Freedom on the Web

These Senior Citizens Are Serving Life in Prison Over Pot

by Kristen Gwynne, Alternet.org

Entirely Predictable: The U.S. Is Leaving Afghanistan Worse Off Than Before

by Sonali Kolhatkar, Truthdig.com

If America Is Going to Reveal the Truth about Torture, Obama Must End Gitmo’s Cover-Up Court

by Anthony D. Romero, Guardian

Uncle Sam’s Databases of Suspicion

by Hina Shamsi and Matthew Harwood, TomDispatch.com

The War Against Austerity

by Winslow T. Wheeler, American Conservative

9-Point Plan

by Tom Toles, GoComics.com

The Lose-Lose Scenario

by Ted Rall, GoComics.com

A Double Standard on Destroying Evidence

by Radley Balko, Washington Post

Can the Republicans Make a Difference?

by Andrew P. Napolitano, Washington Times

Politics’ Rationally Irrational Nature

by Donald J. Boudreaux, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The FBI: America’s Secret Police

by John W. Whitehead, Rutherford Institute

When Hayek Abandoned Mises

by Gary North, Garynorth.com

Uncle Sam Be Damned in ‘Nam: No Country for Noble Causes

by Greg Maybury, OpEd News

Ornamental Midterm Elections

by Bruce Fein, Washington Times

From Pol Pot to ISIS

by John Pilger, Counterpunch

Well Informed

by Steve Benson, GoComics.com

The Fifth Horseman

by Robert Ariail, GoComics.com

Thirty Five Years after Iranian Hostage Crisis, Aftershocks Remain

by Stephen Kinzer, Boston Globe

Your Tax Dollars at Play

by Bart Hinkle, Richmond Times-Dispatch

Mark Udall’s Loss Is a Blow for Privacy, But he Can Go Out with a Bang: ‘Leak’ the CIA Torture Report

by Trevor Timm, Guardian

Can Congress Even Touch America’s Out-of-Control Spies and Feds?

by Lucy Steigerwald, Rare.us

Skewering the “Shadow Government”

by Philip Giraldi, Unz.com

Bill Gross Should Stick to Shuffleboard — His Case for Bigger Deficits Is Ludicrous

by David Stockman, Contra Corner

Neocons Argue U.S. Fights Too Few Wars, but They Are Wrong

by Bruce Fein, Washington Times

Comforting the NSA and Afflicting Its Dissenters

by Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic