“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Benjamin Franklin’s famous one-liner about the relationship between liberty…
“Maybe there is a beast. Maybe it’s only us.” — William Golding (1911-1993), “Lord of the Flies” Hidden within some folks are the souls of saints. Hidden within others are…
When the freedom of speech and of the press die, it will happen by a thousand small cuts. Last Friday night, in the sleepy 1,900-person town of Marion, Kansas, all…
In April of this year, the FBI began an investigation to determine who was using illegal software to spy from within the United States on persons in Mexico. The software…
“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.”– First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Here is a pop quiz: If the states ratified an amendment to the…
“Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women;when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it;no constitution, no law, no court can even do much…
What if liberty and democracy are opposites? What if the principle underlying liberty is to restrain the government to maximize individual autonomy? What if the principle underlying democracy is to…
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion,and only one person were of the contrary opinion,Mankind would be no more justifiedIn silencing that one person,Than he, if he had…
A recent poll conducted by Intelligent-dot-com has shed light on the financial predicament faced by student loan borrowers in the United States. The survey reveals that over a third of these borrowers had spent money with the belief that their debt would be forgiven under President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
In a concerning development, it has been reported that hackers believed to be based in China have successfully breached U.S. government email accounts, including those of two executive branch agencies, one of which is the State Department.