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Freedom headline news:
o American public wants press censorship
o Americans unconcerned by loss of liberty
o Europe reluctant to send terror suspects to U.S.
o Justice Department defends detentions
o Criticism of Ashcroft grows over rights violations
o State officials see chance for increased secrecy
o Government is already monitoring online activity
o Canadian terror bill steamrolled through Parliament
o UK government may moderate anti-terrorism bill
o President Bush extends ban on internet taxes
o U.S. roads to be opened to Mexican trucks
o Internet censorship law assailed
o Western Australia to decriminalize marijuana
o Marijuana still Europe's illicit drug of choice
o Court won't intervene in anarchist teen's case
o EU considers plans to outlaw racism
o Bush's secrecy order sparks lawsuit
o Interior Secretary Gale Norton ordered to stand trial
Freedom commentary:
o The justice of war
o Afghan women and the Northern Alliance
o PETA claims Christians must be vegetarians
o More pork means big government needlessly grows bigger
o SEC's steady hand allowed nation's financial system to recover
o The rise of the American empire
o Bay state budget is ripe for cutting
o SimpleCare helps cut health care costs
o Not all tax cuts are created equal
o Success abroad relies on strength at home
o How much should gas cost?
o Wake up to the law of the ratchet
o The unpatriotic PATRIOT Act
o The press and the war
o The War on Terrorism: Law enforcement or national security?
o Bad farm bill yields costly crops
o Diversity requires freedom
o Compulsory schooling
o Hang male-bashing out to dry
Freedom movement news:
o Overview of November ballot measures
o Did your legislators sign the pledge?
o Event: Should the United States go to war against Iraq?
o Event: Nationwide protest to challenge DEA's hemp ban
o Get the coolest gun CD on the market, and help CCW too
o Milton Friedman Prize for the Advancement of Liberty
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American public wants press censorship
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Washington Post
The public's view of the press has improved recently -- but
subject to important restrictions. More than half of those
surveyed by the Pew Research Center say the government should
be able to censor news that it deems a threat to national
security. (11/29/01) http://www.free-market.net/rd/411220308.html
Americans unconcerned by loss of liberty
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Washington Post
According to a survey by The Washington Post and ABC News,
most Americans express little concern that measures taken
to combat terrorism may violate the rights of U.S. citizens
or others caught up in the ongoing probes. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/403392438.html
Europe reluctant to send terror suspects to U.S.
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Washington Post
European police have arrested dozens of alleged terrorists
since Sept. 11, but the continent's dim view of President
Bush's plan for secret military tribunals is creating
resistance to possible extradition of suspects to the United
States for trial. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/407002601.html
Justice Department defends detentions
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Fox News
Responding to harsh criticism of mass detentions of
suspects without charges, the Department of Justice is
defending the practice. DOJ officials insist that
detentions and military tribunals are necessary tools to
combat "sleeper cells" of terrorists. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/413510402.html
Criticism of Ashcroft grows over rights violations
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Washington Post
Growing ranks of lawmakers and civil liberties groups are
complaining that Attorney General John Ashcroft's campaign
against terrorism has gone too far. Senators have summoned
him for grillings, and lawyers demand information about
hundreds of immigrants ensnared in a nationwide dragnet.
(11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/404742471.html
State officials see chance for increased secrecy
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Fox News
In the name of battling terrorism, state lawmakers and
government officials across the country want to give
themselves the power to do some of their governmental
work without the public knowing about it. This marks a
reversal in the trend of the past three decades. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/409612730.html
Government is already monitoring online activity
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Wired
Just weeks after the passage of the controversial USA
PATRIOT Act, The Department of Justice already is using
its new anti-terrorism powers to monitor cable modem
users without obtaining a judge's permission first. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/425491064.html
Canadian terror bill steamrolled through Parliament
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National Post
Canada's Liberal government ignored complaints from the
political left and right and pushed controversial anti-
terrorist legislation through the House of Commons. The
government expects speedy ratification in the Senate. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/443642170.html
UK government may moderate anti-terrorism bill
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London Daily Telegraph
Facing criticism from its own ranks as well as from the
opposition, Britain's Labor government has signaled
that it is prepared to offer concessions over its
controversial anti-terrorist legislation. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/438581850.html
U.S. quick-reaction force to protect Afghani city
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Nando Times/AP
Infantry from the Army's 10th Mountain Division have
crossed into northern Afghanistan from Uzbekistan to
serve as a quick-reaction force in case of renewed
Taliban resistance around the city of Mazar-e-Sharif.
