A national ID is wrong and is counter to the principles upon which this country was founded.
Category: politics
“The Drumhead”
“The first time any man’s freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged.”
The Old New Thing : The politician’s fallacy and the politician’s apology
In the politician’s apology, you apologize not for the offense itself, but for the fact that what you did offended someone.
Lessons from 1984
We all know about George Orwell’s 1984, right? Well, sometimes I think maybe we don’t, because we keep doing stuff that seems to be taken straight from the book.
Bruce Schneier on REAL-ID (again)
“A reliance on ID cards is based on a dangerous security myth, that if only we knew who everyone was, we could pick the bad guys out of the crowd.”