County pensions are public record, court rules
The public has the right to learn the level of pension benefits that each retired county employee is receiving, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday. Read more…
View ArticleThe Police State Is Personal
Does America now qualify as a police state? And, if so, where do you — or will you — personally draw a hard line and say, “No! That is a law or a police order I refuse to obey”? Read more…
View ArticleSmart Growth is a wonderful phrase. Who could be for Stupid Growth?
The problem is that it is misnomer. It is not about growth, it is about control…where you can leave, how you get to work, the size of your living space, the number of children you can have. Smart...
View ArticleComing soon: CIA to have access to your financial information
The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country,...
View ArticleEditorial by Stephen Frank: “Privacy is Dead, Get Over It”
Do you believe in privacy? Government does not. Neither do private firms, Facebook, Google and many web sites. Your life is an open book, no secrets. It is time for the American public to take this...
View ArticleSenate Gun Control Bill Erodes Your Rights and Privacy
Since the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama and many in Congress have pushed a “do something” mentality on gun control. Heritage experts urged lawmakers to consider the host of...
View ArticleCongressman Tom McClintock:
I don’t mind mind cameras in public. When you go out in public, you have no expectation of privacy — that’s why we call it “public.” What bothers me are all of the bills that we’re now seeing that...
View ArticleThe NSA is Spying on You — Here is How You Should Fight Back
Benjamin Franklin famously wrote, “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.” Meanwhile, our president claims that we cannot have...
View ArticleMcClintock: My turn: Defending freedom with purse strings
Congressman McClintock understands the situation America faces. We have a President who tells the public one thing (like,” I will close Gitmo”) and does another—keeps it open. Obama was elected in...
View ArticleNoonan: What We Lose if We Give Up Privacy
What is privacy? Why should we want to hold onto it? Why is it important, necessary, precious? Is it just some prissy relic of the pretechnological past? We talk about this now because of Edward...
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