(11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/418640673.html
President Bush extends ban on internet taxes
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Nando Times/AP
In a move likely to be popular with both consumers and
fledgling online businesses, President Bush signed into
law a two-year extension of the ban on Internet-related
taxes. The president had preferred a longer moratorium,
but settled for a compromise. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/429311272.html
U.S. roads to be opened to Mexican trucks
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Nando Times/AP
The White House and congressional negotiators have agreed
to open more American highways to Mexican trucks, but
also to increase safety checks on the vehicles. The move
will bring the U.S. into compliance with the North
American Free Trade Agreement. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/427251173.html
Internet censorship law assailed
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Washington Post
In hearings that hold important ramifications for the
future of online freedom, a lawyer for the ACLU told the
Supreme Court that the main federal law aimed at keeping
children from viewing sexual material on the Internet
would cripple free speech for adults. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/420850718.html
Western Australia to decriminalize marijuana
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NORML
The government of Western Australia has announced plans to
enact legislation decriminalizing the possession and
cultivation of marijuana for personal use. "The government
accepts the view ... that small-time [marijuana] users should
not carry the stigma of a criminal conviction," Premiere Geoff
Gallop (Labor Party) said. (11/27/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/285455133.html
Marijuana still Europe's illicit drug of choice
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NORML
Marijuana is far and away the most popular illicit drug
among Europeans, with as many 25% of adults in many
member states admitting having tried the drug, according
to a report published by the European Monitoring Center
for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Yet despite the
relaxed laws in most of Europe, marijuana is still less
popular than it is in the United States. (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/283985044.html
Court won't intervene in anarchist teen's case
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Freedom Forum/AP
West Virginia's Supreme Court has refused to consider an
appeal from a high school student suspended last month
for wearing an anti-war T-shirt and for trying to form
an anarchy club. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/448502438.html
EU considers plans to outlaw racism
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London Daily Telegraph
Racism and xenophobia would become serious crimes in Europe,
carrying a prison sentence of two years or more, under new
proposals put forward by the EU government. Holocaust denial
would be banned, along with participation in any group that
promotes "race hate." (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/435221634.html
Bush's secrecy order sparks lawsuit
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WorldNetDaily
President Bush's order restricting the release of White
House documents to the public has drawn complaints from
Judicial Watch, a legal watchdog group. The organization
promises to challenge the decision in court. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/441231987.html
Interior Secretary Gale Norton ordered to stand trial
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Fox News
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Gale Norton to stand
trial on contempt allegations related to a long-running
lawsuit accusing the Department of Interior of mismanagement
of a billion-dollar Indian trust fund. (11/29/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/415680493.html
For more News Reports see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/news/
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Legal System: No need for kangaroo courts
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Instead of constitutionally shaky military tribunals, perhaps
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The justice of war
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The Objectivist Center
by Patrick Stephens
According to Stephens, "In conducting this war, America must
use the hierarchy of just-war principles, and refuse to be
sidetracked or hamstrung by moral relativists who refuse
to acknowledge either the justice of the cause or the
responsibility that al-Qaeda and the Taliban bear." (11/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/55932388.html
Afghan women and the Northern Alliance
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Antiwar.com
by Alan Bock
One might expect politically active Afghan women to support
any measure that could drive the Taliban from power. But the
leading women's organization has consistently opposed the U.S.
