There’s a very interesting discussion over at “Stop the Bleating!” regarding “Secret Laws, and the Gilmore v. Gonzales case. It’s really quite interesting – and this is one of the best summaries that I’ve read thus far.
Category: politics
30,000 People Mistakenly Put on Terrorist Watch List
From the “to truly mess things up, you need government” department.
Anonymity and the Constitution
“Under our Constitution, anonymous pamphleteering is not a pernicious, fraudulent practice, but an honorable tradition of advocacy and of dissent. Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.”
The Second Amendment and the Living Constitution
Eugene Volokh has an excellent essay on the Second Amendment – and I think it’s obvious that I wholeheartedly agree with him.
Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash
Holy crap. If you have any sort of background in economics, the figures laid out in that website are terrifying.