National Blog - page 304
HHS wants your private medical information
Congressman Huelskamp recently wrote a letter signed by over 50 Republicans to Chairman Rogers and Chairman Rehberg of the the House Appropriations Committee asking that attempts by Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a national [...]
Why Are We Defending the Europeans?
The Obama administration has been celebrating its grand victory in Libya, but I keep wondering: why couldn't Europe deal with a tinpot dictator a short boat-ride away? After all, the Europeans have a collective GDP and population [...]
Liberty NewsWire - November 10, 2011
Amid an uproar from conservative critics, the Obama administration has decided to delay implementation of a fee that would have allowed the Christmas tree industry to create a promotional campaign to encourage people to buy fresh-cut pine trees, [...]
Abolish the TSA!
I've had it with the TSA.I'm disgusted by having to write about their offensive, innappropriate screening procedures and agent misconduct on a regular basis.I'm fed up with them getting a 'pass' around the Constitution in the [...]
Liberty NewsWire: November 8, 2011
Russia Warns Against Israeli Airstrike on Iran - Telegraph.ukThe drumbeat of war is expected to grow louder this week when United Nations nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, issues its most detailed report to date on nuclear research in Iran.It will [...]
Liberty NewsWire - November 14, 2011
The justices will hear arguments on the health care law in March; they are expected to rule by the end of the current term, which normally comes in late June. - USA TodaySupreme Court Sets Date for ObamaCare Hearing - USA TodayEU Bans X-Ray [...]
Remember that New Democracy in Iraq: Never Mind!
Let's see. The Neocons advocated spreading democracy by bombing, invading, and occupying other nations. How's that working out? Not so good ... .According to the National Journal:Hadi Mehdi, one of Iraq’s [...]
VIDEO: "Liberty, Security, and the TSA"
In this latest video from Learn Liberty, Professor James Otteson argues the problem with the TSA is "that they've chosen to trade off all of your liberty, all of your privacy, against security." Some people, he argues, may want [...]
Action Alert: Net Neutrality Vote This Week!
This week, a vote will be held on S.J.Res. 6, "a joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices."Though so-called [...]
"Property Wrongs" Roundtable
In perhaps the most overlooked (unofficial) "hearing" of the 112th Congress, Senator Paul brought ordinary Americans to Washington to share their stories of regulatory abuse at the hand of Washington's out-of-control regulatory [...]