bombing campaign and expects little improvement from the
Northern Alliance. (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/887604612.html
PETA claims Christians must be vegetarians
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GCN
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals's new pamphlet,
"Christianity and Vegetarianism," claims that giving up meat
is a holy act. Says one PETA member, "to be the best Christian,
you need to be a vegetarian." Guest Choice Network takes a dim
view of this position, especially from a group that supports
violent action against people they don't like. (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/279009419.html
More pork means big government needlessly grows bigger
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Carolina Journal/John Locke Foundation
by Thomas Paul De Witt
"Airport security is a matter of great concern right now, for
obvious reasons. ...[P]oliticians have taken the easy way of
dealing with the issue by demanding federal control. In the
alleged land of the free and home of the brave this is a sadly
infantile and expedient excuse for a solution to airport security
concerns which even the statist Europeans and Israelis have
rejected." (11/21/01) http://www.free-market.net/rd/84793919.html
SEC's steady hand allowed nation's financial system to recover
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Lincoln Institute
by Scott Rehr
Analysis of the SEC's role in the American investment
industry in the wake of the September 11th attacks. (11/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/54362320.html
The rise of the American empire
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Alliance for the Separation of School & State
by Cathy Cuthbert
Cuthbert explains how even foreign policy is harmed by
government schooling. (11/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/52012128.html
Bay state budget is ripe for cutting
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Pioneer Institute
by Charles D. Chieppo
Chieppo urges Massachusetts lawmakers to take an opportunity
presented by the state's current budget woes to cut spending
and resist temptation to raise taxes further. (11/20/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/50002006.html
SimpleCare helps cut health care costs
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Cascade Policy Institute
Sixty-two McMinnville, Oregon physicians have become
providers in a program that aims to offer affordable
health care by reducing the administrative and insurance
billing costs that add to its expense. (11/27/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/47281851.html
Not all tax cuts are created equal
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Empower America
by Jack Kemp
According to Kemp, Democrats are playing "rope-a-dope" on
the so-called stimulus package, wrestling with the president
and trying to wear him out fending off their class warfare
tactics and big government spending schemes. (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/44191663.html
Success abroad relies on strength at home
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Citizens for a Sound Economy
by Wayne T. Brough, Ph.D.
"Amidst the faltering economy and the military build-up in
Afghanistan, the old chestnut 'War is good for the economy'
has re-appeared, suggesting that increased military spending
will boost demand in the economy, putting people back to work
while pumping up Wall Street. In reality, war is a costly
undertaking that cannot be sustained without a strong economy."
(11/26/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/42991598.html
How much should gas cost?
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Mackinac Center
by Lawrence W Reed
Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm's crusade against
gas stations that raised their prices after Sept. 11 is the
wrong solution in search of a nonexistent problem. (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/40771484.html
Wake up to the law of the ratchet
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Independent Institute/Financial Times
by Steve Hanke and Robert Higgs
Commentary by Hanke and Higgs on how national emergencies
attract opportunists who seek to profit from the growth
of government. (11/26/01) http://www.free-market.net/rd/38811293.html
The unpatriotic PATRIOT Act
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LewRockwell.com
by Ilana Mercer
"The bills that have already been signed into law have been
exposed many times over for their assaults on liberties,
assaults that are not commensurate with safety." (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/952539223.html
The press and the war
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Hoover Institution
by Robert Zelnick
Zelnick questions the judgment of those in the media who have
no opinion on recent terrorists attacks or who would report
information that could put U.S. servicemen at risk. "Objectivity
and neutrality are not synonyms," he says. (12/03/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/901375679.html
The War on Terrorism: Law enforcement or national security?
