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FFF EMAIL UPDATE ARCHIVES
CIVIL LIBERTIES

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Confusing the Cost of Free Speech
by Robert A. Levy
Cato Institute
FBI Continues Hoover's Unconstitutional Practices
by Nat Hentoff
Billings Gazette
Threats from Within
by Mo Lotman
Boston Globe
Protect Free Speech in Technology-Driven World
by Gene Policinski
Detroit News
Not to Build Cordoba House Would Be to Stab the Heart of America
by Jamie Dettmer
Daily Caller
Should Videotaping the Police Really Be a Crime?
by Adam Cohen
Time
Hey, Ray Kelly, Frisk This
by Nat Hentoff
Village Voice
National Insecurity
by Sheldon Richman
Foundation for Economic Education
The Establishment Protection Act
by John Tate
Daily Caller
A Free Press Means No Subsidies
by Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
The Stagliano Victory Party
by Richard Abowitz
Reason
Taking Photos in Public Places Is Not a Crime
by Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Popular Mechanics
No Restrictions on Gambling
by Radley Balko
The Economist
The Trial of John Stagliano
by Richard Abowitz
Reason
Federal Censorship Is Obsolete
by Steve Chapman
Washington Examiner
When Citizens Film Police, It Shouldn't Be a Crime
Editorial
USA Today
Let Us Disclose that Free-Speech Limits Are Harmful
by George F. Will
Washington Post
U.S. Officials Spy on Activists Across the Political Spectrum
by J.D. Tuccille
Disloyal Opposition
Opposition to Honoring the Justice Department
by Ron Paul
U.S. House of Representatives
Watching the Watchmen Is No Crime
Editorial
Washington Examiner
Five Years After Kelo
by Marc Scribner
Daily Caller
Pre-Paid Cell Phones May Be Outlawed
by Bob Barr
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Prisons and the Myth of Colorblindedness
by Tolu Olorunda
Counterpunch.org
A Truck in the Dock
The Economist
The Freedom of Association
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
LewRockwell.com
The Right to Discriminate
by Walter E. Williams
George Mason University
Banning Ground Zero Mosque Discriminatory
by Robert Woolsey
Washington Times
YouTube Justice
Editorial
Washington Times
Supreme Court Hears the Sounds of Silence
by Steve Chapman
Washington Examiner
Fight Bigotry Without Government
by John Stossel
Townhall.com
Outrage Over Paul Comments Is Knee-Jerk Dramatics
by Bryan Hyde
Utah Spectrum
The Civil Rights Myth
by Elizabeth Wright
Alternative Right
Lost Freedoms Are Not To Be Sneezed At
by Jennifer Abel
The Guardian
Libertarianism = Anti-Racism
by Sheldon Richman
Foundation for Economic Education
Rand Paul's Principled Stumble
by Robert A. Levy
Cato Institute
Paul and the Private Parts
by Jacob Sullum
Reason
Letting Rand Paul Twist in the Wind
by Larry Elder
Washington Examiner
Live Chat: Robert Scheer on Rand Paul and Social Justice
by Robert Scheer
Truthdig.com
Instead of Shrugging, Ron Johnson Is Running for Office
by George F. Will
Washington Post
Should Government Take on Facebook?
by Jim Harper
New York Times
Rand Paul and the Civil Rights Act: Was He Right?
by Sheldon Richman
Christian Science Monitor
Tough Stand: Freedom to Be Odious
by Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
Fire John Stossel!
by John Stossel
Fox Business
Confiscating Your Property
by John Stossel
Reason
John Stossel Defends Rand Paul and Business Right to Discriminate
Fox News
Libertarians on Paul's Civil Rights Stance: "Very Reasonable"
by Zachary Roth
TalkingPointsMemo.com
Democrats Push for National ID
by Anthony Gregory
Independent Institute
Disclosing the Dangers of Disclosure
by Robert Frommer
Washington Times
Despite Forecasts, Freedom Takes More than Technology
by Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
Can You Disappear in Surveillance Britain?
by Jean-Paul Flintoff
London Times
Talking to Industry Is No Sin
by Bob Barr and Laura Murphy
Washington Times
TSA to Download Your iTunes?
Editorial
Washington Times
The Dangers of Growing DNA Databases
by Osagie K. Obasogie
Los Angeles Times
WWI, Xenophobia, and Suppressing the Political Opposition
by Wendy McElroy
WendyMcElroy.com
National ID and Personal Privacy
by Austin Raynor
Liberty Tree
The People You're Allowed to Hate
by Patrick J. Buchanan
American Conservative
10 Rules for Dealing with Police (Video)
by Flex Your Rights
YouTube.com
The Surveillance Regime
Editorial
The Nation
Incentive to Confiscate
by Scott Bullock
Boston Herald
How the Left Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the FBI
by Anthony Gregory
Independent Institute
Big Brother Is On Your Tail
by Steve Chapman
Washington Examiner
Washington Murdered Privacy at Home and Abroad
by Paul Craig Roberts
Takimag.com
Scuttle the National ID
by Alex Nowrasteh
Washington Times
Civil Liberties in Obama's America
by Anthony Gregory
Campaign for Liberty
The Creepy Tyranny of Canada's Hate Speech Laws
by Glenn Greenwald
Salon.com
Property Rights in the Sewer
Editorial
Washington Times
Eminent Domain Gone Bad
by Damon W. Root
Reason
Help the Third World Protect Property Rights
by Doug Bandow
American Spectator
Census: A Little Too Personal
by Ron Paul
U.S. House of Representatives
Justice Department Asked for News Site's Visitor Lists
by Declan McCullough
CBS News
Watching Certain People
by Bob Herbert
New York Times
Federal Judge Says Fourth Amendment "Is Now Gone"
by J.D. Tucille
The Examiner
Whose Body Is It?
