Archive for the ‘Civil Liberties’ Category
A massive military occupation is serious business. Checkpoints ensure that every pedestrian and motorist has state-issued ID proving he belongs there; free movement is severely restricted. Soldiers line the streets, each outfitted with a variety of guns and non-lethal weapons. Soldiers, clumped in groups of five or six are stationed on every corner and several [...]
Hot Potato Mash has a great post about a video that is popular on YouTube of a public service announcement from the UK warning people to keep a look out for cyclists: He smartly links the clever lesson from the video to the massive problems in our criminal justice system with false eyewitness testimony, which [...]
On “The Daily Show” a few nights ago, Jon Stewart devoted a long segment to the hearings that were held last week by the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on the virtual world Second Life. The comedy segment’s first laugh came at the expense of Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA) who warned of the [...]
Michael Mukasey, the once-respected conservative legal scholar whose appointment as Attorney General was made possible by Democratic Senators Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein, gave a speech in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago about the need to pass new surveillance legislation exactly as the Bush Administration wants it, with full immunity for telecom companies. [...]
I have known many people who say they don’t like Germans, unable to forgive even the descendants of the people who allowed the holocaust to happen. Is that silly, or is it completely understandable, given the enormity of the crimes against humanity committed by that nation ASK YOURSELF: Do you believe that the people of [...]
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