by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Privacy
The government is so incompetent that it never put the Christmas-day underwear-bomber on the no-fly list – even though the nutjob’s father reported his son’s radical views to American authorities. But the TSA for several years has targeted Mikey...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 19, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Privacy
This blog periodically makes fun of England (even though it is one of my favorite nations) for big government and political correctness, but these two stories caused my jaw to drop. First, the Daily Mail reports that a man was jailed for several hours because he was...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 7, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
Ever since the Supreme Court’s odious Kelo decision, which allowed a city in Connecticut to seize a woman’s home for the benefit of a politically-connected big corporation, there has been a deep concern that this would open the door to more examples of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Privacy
Isn’t this just wonderful? The feds have announced new rules, but it’s not clear what they are. According to some reports, though, passengers will not be allowed to have anything it their laps. Does this mean books? Blackberries? Are we allowed to twiddle...