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The Federalist Society
by G. Terwilliger, T. Cooperstein, S. Gunnarson, D. Blumenthal,
and R. Parker
The authors discuss the "unprecedented situation of having
to respond immediately to crisis events that are both war
and crimes." (11/28/01) http://www.free-market.net/rd/896585328.html
Bad farm bill yields costly crops
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ATR
by staff
"A farm bill is ready to hit the Senate floor," notes Americans
for Tax Reform, recommending that "the Senate should reject it,"
in favor of an economic stimulus package and other issues far
more pressing at this time. They suggest that if any farm bill is
to be passed now, it should tend more toward the "taxpayer-
friendly" versions proposed by Sens. Roberts, Cochran and Lugar.
PDF format. (11/28/01) http://www.free-market.net/rd/887844645.html
Diversity requires freedom
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Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Christopher Mayer
"This country remains incredibly diverse in its political
makeup and this diversity will someday reassert itself
at the expense of the heavy, homogenizing hands of the
nation-state. At some point then, the realization ought
to occur that the surest way toward a peaceful, tolerant
society is to move toward greater liberties ..." (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/879884077.html
Compulsory schooling
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SchoolReformers.com
by David W. Kirkpatrick
The necessity of compulsory schooling is an article of faith
in today's world. Sadly, compulsion may be unnecessary as well
as harmful, subjecting kids to indoctrination without actually
improving their education. (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/724986648.html
Hang male-bashing out to dry
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ifeminists.com
by Wendy McElroy
It is time to stop using tax dollars to sponsor hate speech
against men. "Robert Rowan is proud of stealing 21 ceramic
penises that were part of a domestic violence art show at the
Boulder Public Library in Colorado. The faux severed penises
were strung on a clothesline under the title 'Hanging 'Em Out
To Dry.'" (11/27/01) http://www.free-market.net/rd/670511247.html
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Overview of November ballot measures
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ATR
A summary of the results of the various state referenda on
tax-related issues, compiled by the Initiative and Referendum
Institute and published by Americans for Tax Reform. (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/892665015.html
Did your legislators sign the pledge?
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ATR
Rep. John Boozman was recently victorious in the special
election to fill Asa Hutchison's seat. Boozman is a signer
of ATR's Taxpayer Protection Pledge. Did YOUR elected official
sign the pledge? Find out now by clicking on the above link.
Just enter your zip code and find out. (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/895985278.html
For more Online Resource Directories see:
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Event: Should the United States go to war against Iraq?
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The Cato Institute
Cato's discussion on whether war against Iraq is inevitable
will be held at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.,
December 13, 2001, 12:00 p.m. Featured speakers will be
James Woolsey, Former Director, Central Intelligence
Agency and William Niskanen, Chairman, Cato Institute.
See URL for more information. (12/13/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/885774492.html
Event: Nationwide protest to challenge DEA's hemp ban
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NORML
A nationwide coalition of activists will converge Tuesday,
December 4th, in more than 53 cities in 17 states to protest
recent federal regulations criminalizing hemp food products.
They will be setting up tables at local Drug Enforcement
Agency offices and serving various edible hemp products to
show opposition to the ban and educate law enforcement on the
nutritional value of hemp. (11/27/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/289115303.html
For more Events see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/events/
Get the coolest gun CD on the market, and help CCW too
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KABA
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and help concealed carry activism in Ohio at the same
time! The CD is called "SafetyOn -- The Comprehensive,
Interactive Guide to Firearm Safety and Responsible Gun
Ownership." An in-depth preview of SafetyOn at
http://www.GunSoft.com. (11/28/01)
http://www.free-market.net/rd/906416085.html
For more Audio and Video see:
http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/multi/
Milton Friedman Prize for the Advancement of Liberty
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The Cato Institute
"The Milton Friedman Prize for the Advancement of Liberty,
named in honor of the most distinguished advocate of
liberty in the latter part of the 20th century, will be
presented every other year to the individual who has
done the most to advance human freedom."
http://www.free-market.net/rd/887984648.html
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