, June 14, 2013

TGIF: It’s Not Edward Snowden Who Betrayed Us

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TGIF this week cuts through the NSA fog to show that how one comes down on the controversy depends on whether or not one trusts power.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Op-ed: Obama Speaks with Forked Tongue on Surveillance

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My take on the revelations about the NSA's spying. Bottom line: Obama says, “If people can’t trust not only the executive branch bu...

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Edward Snowden, Unmasker of Big Brother

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

National Security and the GOP Presidential Wannabes

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Last night’s Republican presidential debate demonstrates yet again that one will never think sensibly about the safety of the American peopl...

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Op-ed: Government Has Run Amok Since 9/11

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Those who understand the exploitative nature of big government suspected that the U.S. response to the 9/11 attacks had little to do with ...

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Sheldon Richman: Father, grandfather, writer, editor, pipe smoker, free thinker, libertarian market anarchist, grouser, flosser. Author of six books, including "America's Counter-Revolution: The Constitution Reconsidered"; "Coming to Palestine"; and "What Social Animals Owe to Each Other."

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