by John Stossel
Townhall.com
More Bureaucrats Offer to "Help" the Media
Editorial
Washington Examiner
The Census and the Constitution
by Walter E. Williams
George Mason University
Feds Want to Track Cell Phone Users -- Without Warrants
by J.D. Tuccille
The Examiner
Liberty Versus "Patriotism"
by Ivan Eland
Independent Institute
Take the Money and Run: The Crazy Perversities of Civil Asset Forfeiture
by Radley Balko
Slate
Candidates, Campaigns and New Coke
by Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
Justice Alito Was Right
by Andrew P. Napolitano
Fox News
Campaign Finance: a "Reform" Wisely Struck Down
by George F. Will
Washington Post
Campaign Giving Is Muddled
by Tibor R. Machan
Yuma Sun
A Blow for Free Speech
by John Stossel
Townhall.com
The Supreme Court Protected Us on Thursday
by John Lott
Fox News
A Victory for Free Speech
by Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
The Price of the Mega-State
by Mario Rizzo
New York University
Why Use a National Security Letter When You Have Post-It Notes?
by Jacob Sullum
Reason
In Campaign Finance Ruling, Supreme Court Hands a Victory to the First Amendment
by J.D. Tuccille
The Examiner
"Congress Shall Make No Law…"
by David N. Bossie
Washington Times
Police Use Pepper Spray at Peaceful Protest Against Sheriff
by J.D. Tuccille
The Examiner
Local Government May Be Just as Intrusive as the Federal Leviathan
by J.D. Tuccille
The Examiner
After Katrina, Whither Charity
Editorial
Washington Times
Arizona SWAT Raid Victim Faces No Charges, Plans to Sue
by J.D. Tucille
The Examiner
Avaricious Developers and Governments Twist Meaning of "Blight"
by George F. Will
Washington Post
The Criminalization of Protest
by Radley Balko
Reason
What Is a Right?
by Andrew P. Napolitano
Campaign for Liberty
The Anti Police State Police
by Garry Reed
The Examiner
Fired for Speaking Out
Editorial
New York Times
Where's the Sense in Coercing People to Fight?
by Donald J. Boudreaux
Boston Globe
Voiding the Constitution
by Randolph J. May
Washington Times
It's a Return to the Star Chamber as Europe Finally Tramples Magna Carta into the Dust
by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The Telegraph
Surveillance State, U.S.A.
by Alfred McCoy
TomDispatch.com
Obama's Latest Use of "Secrecy" to Shield Presidential Lawbreaking
by Glenn Greenwald
Salon.com
Arizona Highway Patrol Seizes Cash Because … It Was There
by J.D. Tuccille
The Examiner
Right to Criticize Is Fundamental to Democracy
by Sean Parnell
USA Today
One Nation, Under Surveillance
by Michael Hampton
Homeland Stupidity
Roanoke's Eminent-Domain Shame
Editorial
Washington Times
Just Say No to Blasphemy Laws
by Jonathan Turley
USA Today
Obama's Unrestrained FBI: Is This America?
by Nat Hentoff
World Net Daily
Who's in Big Brother's Database?
by James Bamford
New York Review of Books
The Threat to Your Liberties Is Here
by Paul Craig Roberts
Antiwar.com
What's the Point of Demonstrating?
by Robert Higgs
Independent Institute
Atlanta Gay Bar Raid Shows that Not Everything Has Changed
by J.D. Tuccille
The Examiner
What's the Point of Demonstrating?
by Robert Higgs
Independent Institute
Taking on the Book Banners
by George F. Will
Washington Post
We Can Navigate Marketplace of Ideas on Our Own, Thanks
by Michael Smith
Boston Globe/font>
Citizens United against Censorship
Editorial
Washington Times
First Amendment Under Fire
by David N. Bossie
Washington Times
Unfair, Unbalanced, but Free
by Jacob Sullum
Washington Times
Arizona Dust-Up Demonstrates Why Campaign Finance Rules Threaten Free Speech
by J.D. Tuccille
The Examiner
Don't Tase Me, Sis
by Radley Balko
Reason
The Government Versus Hal Turner
Editorial
Los Angeles Times
Bulldozing the First Amendment
by George F. Will
Washington Post
Continuing Path Toward National ID Card (Video)
by Andrew Napolitano
FOX News
Fined for Cursing a Cop?
by J.D. Tuccille
The Examiner
Who May Harm Whom?
by Walter E. Williams
George Mason University
"Uh-Oh They're Here"
Editorial
Washington Post
Liberty and Lip
by Jacob Sullum
Washington Times
Cops and Turning the Other Cheek
by Robyn E. Blumner
St. Petersburg Times
Everyone Hates the Cops
by Ted Rall
Uexpress.com
Leave Swiss Banks Alone
by Pierre Bessard
New York Times
Obama's Secret Police
by Justin Raimondo
Antiwar.com
During this "Teaching Moment," Learn about the First Amendment
by J.D. Tuccille |